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The Phoenix

Because Bergsman keeps Eden's doors open (centerpiece 'Wapas Karma' is a traditional performed entirely by locals), there's a natural light and a welcome freshness--a breeze from across the world, rather than a suitcase of souvenirs.

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Pitchfork

East of Eden, in that sense, isn't so far from Studio's West Coast: a masterful, hypnotic album that draws on a world of influences but is ultimately limited by none.

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Under The Radar

Few are lucky enough to craft a work as gently affecting as East Of Eden. [Fall 2009, p.67]

Q Magazine

East Of Eden is bold and strange, fusing alien-sounding instrumetals woth wide-eyed Scandinavian pop to dizzying effect. [Oct 2009, p.117]

Uncut

The results are gorgeous. [Oct 2009, p.112]

musicOMH.com

Free of the patronising condescension that many Western musicians adopt when they embark on musical journeys like this, Victoria Bergsman has produced a marvellous, spell-binding album.

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Observer Music Monthly

It's most beguiling when the eastern influences are to the fore.

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All Music Guide

Even though she's borrowed a lot here--from Animal Collective, from Pakistani music--Bergsman manages to give it all a tender, sad-yet-sprightly touch that's completely her own.

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Delusions of Adequacy

East of Eden is a worldly sounding album that still maintains an intimately personal feel. Affectionate, intriguing and absorbing, Bergsman’s music is of the finest variety.

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Drowned In Sound

The only thing is presence and the present. The modest conclusion to a modest and warm album, is that Eden might be closer than you think.

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Filter

She transforms a Sufi song into a lullaby, and like her simultaneously near-and-distant voice, turns a faraway place into home. [Fall 2009, p.100]

Dusted Magazine

It is at once too ambitious (in the recording process and change of milieu) and not ambitious enough (in its failure to push Bergsman’s music to unexpected and truly experimental places).

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Tiny Mix Tapes

While Eden’s Eastern flavor is certainly enjoyable, it walks a thin line between cultural exploration and exploitation.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

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Bryn T. gave it a9:
Contrary to what The Pheonix said, i think that 'Wapas Karn(m?)a' breaks this album much more than making it - it's out of place in among great great tracks like 'My Boys' , 'To Lose Someone' and pretty much the rest of the album. Hopeful stuff. Easily one of the best albums this year. I look forward to hearing what follows this.

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