[1][2][3] In a review for Jazz Journal, Michael Tucker called the album "a densely woven yet airy, self-defining abstract soundscape, rich in pointillist texture and abstracted, interlaced pulses but devoid of swing," and wrote: "A tough but engrossing listen, this, which may stand as a memorial to the drummer.

"[4] The New York City Jazz Record's Mike Shanley compared the music to "a visit to a Percussion Curiosity Shop," in which "low clattering sounds float in, only to disappear quickly."

"[7] In an article for Exposé Online, Peter Thelen wrote: "Oxley's masterful refinement of sounds and shadows amid swirling bursts of creative energy offer a unique perspective; these are not merely 'drum solos' or even enhanced solos, but compositions that deserve the most unique attention to every detail... With The New World, Oxley produced some engaging sound sculptures that are at once satisfying and magically haunting on a number of levels.

"[8] A reviewer for Freq stated that, on the album, "Oxley has taken the basic building blocks of percussion and diluted them down to their basest elements, and then magnified those, holding them up to the light and studying them in minute detail."

They feel out the room, touching and gauging; a textural experience to which the electronics add mystery, ever present yet shaded from full view...