“I am happy to recommend John Palmer's new CD 'Beyond the Bridge...' to anybody who wishes to take time to explore inner states of mind. Through an imaginative use of electronics Palmer has evoked a very personal vision of the inner life: each piece enters strange new spaces. Whether for cello, his childrens' voices, piano, harpsichord or as in the most uncompromising essay, Spirits, for synthesizer alone, the use of electronics adds a dimension which expands out from the known and familiar to a mysterious otherness. These are pieces which need a quiet mind and attention; whoever gives them that and enters into the sounds with all their imagination should be rewarded.”

Jonathan Harvey, 1997