REVIEWS OF TORTURED SOUL

“The future of house music…you have to see them live.”
- Gilles Peterson, Radio 1, UK

“Sounds like [something] I’d wake up to on a Saturday morning when the sun is coming through the window…There aren’t enough people [like this] singing about love and honesty.”
- Lenny Kravitz in Vibe Magazine

“Tortured Soul [are] breaking some rules and keeping me as a musician interested.”
- Barry Manilow, The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA

“Uber-soulful…the dance floor filled up instantly as Christian, Ethan and Jason collectively thrilled the soul-seekers.”
- Urb Magazine

“Tortured Soul…create blissed-out tracks that curl around your head like cigarette smoke.”
- XLR8R

“Imagine your favorite house DJ as a live band, making deep house music as danceable as a classic groove, and you’ll get a sense of what a Tortured Soul set is like.”
- San Francisco Chronicle

“Three New York City musicians are challenging the idea that dance music is just for baby-faced adrenaline junkies…”
- Denver Post

“House is not typically thought of as organic, live music, but New York’s Tortured Soul puts a wrinkle in that notion. [Introducing Tortured Soul] distinguished itself in the genre for its simple but wickedly effective grooves …”
- SFWeekly, San Francisco

“The deep grooves and intense rhythmic crescendos are indistinguishable from the vinyl variety, but onstage it gives booty-shakers more of a show than staid spinners can provide.”
- Cleveland Scene, Cleveland

“Live house groovers Tortured Soul kick serious style.”
- Flavorpill NY

“The guys’ sheer endurance is something to be praised…”
- CMJ Relay

“…John-Christian Urich, Ethan White, and JKriv get it right! Their brand of “live soulful house” makes them as much a welcome, live alternative to electronic dance music as they are a sound reminder of disco’s refined and nappy roots. “
- NowPublic.com, Seoul, Korea

“Tortured Soul are one of the few live house bands who can get crowds out of the stand-around-and-watch mode and up and dancing.”
- NOW Magazine, Toronto

“…the best – and also the best-received act…These guys should think about coming back to Indonesia at a later date, they could clean up.”
- Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia

“One of NYC’s best kept secrets”
- Rhythmism.com