“[for loss] belongs to a special category of modern music. Kawai Shiu’s style is, in parts, experimental, impressionistic, jazzy, poetic, and devotional.”
-Fanfare

“On their own, the fascinating sonorities and sustained atmosphere plot an unconventional, but recognizably dramatic story, an artistic meditation on a catastrophe of nature.”
-Fanafre

“….sonically interesting and engaging. Using a variety of percussive, bowed, and conventional keyboard techniques, Shiu coaxes a huge range of sounds from his instrument and effectively communicates a sense of loss and tragedy while also making music that is both intellectually and aesthetically engaging.”
-CD HotList

“….and has built a monumental and gorgeous 62-minute essay through studio superimpositioins and multi-tracking.”
-La Folia

“The work fascinates in its stark ritualized action. The more one listens, the more one gravitates toward the sounds so well thought-out by Kawai Shiu. It has a one-of-a-kind quality that is in the end a tribute to the bravery of those who got through the upheaval and surged forward to rebuild their lives. In that, it is a work highly representational. All sounds have meaning yet are singular within themselves. Hearing a moving experience. Listen!”
-Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review