“Facienda’s three discs draw a line between where Apo Calypso left off and where Motif 2011 now lives. Motif has always skirted the line between structure and spontaneity, with a general tendency to live on the freer side of the equation, but Facienda shows the group heading for even more expressionistic territory than ever before; it may have been a long wait, but there’s no doubt that if another three years have to go by before Motif releases another record, it will be worth the wait.”
- John Kelman, All About Jazz