Articles
The Odd Get Even - East Bay Express
Trio Mopmu's Bulgarian Jazz Odyssey - Frets Magazine
The Toids: Balkan Tinge - Noah Enelow
RF
"RF makes the sort of beautiful, pastoral electronic post rock that fans of the Thrill Jockey label drool
over. Exploratory, deep, and full of hope for a failing humanity, rf bends the minimalism of 20th Century
classical composers like Morton Feldman and Arvo Part through the best use of ring-modulated guitar
I've ever heard. The result is something crushingly soft and endearing."
- Edward Stafford, Music Director, KSCR
"RF is in an entirely new category of indie rock that in my opinion still contains an aura of innocence around it, a breath of fresh air if you will. His desires are clear and simple, to make beautiful music that is unable to be pigeonholed or classified into any given category. To my knowledge he is not associated with any particular music scene or style; in essence you are left with a purity of music that flows with the same subtle grace as a butterfly flaps its wings.... Like any well conceived piece of artwork, RF contains a myriad of emotions that remind us once again what it is to be human being. Interno, is a truly moving experience that I feel accurately captures a brilliant simplicity of music that is planted with delicacy, grown to new lengths, harvested into existence and cherished with beauty unsurpassed."
- Jeff Cooper, Tiny Mix Tapes
Telepathy
"Jazz fans who're tired of clichés and noise will get their ears pulled by Telepathy, a San Francisco
quartet that's both new and novel. The key is an attractive simplicity that lets you hear the thoroughly
conceived structures while allowing room for improvisation."
- Greg Burk, L.A. Weekly
Trio Mopmu
"With all the pizazz, agility and vitality of a Bulgarian wedding band, yet complementing it with careful sensitivity and finesse, Trio Mopmu always brings conviction and superb artistry to the table. This twelve-track gem, "Torta Bulgarska," weaves and waltzes through jazz and folk idioms, always holding onto its own identity and yet with the open-minded freedom to change that definition at will. There is a solid presence of musicianship and artistic command whether it be a slow, haunting number or one that strictly calls out for a dance floor. Brilliance abounds."
- CDBaby
Divided Loyalties
Divided Loyalties is "a beautifully haunting mélange of traditional music."
- Michael Fox, San Francisco International Film Festival
Transmission
"The emotions, textures, and overall sound on the album reveals their strong passion for the indie and
math rock genres over a traditional jazz approach. Transmission's range results in one of the Bay Area's
best musical secrets..."
- East Bay Express
The pickPocket Ensemble
"The tunes are creeping through the ears into my mind -- where they will stay for long. It is not to easy to
pigeonhole the music -- it is melodious instrumental urban acoustic chamber folk music with edges of
jazz, klezmer, and swing. This mixture makes up wonderful music."
- Folkworld Magazine
