".....Her music is really unbelievable! The world we live in rolls faster than the speed of light, however they totally ignore it, haha! They play on instruments as if they were powerless. Obviously, it is not a negative critique. Actually, this is the specificity of the genre, so you have to dig into the field they act in order to grasp their music. Guitarists carry out experiments on their instruments, making kgmr's music minimalist, weird and freaky....."

-Department of Virtuosity

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"The music on Instant Confidante is what you will want to later replay inside your head in order to feel awesome as you navigate your way. You feel that pull. A forcefield glows around it. Its edges are the turrets and topstories peeking out as you cruise the neighborhood. It moves beautifully, and inside each song there is a spooky silence."

"In her debut cd instant confidante, kgmr gives us a sense that her spirit is grounded in deep truths while her soul is laughing. Each song tells a compelling story that requires many listenings to hear in full, and just gets better each time through. The construction of these songs is equally as fascinating as the sound; the two are inseparable really, and careful listening reveals a musical intelligence rare in contemporary music.

In the title cut we’re introduced to music that sets your mind free – it made me think in colors. By midway through the cd, you feel as though she’s been telling you secrets, thereby unlocking your own. The penultimate piece “cut and come again” was almost the title of the cd, and is as representative of it as “instant confidante.” A spare and lovely composition with kgmr on solo piano, nowhere on the cd does a comparison with Satie come closer, yet with such a clearly feminine touch.

From more whimsical, upbeat compositions like “bird song” to the somber 'cheng’s monogamous grill,' kgmr takes us on a complex journey through notes and tones and our own minds. 'now I’m flying high like a birdie,' with a danceable nouveau latin beat, loosens your joints and lets your body swing with the esoteric yet melodic rhodes piano. A bird on a wire taking flight, a violin rhumba.

kgmr plays with some fine musicians on this cd. 'creepy and strange' is a complex interweave of instruments, including voice by kgmr with barely discernible, creepy and strange, yet oddly sweet lyrics, and the 'mumbling and humming' of Bob Read, who plays drums, guitar and violin on the cd as well. John Schurman’s trumpet rounds out the sound on the high end of the scale.

David Walsh adds distinctive bass to the mix on 'two minutes in the closet,' as esoteric and post-symphonic a piece as you could hope to hear today. Dark and forbidding as the title implies, it gains suspense from and takes full advantage of the technique of 'aleatory counterpoint' pioneered by Witold Lutoslawski. Jay Alvaro's tight and responsive drumming compliment the free wandering of the other parts.

'when the moon turns red with blood,' after lyrics by Louis Armstrong, makes a marked social commentary in a soothing jazzy style. “When the rich go out and work… when the air is pure and clean… when we all have food to eat… when our leaders learn to cry” – the words aren’t there in this version, but it’s worth looking them up. 'can I see you today?' is another fine jazz cut, reminiscent of Thelonius Monk. The final cut, 'liar, liar, the president’s on fire,' an insistent, ominous piece, warns of dissonance and wails discontent.

The only possible hindrance I can see to kgmr’s success in the music industry is that too few people take the time to relax for a musical journey this complex. However, relax you it will, and alternately needle you with inspirations."

-- Harriett Hines, DJ, KVNF Public Radio, Paonia, Colorado