Martin Baumgartner’s SPIELHUUS veto-records 2010
Auf diesem Album machen die Musiker auf ihren Instrumenten alles, was Gott verboten hat. [...] Nicht wenige Hörer werden bei den freejazzartigen Tönen sagen: Das ist keine Musik. Andere aber werden finden, dass sie schon lange keine so lebendige Musik mehr gehört haben. [...]
Christoph Merki, TagesAnzeiger
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Martin Baumgartner Shoot’s Huft for4ears 2008
«[...] Selbst das Aggressive ist nur Vermutung, die ‚Sprache‘ der Fremdartigen ist nicht zu entschlüsseln. Seit Langem hat mich keine For-4-Ears-Musik mehr derart gepackt.»
R.Dittmann, Bad Alchemy
«[...] Yet it’s violence that mostly fills the menu du jour, the kind of sonic guerrilla that makes one pant “got to turn down the volume or I’ll become deaf”, but instead is missed when it ends. Because while this noise might bite, it also contains forms of grace that the expert’s ear immediately picks up. [...] “Shoot’s huft” is a well-built, stubborn record [...] »
M.Ricci, Touching Extremes
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nnnj Monkey-Straddle theAgriculture 2005
[...] “Monkey Straddle” is [...] waaay mellower than the sort of thing I usually listen to, [...]. This is my idea of a good easy-listening record [...]. Immaculately produced, tastefully arranged, ‘roof music’ at it’s finest.
Gutterbreakz.com
[...] this is world music for people who don’t like world music.
Fatplanet.com.au
[...] One thing can be said, without a doubt nnnj is a unique artist in the realm of ambience, his music strangely uplifting and detaching at the same time, but overall, arranged like a true master of composition.
For Electroid
Damn solid! Whatever “Monkey-Straddle” means, consider that monkey straddled! Nnnj (generally pronounced “inch”) throws down and comfortably walks the line between artistic freedom and musical [...] . Nnnj’s “Monkey Straddle” is audio chutney… whatever your dish, it’s gonna make it better!
ProperlyChilled.com
[...] an artist who dares to be different in a world of electronica sameness. [...] nnnj is one of the few masters of the nu-circuitry known as New Millennia electronica that so many artists have been trying to squeeze their tight-assed heads into but can’t seem to find the bridge. Outstanding.
J-Sin, Smother.Net
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Lunchbox Anyways theAgriculture 2004
What’s most strange and beautiful in Lunchbox’s approach is the pure pleasure and mystery of the record’s flow, which follows new paths and point-of-view links. [...] it’s the deft ability to hold the whole, despite its fractured parts, that makes Anyways such an astounding record.
Sponiczine
So many electronica artists feel that they have to decide between being pleasant and being interesting that Lunchbox comes as something of a surprise. [...] Gentle it all may be, but none of this music is soggy or sentimental, and none of it will bore you even if you pay close attention. Highly recommended.
Rick Anderson, All Music Guide