“Dementio13 has now built up a reputation for releasing some truly innovative album projects that encompass the qualities of Krautrock, ambient electronica and pop culture, and pieces them together to create some unnervingly sophisticated music. VTOL on first hearing is, thankfully, no exception.”
John Toolan - Music To Wash Up To
“As I’ve said on more than one occasion, the most pleasing thing about Dementio13‘s work is its sumptuous variety: not for him an easily tagged album of trance or synth-pop or drum n bass; instead, you’re likely to find all of these and much more thrown into a pot heaving with vitality and groaning with epicurean delight (‘epicurean’ in the original, philosophical, sense, that is) under a heady mix of disparate ingredients.So, add into the mix a whole load of partners, all of whom make great music in their own right, and you get an even denser, even more desirable outcome.””
Mark Whitby - Unwashed Territories
“VTOL is a post-rock statement for listeners as well as a teachable moment for DIY musicians. Dementio13 is a hyper-collaborator, working with network technology as much his collection of hardware and software. VTOL is cross-pollination and Dementio13 somehow managed to mix and process seven different musicians and give them a unified voice. While the label of electronica might be off putting to some, the album provides an excellent guide to the future of music production. It’s transatlantic chaos, it’s shoveling bits and bytes, it’s about sharing because you share a vision.”
Nat Lyon - Louder Than War
" 'Our Policy on Swearing' is characteristic of how Dementio13 can manipulate mood and outlook within a single piece. “Imperial Decimal” is yet another absorbing collection of compositions and sound sculptures which suggest both the interests and influences of Dementio13."
Music To Wash Up To blog
"Last Test is emotionally powerful and a musically dazzling work."
Oliver Arditi
"You sense this is the work of an individual who's thrilling at every layer of sound he puts onto a track; in Last Test I'm suddenly aware that some other Dementio13 tracks were, though I didn't realise it at the time, actually quite restrained in comparison. This is Dementio13 getting attuned to the nature of the electronic beast that resides within its sound, releasing it and thrilling at the carnage it wreaks."
Dandelion Radio DJ Mark Whitby - Unwashed Territories Blog
"The firing-on-all-cylinders, big beat-flavours showcased during ‘A Beat Called Don’, and the slower in tempo, industrial sounding ‘Really Far Away’ together recall Alan Wilder’s Recoil project, Capricorn, and DOSE. The latter tune cleverly develops into an upbeat number during its second half; as though a very precarious and altogether sinister environment becomes instead a beacon of hope and togetherness. Think Recoil segueing into Surrender era Chemical Brothers and you will, sort of, get the picture"
'Dukla Prague Away Kit' Blog
"‘Last Test’ is, in a word, eclectic. Do not confuse this with random though. ’Last Test’ jumps from extreme to extreme, but it is a well designed journey that follows the listener to carefully selected waypoints. "
Sounds Of Solarno Blog
"Dementio13 has been doing some of the most exciting electronic stuff of recent years whatever he’s turned his hand to...."
Mark Whitby - Dandelion Radio DJ
