The Search Engine is a studio album by DJ Food, a music project of Kevin Foakes who is also known as Strictly Kev.

[2] The album's cover art is an illustration by the comic book artist Henry Flint.

[3] Kevin Foakes asked him to draw "a cosmonaut, hanging in space, strapped into an unfeasibly large backpack, the kind you could only wear in zero gravity.

[4] John Bergstrom of PopMatters stated, "If you have enjoyed previous DJ Food or Ninja Tune releases, The Search Engine has plenty of elements that will sound comfortingly familiar, if not exactly fresh at this stage.

"[12] Phil Freeman of AllMusic stated, "Surprising as it may be, coming from masters of the quick-cut DJ collage, The Search Engine is a journey worth taking from beginning to end, uninterrupted.