[2] Every Man and Woman Is a Star was recorded in London and mixed in Brussels with assistance from Colin James of Meat Beat Manifesto.

We could gather '70s west coast musicians for an acoustic backing track and write synth melodies on top whilst never leaving the bedroom in New Cross.

[5] Critic Simon Reynolds called the album "the first and best stab at that seeming contradiction-in-terms, pastoral techno," likening it to "acid house suffused with the folky-jazzy ambience of Roy Harper, John Martyn, and the Canterbury Scene.

"[13] AllMusic called it "a warmly melodic LP of home-listening electronica produced just before the term was coined" and "an early ambient-techno classic.

"[2] The album's pastoral sound and incorporation of traditional folk instruments have led critics to credit it as a progenitor of the folktronica genre.