“Beats by Balto! represents the fun side of experimental jazz with hip-hop quality beats and grooves… The beats give what is already excellent music a new dimension, the ability to slip linearity, loop back, repeat and allow for techniques that are unavailable when playing with regular time. …The sound of Lundbom and Millevoi is strong but accessible, performing guitar solos that are powerful but not overly flamboyant, building a crunchy and searing sounds that lend much of the texture and melody to these performances. …This group creates an unusual amalgam of experiential jazz, with beats and rhythms that was very successful. Each of the musicians has a relentlessly inquisitive nature, and by combining their efforts with inquisitive compositions and techniques they create riveting and very successful results.”
Tom Hull, ‘On the Web’ 10/04/21
“Saxophonist Murray (aka Balto Exclamationpoint) provides the beats. Lundbom plays guitar…and claims all of the compositions here. …A little more erratic than their previous effort, but the concept of free jazz over fractured beats is sound. B+(***)”
Chris Spector, ‘Midwest Record’ 09/03/21
“In which the Hot Cup gang recombine to take free jazz into the 21st century with wild improv. For kids that like it out there.”