The Wire - September 2002 - Issue 223
Reviewed by Ken Hollings

Less reserved and more prepared to engage its listeners than Jirku's previous Variants release for Canada's Alien8 label, Entropy manages to confound its title by building structures out of gentle chaotic drifts. Dub is redefined as the distance and symmetry between isolated events. The fragment becomes both the index and indicator of space. "Isothermal" and "Exothermic" make hesitant yet discernible progress out of second guessing themselves. Sub-aquatic 303 and off-kilter beats echo from deep within 'Adiabatic". Acted upon by other forces, the confident minimalism of "lsentropic" and "Cyclic" gives this collection a sense of coherence, establishing sparse utilitarian frameworks out of strict repetition from their opening moments.

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Intr_version Records ‎– Montreal, Canada - INTR 005

Tomas Jirku's fourth full-length marks a return to the moody, cavernous terrain that he first explored in his breakthrough album for Alien8 Recording, Variants. Full of rhythmic crackles, deep dubby bass lines and lush melodies it pushes even further the tech-dub aesthetic for which he has been gaining international recognition and acclaim. Comparisons to dub-techno contemporaries such as Pole, Farben and Vladislav Delay are inevitable, but Entropy finds Jirku breaking ground with references to dancehall and roots dub sounds.

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Vice Magazine, Electric Independence, Nov 30 2002

www.vice.com/en_us%20/article/ei-v9n8

You have to check out the latest release from Montreal’s Intr_version label called Entropy by Tomas Jirku. You may remember Jirku from his amazing releases on the Force Inc. and Substractif labels. Now the TO artist returns with 11 tracks of dubbed-out minimal tech madness. Take the dubbiness of the Chain Reaction label and the click hop shuffle of SND and then turn the lights waaaay down low and you’re halfway there. Perfect for decompressing during that post–6:00 AM comedown, Entropy will surely cement Intr_version’s place as one of the strongest experimental labels around.
- RAF + VINCE

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Boomkat - July 27, 2002

This is one immense new album from the Czech born, Canadian resident artist Tomas Jirku known previously for his ace Klang Elektronik and Traum 12"s and Force Inc and Alien 8 cd's. This new album dives head first into his own genius take on dub stylings infused with critical electronic harmonics and neck snapping click head rock rhythm propulsion. At once as delicate as an opening flower the next driving your bass cones to the edge of decimation. 'Isothermal' even up's the intensity with a direct'n'true clickdubtechno sound that's miles above similar works. Over eleven tracks and 70+ mins (no time wasting here man) Tomas Jirku delivers an album as essential as a Rhythm & Sound comp, Pole's debut album and early Vladislav Delay. Bound to stay glued to your CD transport for months to come it's packaged in a nifty sown together slip shut card case with a dreamy autumnal mist landscape print making it a surefire bet for all and sundry. One not to miss.