"In my estimation, Daniel Van Duerm is one of the most exciting young improvisers in Chicago these days. A keyboard player who creates sonic environments rather comps and who has, in just a few short years carved out a unique and personal style, a sound language I haven't heard before.

Anti-Glow shows off Van Duerm's particular concept in a context considerably different than ones we've heard him in before. Daniel's take on the music - "This performance was during a time of tremendous self doubt...these feelings are often times not articulated in my personal words adequately. To me though, they're an incredible source of creative energy when harnessed. Examples of my most sincere emotional expression come from exploring these dark hallways inside myself."

That's not to say the music is emotionally one dimensional. Darkness and light exist together just like in the rest of our lives. Here in sound, the darkness as well as the light can illuminate. Glow and Anti-Glow. Adams' elastic drumming along with Andrade's responsive yet introspective horn make for a rewarding listening experience. I'm genuinely excited to hear what Van Duerm comes up with next."-Matt Lux, 2020

"[...] The instruments communicate with one another as if they've always been meant to. Van Duerm lays remarkable sonic foundations for Andrade to skip through and play around with, but it's not until he's bending circuits and effing with synths that you realize you're not just listening to fusion-era-Miles Chick Corea aping. The meeting of jazz and experimental electronics can often be exhilarating, and Van Duerm, Adams, and Andrade prove as adept at breaking new ground as a dude with a shovel at a groundbreaking ceremony. Anti Glow is a rush regardless of whether it's hurtling full throttle or pinging around on the inside of itself. Even when it's lurching like a hungry Frankenstein's monster, it's got that edge of cuttingness, that wobbly connection like barely failing and then unfailing magnets are holding everything together. It's unusual, and it's vital. It hits a lot of pleasure centers."-Ryan, Cassette Gods