KYOTO JOURNAL: "...gives the listener breathing room, allowing the mind to let go as it drifts with the gentle melodies... he is familiar with the actual gardens so you can hear birdsong give way to dripping rain off the roof of Enryaku-ji; the percussive clack and clink of metal meeting stone at Ryoan-ji; insects crawling along moss as Saiho-ji awakes; the ringing of the great bell at Myoshin-ji evokes the black clad monks shuffling barefoot along wooden floors on a winter's night..l.isteners will find themselves returning often seeking the quiet the music instills Alex Henderson All Music Guide : " a pleasing example of ambient electronica with a strong Japanese influence.,,his compositions have the sort of tranquility one would expect from that setting. ... as haunting as it is calm and peaceful -- AMBIENT VISIONS "... an elegant little album of what might be called "Japanerie,". ..his sparseness is highly effective in conveying a peaceful, gardenlike atmosphere. It invites meditation and quiet, .