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Sep 24, 2013On only a few listens, it’s clear that Mediation Of Ecstatic Energy is by far the most dynamic of not only these releases but of Wong’s entire career, not only on an instrumental level, but on an emotional level.
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Sep 18, 2013This album shows Wong at his most refined and compositional, maintaining the spontaneous spirit of his playing while delivering a final product more focused and satisfying than anything he's done before.
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Sep 18, 2013Mediation succeeds not only as a stunning instrumental performance, but as an hour of personal storytelling.
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The WireDec 10, 2013As well as these old school paeans to rock's cosmic moments, there are tracks fascinating through a percussive complexity that nods to minimalism. [Sep 2013, p.63]
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Sep 20, 2013Mediation Of Ecstatic Energy is undoubtedly Wong's most fully realised, varied and intriguing set of compositions to date.
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Sep 18, 2013On Mediation of Ecstatic Energy he is able to give that virtuosity a form that makes for a coherent, beautiful album.
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Under The RadarSep 18, 2013It's a record that seamlessly flows from one idea to another, and its intricate, knotted textures are certainly deserving of recognition. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.102]
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Sep 27, 2013Thought has clearly been put into the sequencing of Mediation of Ecstatic Energy.
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UncutOct 10, 2013Much of Mediation of Ecstatic Energy is content to sit, lost in a maze of Echoplex, navigating its own navel. [Nov 2013, p.81]