James Romig, composer
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... hypnotic ... striking harmonic implications and subtly dramatic effects distill music to its barest essences.
— Citation from the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Music




... rapturous ... sparse, slow-moving beauty ... to appreciate its graceful allure takes no more than ears and patience.
— San Francisco Chronicle




... alternating sparseness and density develop with the naturalness of breathing.
— The New Yorker




... profoundly meditative ... haunting.
— The Wire



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... whether you approach it on a theory level or as a sonic meditation, the depths welcome you.
— The Obelisk




... other-worldly.
— BBC Music Magazine




... one thinks of a giant mobile, or the constellations of the night sky, their stars glittering in a profoundly dark background ... a vast space, both broad and deep ... lovely and uncompromising, a rare trick to pull off.
— Fanfare




... an instant departure from the expected ... appealing and thought-provoking ... a Zen-like musical state. 
— River Cities Reader




... massive, distorted, gain-in-the-red riffs ... synapse-frying distorted rumble ... a steamroller driving down a highway paved with skulls.​
— Burning Ambulance




... the musical equivalent of fractal geometry ... like a Japanese stone garden. 
— Classical New Jersey




... overwhelming sounds of triumph, light, and strength.
— Hand of Doom Radio




... prevailingly gentle and gesturally supple ... complex interaction that yields a sonorous sheen of resulting harmonies.
— Sequenza 21




... ethereal.
— American Record Guide




… a mesmerizing trance ... a complex quilt of sound. 
— Moline Dispatch




... highly constructed but never inhumane ... always very organic.
— Veil of Sound




... a distant place of quiet rapture.
— The Baltimore Sun
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