Rolling Stone (7/5/01, p.143) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...He samples the body electric...proving that you can build house music out of nothing but flesh, bone and whatever is between.
Spin (7/01, p.135) - 8 out of 10 - "...Glitch-house built from sounds of the human organism....This is music sublimely poised between ungainliness and elegance..."
Uncut (8/01, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Four years in the making - real songs, real innovation, real talent..."
The Wire (1/02, p.41) - Ranked #9 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001".
The Wire (6/01, p.60) - "...Lyrical, starkly beautiful....the most profoundly intimate album to appear this year..."
CMJ (6/11/01, p.12) - "...Brilliant..."
JazzTimes (3/02, p.75) - "...pushes the boundaries of organic dance music...by sampling bodily functions....his beguiling arrangements betray his off-kilter compositional style..."
Personnel includes: Matthew Herbert (violin, piano); Dani Siciliano (vocals, clarinet); Luca Santucci, Shingai Shoniwa (vocals); Jim Mullen (guitar); John Matthias (violin); Peter Wraight (flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, flugelhorn); Phil Parnell (piano); Dave Green (bass); Paul Clarvis (drums).