Modus Operandi

New Musical Express (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #39 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
Rolling Stone (9/18/97, p.108) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...[Rupert] Parkes arranges break beats like a bop drummer gone drum and bass....deftly translates '70s jazz fusion and '80s Detroit techno into a blueprint for a new, more expansive drum-and-bass architecture..."
Musician (10/97, p.88) - "...an exhilirating ride through strange territory....Photek's rhythms jerk spasmodically, while fragmented echoes and gripping noises zoom overhead like an invading army. Photek's vision is clear and cold, and would make George Orwell proud..."
Melody Maker (9/20/97, p.48) - "...a sonic representation of a Samurai sword technique..."
New Musical Express (9/13/97, p.53) - 7 (out of 10) - "...MODUS OPERANDI will undoubtedly be hailed as a landmark of `intelligent' jungle in some quarters, and rightly so....don't expect to warm to it with...ease. Because, like most landmarks, it is carved out of cold stone."
Option (11-12/97, p.113) - "...Photek seems in search of higher meaning, taking hard, cold beats, peppering them with machine-generated squawks, bleeps and waves and striving to say something with these noises substituted for word..."