We Substitute Radiance

"With We Substitute Radiance, Lid Emba and Bobcrane have created a beautiful piece of avant-garde electronica." – ReGen Magazine

"Like spending 40 minutes inside an especially creepy toy shop where you never quite know what is going to happen next. In this case there are unexpectedly delicate sounds, unsettling ambience, then a great slab of music/noise at the end. Whilst not always an easy listen, it never fails to be an interesting one." – Terrascope

"... so mind bendingly complicated that to try and analyze it at any great length is enough to cause a brain hemorrhage for even the most decorated of polymaths, as Lid Emba and Bobcrane take the listener on a journey deep into a realm of broken rhythm, gentle lulls and biting, jagged industrial insanity." – Subba-Cultcha

"Like an electronica orchestra going berserk. Theater of the mind music that keeps you on your toes, which is very important in these days of 30 second attention spans." – Heathen Harvest

"Envelopes you in a bizzaro world aesthetic that manages to be dark and disturbing yet reassuring. The epic 9+ minutes closer, 'Flying Undead Overhead,' is a truly gorgeous opus that exemplifies everything We Substitute Radiance is about; masterfully expressing the most natural and pure emotions with the most synthetic palette possible." – Ohmpark Atlanta Music Blog

"Rhythm is still very much the order of the day, with much of the album based on a series of complex and bewildering beats upon which a swirling kaleidoscope of electronica is constructed." – Wonderful Wooden Reasons

"Wicked, textural, and disturbing." – MastanMusic

"An ominously apocalyptic parade of pieces that may serve well as the winning side's celebratory soundtrack once humanity falls and the machines take over once and for all." – Stomp and Stammer

"Grotesque sonic landscapes of whacked-out electronics anchored by fat beats and trance rhythms, like a hallucinogenic mushroom cloud slowly dissolving in a dark dance club and bathing the dancers in radiation." – the one true dead angel

"Sounds like a strange, art-damaged jam between Tangerine Dream, early 90's Residents, and a dubbed-out electro-King Crimson. Heavy guitars, fractured beats, pulsing bass and massive amounts of knob-twiddling all collide for an amazing psychedelic journey to a better place. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED." – Public Guilt

"Loud, not too fast beats, inspired by dub, but rockin' not reggae-ing. On top of this spin a hot bed of electronics that either float along nicely to the rhythms or collide like floating masses of ice. Nice one indeed." – Vital Weekly

"Elements of psyche, electro, prog, ambience lace this collaboration from some familiar A-file denizens. All instrumental, very interesting and progressive quantum leaps into the realms of new music, pop, experimental. For fans of post rock, prog, downtempo, Fripp, Eno. Name it." – KZSU Zookeeper Online

Reason Isn't Radar

"All pretence is removed and what is left is a twitchy, glitchy, fun and funky exploration of the outer edges of beat driven sounds. Think Autechre with a smile on it's face and a song in it's heart." – Wonderful Wooden Reasons

"The raw sound points to the use of traditional, non-sophisticated equipment for processing and marshalling; yet the glitch noise indicates complicated computer generated music... the intelligent use of technology and equipment rather than sampling makes this album uniquely styled... a unique debut." – The Plastic Ashtray

"There's something new and crazy every other second... a more organic approach taken to a style usually embodied by synthetics..." – Ohmpark Atlanta Music Blog

"Noisy and dysfunctional psychedelia." – Creative Loafing

"On the experimental side, yet structured and relaxed. Loops and sounds that get close to prog rock." – KZSU Zookeeper Online