"Following a busy stretch of activity — appearing at a showcase event for 12k, the U.S. label headed by Taylor Deupree, and taking part in the Osaka date of the Japan tour by raster-noton, the German label headed by Carsten Nicolai — Samurai Jazz have renamed themselves SJQ (Samurai Jazz Quintet) and completed their first original album in roughly six years, since 2003's 'meme?'. The edgy yet pop sound combining electronic sonics with acoustic instruments, already put into practice on last year's live album 'COCOMPLEX' released on SJQ's own Rhizome records, has evolved even further here. Cutting-edge technology crosses paths with pop culture in real-time, improvised, ever more refined cut-up jazz that is utterly thrilling and stimulating!! This isn't the easy formula of simply laying jazz instruments over existing dance music — savor a truly present-tense improvisational masterpiece grounded in modern computer processing."