“Paranoise is on the cutting edge of the current crop of (World/Rock) bands...This is an outstanding release that hits the mark on every track”. -EXPOSE

“I beg of you, do yourself a favor and check out Paranoise. This is one of those rare chances that one is given to witness the way an entirely new style of music evolves....The fusion between rock and world music that Paranoise masteock Pages

“Paranoise is to world music as progressive rock is to ordinary rock.” -KINESIS

The arrangement of “Ishq” leaps the East-West culture gap so zestfully -- with traditional percussion providing a bed for bandleader Jim Matus’s sizzling Arabic-Jazz guitar -- that it charms.” -THE BOSTON PHOENIX

“One of the most unique yet bizarre releases in quite some time. Band leader Jim Matus has taken the style that Peter Gabriel made so famous a few years back, fusing rock and world music, and taken it a step further.” -SEA OF TRANQUILITY

“Enter into the world of Paranoise - where politics and social-consciousness are fully intertwined with music.” -PROGNOSIS

“ Both totally original and heavy as f**k, I can promise that Ishq is unlike anything you have heard before ....an astounding piece of work which is both unique and progressive in the true sense of the word....This is the most original album I have heard in a long time”. -WONDROUS STORIES (England)

“With Ishq, the group has transformed a novelty into a fully-integrated fusion of genres...-Strongly recommended.” -ALL MUSIC GUIDE

“A fascinating sound collage that boils over with intensity...Ishq is one of the most significant releases of 2001” -THE GIANT PROGWEED

“Time to expand your mind” -THE HARTFORD ADVOCATE

“The mastermind of this band has lost his heart in Northern Africa An outstanding and spectacular album.” -D.U.R.P. (Germany)

“It's not often you hear something so different that it's impossible to pigeon-hole but Paranoise might be just the group that can escape that kind of judgment”. -REELS OF DREAMS UNROLLED

“ISHQ is one of the top new albums that I've heard in 2001. Anyone into Peter Gabriel's WOMAD, and world music in general will love the music here” -GROUND AND SKY

“Is this the soundtrack to a United Nations convention? "ISHQ" has gained a prominent place in my diverse music collection.” -EDGE OF TIME (Netherlands)

“They draw from traditional songs from Afghanistan and Morocco and they make us almost breath in the dust in the air.” -PROG-PT

“There's no other band that sounds like Paranoise, and few with the courage to confront the same issues. Long may it rage.” -HIGH BIAS

“I hope that the new album of Paranoise will force major labels to sign them” -SKYLIGHTOR (GREECE)

“During the past four years I have reviewed some truely original music on this site, but never anything as original as this.” -FIRST LIGHT (SWEDEN)

“I’m a User” is the best drug song since Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf”...Another killer album from Paranoise, Connecticut’s best excuse for not yet being allowed to secede and start their own country”. -TONE CLUSTERS