'An unlikely combination of sound-detritus and the craft of composition, the music of Ed Bennett makes strong statements about taking on, and overcoming, our contemporary challenges.'
The Journal of Music

"Unclassifiable, raw-nerve music of huge energy and imagination."
The Guardian

"This is music that knows it needs to be heard....Dzama Stories is a glorious addition to the contemporary canon. I haven't heard a new disc of Irish composition as vital and as urgent as this in a long while."
Musical Criticism

"It processes voice samples to a point of fever and contortion worthy of Trevor Wishart or Joan Le Barbara. A riff in static punches us in the ear, before massed and now comparatively pure vocal drones bring the piece to a stunning conclusion."
Musical Criticism

"Ed Bennett's music takes no prisoners".
Glasgow Herald

"...an organic, unstoppable mass of sound. This is a thoroughly absorbing if, frankly, menacing piece."
International Record Review (on for Marcel Dzama)

"beautiful work....great energy"
John Zorn

"Another performance is with Dunmall improvising with a contemporary classical ensemble in a piece written for him by Ed Bennett. The piece which includes electronics and projections is absolutely astonishing"
Bruce Gallant, Downtown Music Gallery, New York

“...this composer has a manic obsessive streak that is almost unsettling it is so genuine.”
Classical Music Magazine

"Immediately Expressive. Sound that veers between the meditative and aggressive."
Gramophone Magazine

“…the brutal onslaught of Ed Bennett’s Staggering.”
Tom Service – The Guardian

“…it was clear in this large work that not only had he been inspired by the occasion but he had succeeded in involving this huge orchestra with often very striking effect.”
Belfast Telegraph

"Descending figures of real beauty hang in a still, fragile setting."
Fanfare (USA)