“Lazarev has an affinity for glacially slow tempi, which suits the evocative potential of these productions. With such evocative textural material in play it’s easy for impressions of disembodied souls transitioning through realms of time and space to form as the thirty-six-minute album plays. It’s a recording whose textures are so vivid, it warrants the descriptor tactile.”

“Thunderous bass, billows of diffused distortion and precisely calibrated discord drive waves of raw emotion through pieces that smoothly pivot, often within moments, into calm glimpses of such sublime, timeless clarity as are only rarely afforded to the experienced meditator. And it’s here within a place outside of time that both composer and listener may exist together, even if only for a moment.”

“With its subtle intricacies, clear beginnings and dramatic resolutions, When You Are exhibits a rare fragility. Providing a vague, perfumed atmosphere it is only through careful listening that we may appreciate the intelligence and complexities of this wonderful work”

“In this space, chaos and calmness collide, leaving behind a powerful emotional residue. The music seems to go on forever, spreading its harmonic wings wide, but the sound is always connected, as are the planets in the solar system, and as is the solar system to the Galaxy. Everything relates. Everything connects. Everything is one.”