Link to BLACK SUN • Black Sun • Costy L & Tatyana T •   "...The record shines with a barrage of instrumentation and a plethora of influences. From the melodic distortions of Dinosaur Jr. to the heavy intonations of the Melvins , Black Sun harkens back to those early days before the Seattle grunge scene took over, incorporating tight yet unpolished arragements with fuzzy, off-tempo beats. In kind, the record flows with the brusqueness of a Tom Waits shanty, providing sweet visions of drinking rum off the coast of a lonely desert isle."
-- Amplifier Magazine, February 2007.
Link to PAGAN TALES • Pagan Tales • Costy L •  "...On his third album, Pagan Tales, multi-instrumentalist Costy L shines his own cultural heritage (the Russian martial beat of "Black Waltzer") through an exotic musical prism that refracts slinky Middle Eastern rhysmths ("Shadow"), Spanish motifs ("Castle", "Storm Crows") and Celtic touches ("War"), all of it run through rock influences ranging from Led Zeppelin's British blues extractions to Yes' prog ambitions to Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic pop meanderings..."
-- Amplifier Magazine, February 2005.
Link to DIRTY SKY • Dirty Sky • Costy L •  "Multi-instrumentalist Costy L is in an ornery mood these days. From start to finish, DIRTY SKY is awash torrid tales of suckers and sinners, burned witches, a black cat perched on a mail box and cigarette smoke swirling in yellow light. But that doesn't mean you can't dance to it. Like Richard Thompson, Tom Waits or Warren Zevon, Costy L traverses life's dark corridors and lives to tell the wry, acerbic stories. "You Are on Time" melds Memphis soul and garage punk with relative ease. The Spanish guitar intro to "Damn the Distance", embellished with the sounds of tap-dancing Gringos and sandpaper scratching, drifts into acid rock terrain after two verses. The cabaret inflected "When It's Over" and the Delta blues of "97 Years Old" are performed with world-weary wisdom and black comedy. Prophet ? Philosopher ? Prankster ? Song and dance man ? Costy L is all of the above."
-- The Amplifier, September 2003.
Link to THE IRON MASK • The Iron Mask • Costy L •  "Now that rock is officially post rock, the field is wide open for new blood. Enter the multifaceted Costy L. The Iron Mask successfully melds blues, funk, Latin, soul and alternative on this collection of fine-tuned instrumental and vocal tracks. "Bride of the Blue Fire" and "Paradise" evoke rootsy psychedelic images of David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name and the srcatch riffs punctuating the acid guitar solos in "Hanging, Drawing & Quartering" demonstrate that turntable is instrument to be reckoned with... ...Singer Annie Johnson's reading of "Blues Lullaby" is the hidden gem..."
-- The Amplifier, September 2002.
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