"Maharadja Sweets offers a tape of mysterious honesty; purely
experimental, forward thinking, disturbing and beautiful... it's his music that confirms his importance, showcasing a raw,
personal and mystical vision."
Impose
Magazine
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New York Public Library
of the Performing Arts
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Something's Been Lost
"warmly
eccentric work of outsider folk... a sense of perfume-scented longing haunts this New Yorker's tunes from the wistful and
charming "Love" to the melodramatic "Time."
Wire Magazine
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In an Orange Milky Way
"one of the weirdest and most honest psych-pop
tapes I've heard in a long time. This tape is slowly overtaking me."
[chosen as one of his top 25 cassette albums of 2013]
Lars Gotrich, NPR
Ranked 47th*
Tabs Out
Top 200 Tapes of 2013
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The Cassette Label Heads who Went Outside
."..certainly the ONLY
song of 2014 that’s made me cry on various occasions while listening on repeat, and through a plethora of emotional
levels."
(review of Space is the Place....for TV - theme song for the album.)
Tiny Mix Tapes
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The Caprice Of Young Gods.
"Absolute mind f**kery of the highest order
from MAHARADJA SWEETS. Harsh electronics mingle with whimsical compositions and seemingly found sounds - it's a noise tape
to be sure, but you haven't heard anything like The Caprice of Young Gods. Fortunately, you have now...and there's
so much more where this came from."
Terminal
Escape
Ranked 16th
Tabs Out Top 200 Tapes of 2016
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Slithering Kingdoms (A Backyard Afternoon)
"The audio equivalent of A Bug’s Life meets National Geographic"
Tiny Mix Tapes
Ranked 46th
Tabs Out Top 200 Tapes of 2017
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"Love and attention and thought. This
is a miracle, thank you for sharing this with the world."
Some random guy on youtube
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"possesses an off-kilter genius"
Beats Per Minute
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Awarded Best Artists’ Book at End Paper: NCMA Art Book Fair (2022) by the North Carolina Museum of Art and now resides
in their permanent collection.
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[crickets]
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*means there
are 46 tapes from 2013 you might like better than this one
