“These 13 songs are a bold leap forward for Zygadlo, and feel like a personal, intimate success.” BBC ALBUM REVIEWS
” Classical-electro-pop? Bach-step? Piano-something-or-other? None of the above. It’s unmistakeably Rudi Zygadlo, and it sounds delicious.” The 405
On Melpomene
“With “Melpomene,” UK producer Rudi Zygadlo puts himself on a similar philosophical plane to songwriters like Julia Holter or Laurel Halo, merging archaeology and technology to make music that’s as rich for theoretical deconstruction as it is for listening pleasure…” PITCHFORK’S BEST NEW MUSIC
“Then, without warning, gravity plays its favourite trick, dropping us into a strange, almost spooky, atemporal interlude: out of time, out of this time, but, also, timeless. He sings of falling in love again, alluding to its simultaneous beauty and pain. Then the pace quickens and we’re swept up once more, carried high on a warm breeze, away from reality and towards possibility.” DUMMYMAG’S SONG OF THE WEEK
On debut album “Great Western Laymen” (2010):
”..one of the key players in the future of electronica.. this album is f*cking amazing.” - CLASH MAGAZINE
“smart, weird pop songs built with big ideas and the kind of magpie ingenuity that is sometimes mistaken for mental illness.” - THE FADER
“Zygadlo’s production is a marvel to behold – as taut as Botoxed buttocks throughout the whole album” - DROWNED IN SOUND
“Fusing bendy treble synths, the laser wobble bass of cheap dubstep and psychedelically phased vocals in multilayered arrangements, it sounded like a brilliant kind of glam pop.” - THE QUIETUS
“…excessively colourful, exaggerated, playful, and unique.” - FACT
