CD REVIEW: BOX SET "Hypernatural":
THE WIRE issue195 May, 2000

Inside a silver-etched, numbered box you get a full-colour booklet of Machida's tactile artworks which utilise found ingredients such as coal, tar, acid, coffee and newspaper, and you ever get your very own tiny bird feather. Machida's soundpieces are every bit as organic and texturally intricate as his artwork, combining detailed field recordings with ethnic bells, steel guitar, some non-intrusive electronics and bamboo flutes. Unlike many of these 'investigations' into area sonorities, Hypernatural feels genuinely transportive, opening up massive forest areas or tiny devotional paths when his bird chirps chime with bells and flutes.
by David Keenan