I/O\I is one of the most original and creative artists we’ve heard in a while.
~ Radio Orphans Podcast
Since when did experimental music become something to fear? As soon as
I heard Stafford Davis’ I/O\I, I was afraid to ever give the
“genre” a chance again. Maybe I just don’t get it,
but I don’t like this music… This CD let me down a lot.
~ Music-Reviewer.com
It’s a wonderful album of 26 chapters… A lot of work and love has gone into this CD, and I definitely recommend it.
~ Homegrown Podcast UK
Wonderfully rhythmic and distorted avant pop. Most of these songs
aren't exactly songs in the strictest sense. But they sound really
cool, and taken as a whole this album has more than a few interesting
things to say. For adventurous listeners on the prowl for something
truly new.
~ Aiding & Abetting
Something new with each listen… It’s a great album!
~ BlowUpRadio.com - Lazlo’s Den
I love I/O\I! My station specializes in unusual and experimental
music and this fits right in. Thanks so much for the great work!
~ Never Ending Wonder Radio
In the end, casual listeners of pop music may ask what the point of
listening to experimental music IS. For many the purpose of
experimenting with music is to find nontraditional forms that excite
the ear in new ways, a goal that despite its display of good musical
technique I/O\I most certainly fails to achieve.
~ HotIndieNews.com
An ever-changing sonic landscape… This is experimental music as
it should be – full of playful exploration and curiosity.
~ Fan
I/O\I is anything but traditional… I love it when artists push
the boundaries and help us open our minds to things we may not of
thought to listen to. I think this is a CD that needs to be
played from beginning to end to understand the continuity.
~ Eclectic Mix Podcast
I really dig experimental, cacophonous music that makes use of
wall-of-sound techniques to overwhelm listeners with waves of
dissonance. That’s why I/O\I (a.k.a. Stafford Davis) first
appealed to me. But I discovered that there isn’t just sonic
chaos to be found on his self-titled album. In fact, that’s a
very small portion of the album. It also derives a lot of its appeal
from softer, more ambient songs and other tracks that are strange
derivations of more traditional musical styles. All in all, I/O\I is
less of a musical endeavor than it is modern art exhibit of sound that
is stored on CD.
~ Radio Krud
I/O\I is a multi-dimensional project tapping into different musical
directions embracing a psychedelic experience somewhere between
epilepsy and ecstasy.
~ XtremeMusic.org
I/O\I is the project of musician Stafford Davis, one I’d
describe as “everything and the kitchen sink.” What I mean
by that is this is basically not only multi-genre, but everything goes,
a real open and intimate viewpoint into the life of a composer whose
influences seem to be between the two poles of singer/songwriter and
ardent pop experimentalist... Overall definitely the vision of
one rather iconoclastic musician, who’s not only brave enough to
release something so uncompromising, but to allow negative opinions of
such to be part of his press sheet. I’m not sure what sort of
audience an album like this has.
~ Outer Music Diary