“The first ‘Beats by Balto!’…forged a connection between serious grooves and free improvisation. The new album takes things even further. …The end result has an organic life to it that bites a lot harder than most other hybrids…it becomes hard to separate the live from the loop. …What’s most exciting about the album is the way the crew repeatedly adds different surprises to the tracks, never relying on a set formula. …Free jazz skronk is not what gets people onto the dancefloor, but maybe it’s time has come. The horn melodies on Beats by Balto! V2 deliver ear candy, and the beats are pretty irresistible. Once that wins people over, some wailing solos can just make the kids gyrate even more.”
Avant-Jazz Guitar Etc