"Lotta Continua Recordings took some time to release their third and fourth work, and perhaps out of economical reasons they switched to CDRs. However, you can only tell when you look at the discs surface. The rest of the release looks quite professional - good print on the CD and a nice cover. Perhaps the format of CDRs enables to make more releases. On both releases we find the work of Dave Clarkson, also known as Illuminati. One solo and one in collaboration with King Dice. On his solo release 'Meta Medica' he cites Dutch poet Willem Bilderdijk (1756-1831), whose name I think is hardly known by the majority in this country, let alone outside, who wrote in his letters a lot on his physical and mental condition, thus serving 'as 'meta-medical' reflections by which he enhanced his self-understanding and 'constructed' his own self'. For Clarkson his music are 'themes for personal survival in an an age of moving medical ethics'. Illuminati plays electronic music, that is partly based on instruments, partly on field recordings and partly on unusual techniques such as scratching CDRs. The latter is used with some of the bass sounds and adds a harsher texture to some of the music. Some of the music, since this album is quite a varied bunch of music, from soft melodic pieces to harsher, effect laden pieces. A bit of rhythm, melancholy and agony, it's all there and makes 'Meta Medica' quite a nice album - except that I don't see what the medical ethics do here"

Frans De Waard