“Patterns” is an intensely immersive experience, balancing delicate, wistful minimalism, evocative electronic ornamentation and compelling moments of friction, all while finding room for deserts, mountains and several million stars in the stereo field. — Michael Jones, The Columbia Beet
A seamless, thought-provoking journey. Truly joyful. — For All and None (on The Tenth Wave, 2018)
An utterly beguiling work with true beauty and soul pouring out … completely love it! — Ian Hawgood, label curator and ambient composer (on “Patterns,” 2023)
“A Need that Runs Too Deep” is a fuller, more confident musical statement than its predecessor, and the profundity Cook distills into these songs make them a perfect soundtrack for solitary late-night listening. — Free Times (Patrick Wall)
“The Tenth Wave” … establishes Cook as a cunning composer, effective at using subtle melodic motifs and delicate layers to build momentum and motion, and to build quiet and thoughtful spaces for itself and its listeners. — Free Times (Patrick Wall, 2018)
… delicately layered soundscapes that reward full immersion with subtle movement. — Free Times (Bryan Reed)
When a musician has a past that is not rooted in their current music it tends to, in my opinion, put them in good stead. — Drifting Almost Falling (on “The Tenth Wave“)
“Hauntingly beautiful,” “like Bach on quaaludes” and “ECM meets the quieter moments of Dirty Three” — Other listeners