“an astonishing demonstration of pure sound and human will” -Phil Freeman, The Wire

”that’s some Frankenstein shit”
-Roscoe Mitchell

“McCowen’s solo career to date represents quite the opposite of such an unraveling: With each release, his work becomes more focused and sure, more enjoyable and exciting. As he continues pushing boundaries, no doubt they’ll keep giving.” -Eric McDowell, Dusted Magazine

“And this duo might be closer to two trees communicating through a mycorrhizal network than two musicians improvising with each other. “
- Keith Prosk, freejazzblog.org

“amazing how many of those harmonics McCowen is able to simultaneously tease out of the horn”
-delarue, New York Music Daily