The Place We Began
- “… evoking almost visual landscapes in a meditative and dark album. The textures are stunningly restrained. ” – Nadia Sirota, WNYC
- “… This is a recording one can easily get lost in. Indeed, it’s one of the most ravishing examples of electro-acoustic music I’ve heard in many years. “
- – Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone
- “… monumental, desolate, vast, and mysterious… totally chill on so many levels. ” – Frank Oteri, New Music Box
- “… positively hypnotic… ” – Colin Clarke, Music Web International
- “… sonic environments in which one can wander… they are never at rest… Like everything I’ve heard by John Luther Adams, they both hold and repay my attention.” – Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare
- “… some really great stuff… extremely compelling… anyone who either appreciates Adams’ unique compositional gift or likes soothing electronic music will also gravitate to this CD. ” – David Toub, Sequenza 21
- “… unique and engaging music that springs from an experienced intensity of absolute listening. ” – Kevin Macneil Brown, Dusted
- “… the range of sonic combinations runs from comfortably colorful to stark, and many places in between. – Dave Lewis, AllMusic
- “Four very interesting pieces … great pieces of electronic music. Excellent work.” – Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly (The Netherlands)
- ” … four electro-acoustic settings that are both austere and sensual and exude a stillness that resonates throughout… luminous and spacious….” – Textura