“Very cool music...I love this piano etude that I’m listening to as I write this...I’m reminded of bits of [Steve] Reich, [Philip] Glass, Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Radiohead, intertwined with an aching longing and lots of integrity.”
— Vernon Reid, Living Colour
“[Bash Street Worlds] is a gloriously warm, bright and sunny song with a rich wall-of-sound synth that recalls some of OMD’s best work.”
— PopMatters.com
“There’s an interesting subgroup of composers who sing their own songs, blending aspects of art song and pop...Andrew Shapiro is a notable practitioner.”
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker
“Andrew Shapiro, the new face of American Minimalism.”
— The Independent (UK)
“I loved both of the pieces of music [Detectors in the Eyes & Mint Green]. So very different. Haunting yet uplifting. I could imagine myself writing to it, which is not something I say a lot…”
— Neil Gaiman, Author
“There are few electronic musicians whose work recalls both Philip Glass and Magnetic Fields...the result is both accomplished and highly enjoyable.”
— Performing Songwriter
“Andrew Shapiro was alt-classical before alt-classical was a thing.”
— Time Out New York
“Sigur Ros, the Alan Parsons Project and Radiohead have a subtle presence in Shapiro’s work...the unlikely blend of pop sensibility and classical elegance have merged in Shapiro’s ambient, wafting rhythms...new, fresh and innovative.”
— Hudson Valley Pulse
“Intimate Casual is a restrained but warm blend of spare, classically influenced pieces with just enough pop sensibility to make them accessible...it shimmers in its minimalist strokes.”
— Arkansas Democrat Gazette
“A Philip Glass protégé who knows his minimalism, [Shapiro] bridges the gap between aggressive avant-gardism and abstract dream pop. Fans of Sigur Ros ought to thrill at finding such a properly hypnotic state-sider.”
— ABC News
“Shapiro’s creation [Quiet Kissing] is dreamy...the slowly rocking tempo and overlapping, whispery vocal track lull the ear and the mind into a contemplative state I previously thought could only be experienced by actors in independent films.”