- "Angus cattle in the package, the wrong way to spell ‘cobra’, electro-creakingly Indian shine, vibe, feel and the feel of Ravi Shankar molesting Gong and, butter me, baby, it feels good. All of which means that the first tune has a Spanish title, obviously. It’s 'El Cordobes' if you’re interested and I rather think you should be, though the next bit of fractured fun is, er, fun. Being as it is, both a song for Dick Cheney, 'War All The Time', as well as a literal scissor cum cut n paste job on a slamming, nagging bit of electro-goth-glam that’s sellotaped together with chimes and sub-Dr Who tones, much love and respect is due to these people and the fact that I’m all out of sarcasm is worrying, damnit. This is good and cool and if the Chemical Brothers have avoided the dole queue, Kobra Audio Labs must be alright for a pint. The further we go, the better it gets, 'Specterville' is, bite me, you fuckers, a Nectarine #9 track, maybe they haven’t claimed it yet, but they should keep the door bolted and that lawyer greased. The current favourite is 'Stay Up All Night' and as it’s tones jar rather than shift, it’s sheets of off-key tones meld perfectly with scuzzed choral blocks and guitars lazily bomb a perfectly controlled mix with cruel feedback and I want to drink tea, drop something and melt into the soundscape. Kobra Audio Labs are sublime. They’ve been banging on about the ‘future of music’ forever, but 'Sunshine, Shadows & Luck' is, please, please, please, it."- unpeeled magazine [jan. 2006]
- "trying to put scottish hip-hop on the map, kobra audio labs are coming up with some highly stylized, abstract material, of which 'down to the dozens' is a good example. it has a very organic feel to it, along the lines of dj shadow, but if anything the drum programming is more classy than his usual blustering approach..." - computer music magazine #88 [july 2005]
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