“Unmistakable voice of Irina Mikhailova from Kazakhstan combines Eastern European vocal tradition with traditional Middle Eastern music and modern electronica. The emotional weight behind the Middle Eastern strings and percussion seem made even more powerfully emotive by the mechanistic backdrop and Mikhailovas voice, especially when multi-tracked and harmonizing with herself in lower keys instead of higher (like Madonna), is quite beautiful. ”

"Born in Kazakhstan, Mikhailova is an enchantress who wails in a voice that fuses her Kazakh and Russian roots, with eastern European vocal styles and Middle Eastern effects. Sometimes singing in Bulgarian, her native Kazakh, or her own hybrid dialect, she creates the sound of ecstasy and lament, often simultaneously”

"Mikhailova's solo work is intense, beautiful and ultimately accessible.”

“”Mikhailova is just as expressive a singer as Natasha Atlas””

“The final touch is provided by Khazakhstan native Irina Mikhailova. Her sinewy vocalizing (in an unidentified language) create a perfect hybrid of the Eastern European styles of the Bulgarian Women's Choir, and other exotic locales such as India, Morrocco, even east Asia. Throughout the whole disk, Mikhailova's voice threads in and out of the electronic/organic tapestry. I can't help but draw comparisons with the aforementioned Bulgarian Women, and with other world/electronic pioneers such as Dead Can Dance and even Adiemus.””

“”The exotic and haunting vocal style of Irina Mikhailova is the ladle that stirs this melting pot of cross cultural influences. Ancient sounds mix with contemporary beats to create an aural ambrosia that is intoxicating.””

““Irina is a vocal acrobat with a strikingly gorgeous voice. Add on irrepressible charisma and an unstatiable appetite for cross-cultural experimentation and you have a compelling artist deserving of world-wide acclaim.””

“Irina Mikhailova is a singer from Kazakhstan whose voice as angelic as it is earthy, as sensual as it is serene. Although she's singing lyrics in her native tongue, Mikhailova, like Lisa Gerrard od Dead Can Dance uses her voice as an instrument, etwining it around an exotic pan-ethnic blend of percussion, sitars, balalaikas and wind instruments.””