«This is one of those collaborative projects that gets in your head and stays there.»
T.J.Norris, igloomag

«Starting from its lovely cover up to the very last second of music, "Strange love" must be regarded as a perfect concoction of three strong personalities fused into a single body. … It's an extremely controlled setting where even pops and glitches - by now omnipresent in contemporary electroacoustics - appear with a meaningful purpose instead of being just a randomly thrown ingredient. Everything flows according to plan - if there is one - in an inspiring piece, among the best I've heard by these artists in a long time. … All things considered, this is a high-standard, worthy recording.»
M.Ricci, Touching Extremes

«In this trio's hands, they become something truly extraordinary -- transcendent, even. Obscure, but utterly invigorating.»
A.Harrison, Splendid

«Like Müller's photos, Strange Love has a feeling of beeing both natural and synthetic; the electro-acoustic improvisations both mimic the natural world and distance themselves from it. … Ambarchi, Müller, and Samartzis prove to be expert collaborators, whether they're sharing a stage or sharing files between different continents. Strange Love is an excellent product of this collaboration, and hopefully not the last.»
A.Strohm, Fakejazz

«…an intense… listening experience and one which definitely leaves you in another place and time.»
P.Bijlsma, Phosphor

«… Part of me, listening to music like this, wonders what could have gone “wrong”. … the balance between “rightness” and “surprise” is struck quite well. Rightness in the retroactive sense of, “Yes, that sounded very natural and unforced”, surprise in that, as natural as it sounds to me now, it’s something I never would’ve thought of before hearing it. … “Strange Love” is a lovely, tactilely lush and disarmingly imaginative album.»
B.Olewnick; Bagatellen

«'Cooler' ist wie der Evolutionsdruck, der bei Nachttieren die Augen und die Lauscher vergrößert. 'Warmer' entspannt die Nerven im loungigen, raubtierfreien Ambiente.»
R.Dittmann, Bad Alchemy

«…Sorretto da un'anima imalpabile che crepita come energia elettostatica, il cd è perfetta sintesi della poetica di Müller, a suo modo classica nel rigore con cui riesce a concedere estrema fluidità a forme algide e imponenti.»
M.Busti, Blow Up

«This is a really excellent meeting by some of today’s leading electro-acoustic improvisers.»
J.Bivins, Dusted Magazine

 

in the[microsound] top 10 of 2004