- "Well presented package - really looks the part. It's a wee bit tribal, slightly skewed electronica . . . the sort of thing Radio 1's Blue Room would hit. Doesn't really get filed under Hip Hop in my book though. It's kind of like a cross between Four Tet and Autechre . . . especially Track 2. As long as they aren't as BORING as Mr Hebden live, they will be doing alright...
On to track 3 and I would love it to completely boot me in the baws. Not sure where this music is going, or indeed this attempt at writing about it. Enjoyed it a wee bit, I am sure radiomagnetic.com would love it!" - lost dog recordings [june 2004]
- "...KAL’s speciality is sound collage, music that often benefits from being created amid dislocation... This second EP doesn’t fit neatly into any pre-defined Boards Of Canada/RJD2/Mogwai template, except for the one that dictates that vocals are superfluous. Instead they trip into the ‘what if…’ territory that made The Beta Band’s first three EP’s so special, music of indefinable tension... It leaves a yawning abyss at the heart of their work that is at once deep, dark and mysterious, prompting close listening and the discovery that here is a vision all their own. It’s a trick rarely achieved, perfectly achieved by Kobra Audio Labs" - fela lewis, logo magazine [april 2004]
- "we have the strength but we don't have the will...hiphop beats and a gnarling repetitive sample breakdown and a slightly skewiff piano sound stumbles it way across some throbbing electronic noise... in opposition soundtracks the credits to the 70's detective show in my head, while fear is our enemy completes the claustrophobic trio of tunes, ending with 'we're gonna die'. cheer up fellas, it might just happen" - review of 'KAL2' EP, is this music? mag #10
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