Discussing the album's impact on electronic music for Resident Advisor in 2007, Joshua Meggitt stated that when compared to Fennesz's "flickering electro-acoustic haze, much of the work by his clicks n' cuts contemporaries sounded po-faced, cerebral and cold [...] Fennesz invested the laptop with a soul hitherto reserved for 'real' instruments."
In an interview with Resident Advisor in 2007, Joshua Meggitt commented on how when compared to Fennesz's "flickering electro-acoustic haze," much of the work by his clicks n' cuts contemporaries seemed overly serious and cerebral. However, Fennesz brought a soul to the laptop that was previously associated with 'real' instruments.