"Put your hand on my forehead and whisper the signal is getting stronger. . .in my ear - not performance instruction but actually the title of Peter Scartabello's meditative work for solo guitar, here played by Ben Moran. Rhode Island based Scartabello's strength is his subtle, imaginative feel for textures that seamlessly mesh into something greater than their individual parts. His 1997 Cast for string quartet is a mournful piece, with a soundworld balanced somewhere between late Schubert quartets and Morton Feldman. The Charleston Quartet play with remarkable stillness and control, and the disc ends with Electro-Magma for bass clarinetist accompanied by miscellaneous metallic rattles."

-a review of the cd Cast by Philip Clark from the August 2004 issue of THE WIRE(UK).

   
"Hogg bring insane heaviness from Providence, R.I. straight to your skull. Lurching rhythms and glass-gargling vocals pound the competition into hamburger. Metal-heads will definately be living high on the Hogg."

-a review of the cd Hogg by one of the editors from DOWNLOAD.COM.

"Anechoic is another guitar and drums duo, comprising Peter Scartabello and John Lima, although (in distinction to the above) I sense that their Leng Jin CD (YUGGOTH RECORDS 009) may veer more towards windy and spacey avant-rock with a vaguely dark vibe, as suggested by titles like ‘Deathstar Gamma Burst’. However, they’re from the ultra-hip Rhode Island (home of Lightning Bolt) and their record label name is something H P Lovecraft would savour as he mouthed it with his thin, pale lips."

-not sure what to think of this review of the cd Leng Jin by Ed Pinset of THE SOUND PROJECTOR(UK).

"According to their press release, Anechoic “formed primarily as a place of spiritual nourishment in a growing wasteland of modern music.” Wow. To begin with, I wasn’t sure if I should read this statement as pretentious or just totally badass. However, after listening to their disc, I’m inclined to think that these badasses may be onto something.

On their sophomore disc, Anechoic delivers an album of solid, skillful instrumentals. At the core is guitarist John Lima and drummer Peter Scartabello. Some cello and clarinet are thrown into the mix as well, to good effect. The album moves between atmospheric, freeform sounds and more concrete syncopated styles that seem positively jazz-like. The tracks “Deathstar Gamma Burst” and “Aqueous Suspension” in particular revolve around extremely tight rhythms and arrangements. Coincidentally, these are the tracks where the cello and clarinet appear.

The rhythmic tracks are good, but to me, the best songs on the disc are the looser sounding ones where the group gets back to its drum and guitar core. Anechoic does a great job juxtaposing dissonant guitars against bursts of both heavy and ethereal percussion sounds. On the last two tracks of the album in particular you can sense this chemistry between the players. I think I would have liked to have heard more of these freeform types of songs from Anechoic, but I can’t deny that both the chaotic and controlled sounds are good listening."

-another review of Leng Jin by Matt Blackall of FOXY DIGITALIS.