Press Highlights
Myth of Tomorrow (Switch Hit Records, Figureight Recording)
NPR - "The best new albums out Oct. 24" - Electronic/Out There
Talkhouse: Interview with Shahzad Ismaily - "Erika Dohi and Shahzad Ismaily Are Trying to Slow Down"
Musikexpress (Germany) Review - “After just four minutes, it’s clear what Dohi can do – but not where the journey is headed.” ★★★★1/2
Foxy Digitalis - "A Sonic Dreamscape Unveiled...Everything here is like an all-encompassing and sonically luxurious dream. Composer-pianist Erika Dohi has created something truly remarkable with
Myth of Tomorrow, an album that fuses an air of mystery and whimsy with its vaporous
sonic atmosphere.
Aqueletuim (Portugal) - "Parte do êxito do álbum está na busca constante por descoberta e inovação. Essa sede de explorar é perceptível em instantes...É um dos trabalhos mais audaciosos e diversos de 2025.”
“Part of the album’s success lies in its constant search for discovery and innovation… it is one of the boldest and most diverse works of 2025.” ★★★★
The Tonearm - “The ephemeral becomes audible on Erika Dohi’s ‘Myth of Tomorrow’ From the Fairlight CMI to the 1940s Ondioline, Erika Dohi built her sophomore album using rare instruments with distinct personalities, astrology as a compositional framework, and meditation practice that confronted loneliness."
WNYC #5074, Altered Voices- "there's new work by pianist and composer Erika Dohi, from her 2025 release, Myth of Tomorrow, where she integrates elements of electronic music and hip-hop, processing her sung Japanese against the backdrop of the Metropolis Ensemble, and featuring Adam O’Farill on trumpet. "
Various Small Flames - "upon the eclectic style of predecessor I, Castorpollux to push Dohi’s sound in new directions, utilising a variety of sensibilities from dance, jazz, ambient and classical modes to create soundscapes as singular as they are striking."
Mesmerized - "Aiding an otherworldly, cathartic listening experience, ‘Myth of Tomorrow’ is unlike anything you have heard before. The perfect meeting point between Western electronica and Japanese tradition, the record showcases Erika Dohi's avant-garde artistry, a unique and eclectic aural vision that has recently flourished into the project’s second album.”
MXDWN- “At times, the album feels as if it is opening to a different world, or possibly in between two… Slowly, listeners are pulled from one reality to another, a striking and inventive method of expressing the theme of change.”
Aratani
Expansion Radial (Mexico) - “Escucharla es como entrar en un espacio donde el tiempo se detiene y lo intangible se vuelve tangible a través de la música.”
"Listening to it feels like entering a space where time stands still and the intangible becomes tangible through music."
Indie Underrated- “Indietronica cinema”
Son of Marketing- “a deeply nostalgic meditation on memory, time, and impermanence”
FEMMUSIC- “Aratani explores the intangible connection between the present and the past, where memories unfold like infinite landscapes beyond the edges of time.”
Ame Onna
The Autumn Roses - “A whimsical and brilliantly vibrant new piece.”
The Jazz Chill - “Meditative, cinematic, and beautifully restrained.”
Visual Atelier 8 - "Ame Onna" unfolds like a gentle rain--- delicate, reflective, and cleansing"
The Slow Music Movement - “Beguiling, beautiful… a far-out slice of cosmic dream pop."
I, Castorpollux (37d03d)
The New York Times – “Minimalistic repetitions and startling fractures… equally virtuosic and digitally skewed.”- Jon Pareles
WNYC New Sounds / Soundcheck – Episode and podcast with John Schaefer
Bandcamp Daily Best Ambient Albums, May 2021 – “a striking first record that weaves field recordings, spoken word, and acoustic instruments together with a retro-futuristic palette.” – Arielle Gordon
Mix Magazine – "a reflection of her avant-garde style and is a nod to her Asian and American identities… emotional and evocative” - Adrianna Cheung
MINN POST - Weekend Picks: The Liquid Music Series: Erika Dohi's I, CASTORPOLLUX and David Friend & Jerome Begin's Post- "pianist Erika Dohi plays piano like you’ve never seen before. Opening up the instrument to reveal its insides, Dohi fuses an electronic, pizzicato yet muted sound that also happens to have a melody that draws you into it." - Sheila Regan
JAZZIZ – Best of the Week 4/19
I Care If You Listen – Video Premiere: “Particle Of…”
Brooklyn Vegan – Best of the Week 4/14
Mondo Jazz/ All About Jazz – Playlist Feature: “Still/On Hold"
gathering blue (RighteousGIRLS, New Focus Recording)
Downbeat Magazine - Best Albums of 2015
Downbeat Magazine -"Revelatory" ★★★★1/2 -John Ephland
New York City Jazz Record - Review by Fred Bouchard
CLASSICALITE- Video Premiere: "GIRLS" - Maria Jean Sullivan
I Care If You Listen -"Breaks Creative Ground" - Jackson Cooper
WNYC New Sounds - Feature: Chamber Music With an Electronic Boost- John Schaefer
Other Selected Press
The Washington Post -"Wadada Leo Smith’s jazz is demanding, but emotionally cathartic"-Michael J. West
FIFTEEN QUESTIONS - Interview "Given to Understand"
Lucid Culture - "mesmerizingly psychedelic, often utterly chilling performance of George Crumb’s American Songbook"
The New York Times- "Idiosyncratic Pairings on a Wide Playing Field"
