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-from K Leander Williams - Time Out New York
"A masterful percussionist who straddles uptown and downtown new music circles with ease , Pugliese leads his band Phase III that includes reedist Michael Attias, guitarist Marco Cappelli, bassist Kato Hideki and longtime drumming partner Christine Bard"

"Soultronix is the band in which much-sought-after drummer Jim Pugliese finally gets his place in the sun. The mix of hip electric textures and cool skewered pulses is rendered by an all-star cast of downtowners.

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- from Kulturspiegel, Rostock, Germany:
".. respect to the rhythm was represented by two drumsets, played by band leader, Jim Pugliese, and the equally sovereign Christine Bard. How they both regularly tripped out of the groove, how they called up ghosts which they pushed away immediately after, was wonderfully nonchalant."

"The music proved to be very serious ... a very refreshing concert."

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-from la Repubblica, Italy
"The Magic of Jim Pugliese brings Napoli closer to New York"

-from Il Mattino, Italy
"It is not often that we hear a percussionist read a score the way that a pianist reads Beethoven..."
..."it is only habit that keeps us from hearing music this way on the drums."

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- from Neue Luzerner Zeitung, Luzern, Switzerland:
"... Soultronix powered the Boa Bar ...."
"... with lurching mechanics, the polyrhythmic instrumental howling of Soultronix drummed quite seductively under the skin..."

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-from The Downtown Music Gallery
"the double drum fury of Jim Pugliese &Christine Bard!"

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-from Village Voice, NYC
"Downtown’s ubiquitous omni-drummer James Pugliese"

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-from Thuringer Volkszeitung, Schmalkalden, Germany-
"Absolutely amazing and sheerly borderless in its highly imaginative rendition was the music of the trio with Christine Bard, James Pugliese and Michael Evans. Pure rhythm, dreamlike feeling and precision to its perfection are only vague descriptions for the phenomenon EasSide Percussion"

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-from Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Halle, Germany
"EasSide Percussion from New York are the incarnation of perfect drum art."

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-K. Leander Williams, Time Out Magizine
"The best part is that, to translate his aural fetishes, Norman Yamada assembled a fine ensemble that includes jack-of-all-musics guitarist Marc Ribot and the percussion tag-team of Christine Bard and James Pugliese"

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-The Downtown Music Gallery
"EasSide Percussion-ESP (Avant 073)- Superb percussion trio, featuring Jim Pugliese, Christine Bard (both played for Zorn &Shrek) and Michael Evans. Utilizing dozens of odd percussive instruments, household objects, acoustic & electric &even a theremin. From dense landscapes like Xenakis, to funk, rock &noise!! An excellent excursion. Often dense, dark &mysterious."