“…Kikuchi proves once again that he’s one of the most interesting composing drummers currently working.”
-Ken Shimamoto
The Stash Dauber 2012
“…A Morricone showdown in a John Cage rock garden.”
-Nate Dorward, Paris Transatlantic Magazine 2012
“…Kikuchi merits serious attention.”
Dave Segal, The Stranger 2011
Read the February 2011 Earshot Jazz profile article
Seattle Times Article
-Chris Kornelis, Seattle Times 2011
“In the middle of all this is drummer/percussionist Paul Kikuchi, at times a diamond in the rough, but mostly the unpredictable X factor that can either make the ensemble stick together with glue, or blow it completely apart on a whim.”
-Michael G Nastos, All Music Guide 2011
“In a milieu of increasingly specialized skills, Kikuchi might be considered a kind of polymath. As a composer, instrument builder, percussionist and movement awareness practitioner, he manages to integrate his different abilities and interests to forge an authentic voice.” read full article
-Na Young Kwon, International Examiner 2010
“The music sounds like it belongs with some kind of ritual for a world we do not yet know.”
-Greg Edwards, Gapplegate Music Review 2010
“Kikuchi’s ensembles paint vivid sound pictures, ones which reward repeated listening.”
-Ken Shimamoto, Fort Worth Weekly 2010
“Gorgeous sounds.”
-Cynthia Lombard, KFJC Radio 2009
“…Kikuchi straddles an interesting line between Philly Joe licks and Paul Lovens kitchen-sink…”
-Clifford Allen, Bagatellen 2008
“…Kikuchi’s scintillating percussive asides and pneumatic tom-tom work occasionally sounds almost electronically generated and alien in their timbre…”
-Troy Collins, Cadence Magazine 2007
