« Thôt... a perfectly uniform combo, with its spirit and inspiration affirms the vitality of the young French jazz scene. » Le Monde

« One appreciates the way the melodic motives flow between them, their chain of thought that takes them from the background to the foreground, the intelligence of the distribution and entrances. The improvisation finds its subject from the implacable writing. More than the overwhelming technique of these ascetic musicians,we’re left moved by the poetry of space and volume. » Jazzman (****)

« Thôt is a very promising group; Payen develops a fluid and intelligent dialogue, that Coronado (dis)continues in distorted and joyous display. Bravo. » Jazzmag

« The quartet Thôt and its guests add another sensation to the productive and hazy spiral encircling the Collectif Hask. This music definitely flirts with the infatuation of teckno, but here absence and incarnation merge. So it swings, and with these twisted rhythms, Gilles Coronado tosses a few solos with confounding ease. Discoveries in composition and orchestration adjoin the extraordinary, and bitter humor appears (souvenir of Uncle Monk?). » Les Allumés du Jazz

« Thrilled, surprised, dumbfounded! The adjectives merge. Hair stands on end. The reason? The disclosure of the disc of Thôt, lead by Stéphane Payen .... Polyrhythms, polytempi, saturated guitar, overlapping, and an attempt to destructure/restructure traditional forms, saxes & brass breathless....it’s all there. » SoWhat

« Exciting from start to finish!... In its own way, this group explores paths opened by Steve Coleman and prolonged here and there by Aka Moon in Belgium or Benoît Delbecq in France. Thôt clears a more acoustical path, studying rhythm overlapping with audacity, and in the end proposes rebounding music, strong and tender, rigorous and poetic. A real treat. » Sud Ouest Dimanche