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Those obvious themes seldom appear: the soundtrack is now usually aimless intervallic tunes, simple drones, and haunting effects.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2018

The group’s music is full of stuttering rhythms and teetering intervallic jumps; an array of textures — sometimes chiming, sometimes abraded — disorient you even as they deepen your listening.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2017

At SubCulture, I heard the alto saxophonist Tim Berne engage in his trademark intervallic judo with Snakeoil, his superbly exploratory quartet.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2014

At the same time, she makes each track a concise episode, usually with a clear guiding premise: ticktock pizzicato on “They Live On,” intervallic tension on “Forcelessness,” surging propulsion on the title track.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2013

It is amazing how indifferent the listener is to both vocal quality and intervallic accuracy in "Salome."

From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward