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Earthphish EP "Metropolis" (2001) A dark, surreal trip with a background of hypnotizing trip-hop music and lyrics that reflect the atmosphere of a David Lynch film. To sum up: Earthphish is clearly a new discovery in the Swiss music scene and a band of international format. Please, give us some more of it! Claire Hulla, Weltwoche, Switzerland CD "Soft Green Exit" (2004) Earthphish present us a non-ordinary kind of beauty (an escape from reality). Yes, it could be like a Salvador Dali's painting. There is fear, there is pain, there are emotions, feelings and specially beauty. Fire, Water and Earth... phish! This is a damn amazing album, don't waste more time, don't miss it out, Soft Green Exit is just an essential album, a vehement recommendation for every trip-hopper. José Augusto de Matos, www.tripofagia.4x2.net, Brazil CD "Soft Green Exit" (2004) Though still pretty darn good by 2004 standards, Earthphish's Soft Green Exit would have been among the best electronica albums of 1998, what with the band's maple-syrupy grooves and singer Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan's glistening, Esthero/Goldfrapp-caliber voice. Every creeping synthesizer wash, cut-up jazz beat, and dub-echoed vocal on the record is enough to reactivate memories of that brief period when a legion of sad-eyed British choirgirls, from Portishead's Beth Gibbons to Dubstar's Sarah Blackwood, threatened to conquer every chill-out lounge and Urban Outfitters store in the world... Emil Hyde, 100%unnatural.com, USA Earthphish Dance Elephant Man (2005) David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" resonates throughout the choreography; however, Earthphish Dance have found their very own way to retell the deeply moving story of a deformed person. … Crossan's choreography approach is not threatening but touching. The dance movements tell of loneliness, curiosity and the doubtful courage of a majority that considers itself superior to ugliness. … Lynch's film is also present in Donovan John Szypura's music. The moods and noises are so densely interwoven with the melodies that for whole stretches of time one can almost forget the dancers – being so busy listening. Tages-Anzeiger, Switzerland If I had a child (2002) The Premio furthering prize for young artists goes to Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan: the jury was enthusiastic about the multi-faceted and touching transposition of the incest theme. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland Beyond Henry (2003) Close knit and terse, it is dreamlike; in its best moments gliding along with playful ease, absent-minded like a daydream. The spherical music by Crossan and Donovan Szypura is a major contributing factor towards this end and develops a strong pull on the viewer, carrying the theatre piece by its own momentum. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland Beyond Henry (2003) The premiere of "Beyond Henry" attracted special attention. Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan has created a masterful theatre piece. In it, a park bench is portrayed as a meeting spot, a place of encounter. The picturesque theme is transposed into an abstract frame of strictness, which in turn melts into attractive, close-knit passages of warmth and closeness only to return into the abstract again. Aargauer Zeitung, Switzerland |