“The Curioso is a three-album set that dropped through my letterbox in a lovely, handmade box; the artwork of the albums gives a hint of the music to follow, earthy and environmental images, the green of nature and the grandeur of the sun and seasons at the fore. The first album found within, The Raven and The Rose is a remastering of an album you can find reviewed elsewhere on this site, so I won’t dwell too long on that but to say that it contains a mind-boggling array of sounds and styles. Any thoughts that this will just be some earnest, acoustic, hippy nonsense goes out of the window as soon as Dream Queen is in full flow. Acoustic driven? Yes. Ambient, light, floaty? Okay yes. Hippy vibes? Alright, I’ll give you that. But the way it is put together is pure pop. Rambling Man, which follows, is the sound of Hall & Oates turning into an Oyster Band tribute, and Melody & Me is as much a dance song as a folk one. I’m making a point that you must leave all expectations at the do”

“And if last time around Fragments of Sound was an eclectic collection of trippy, ambient dance instrumentals, this time the focus is more song based and having gathered a collection of guest vocalists, with Nigel Boyd Robinson taking the lions share and doing a sterling job, to add the required lyrical dimension and the result is a wonderfully smooth, pastoral folktronic journey.”

“Fragments of Sound is the prefect title for what he does so well as a myriad of genre hopping soundscapes are unfurled like a sketch book for the ears. Ambient yet vividly coloured instrumentals wander between late night dance tracks, noir-ish film scores, blissed out future classics and primal techno-chants. There is just enough common ground to make for a consistent listening experience but more than enough musical flight of fancy and imagination to deliver surprisingly supple and subtle changes of direction...' -Dave Franklin (Swindon Advertiser/dancingaboutarchitecture.info)”