"My partner and I just had a great scene. While we were at it, we listened to a CD from M.Arana. I had never heard this music before, and it totally worked for me. It stayed in the background, but it added to the night, it was Hot, Driving, and Deeply Dark, overall it was GREAT scene music! Give it a listen you will not be sorry."

—Joe Gallagher, LeatherPages.com - October 2009 (Commenting on @PLAY Volume II)

"After listening to many demos for a recent leather dance party I was arranging, I was given a CD by M.Arana. The combination of NYC style progressive house, trance and intense tribal rhythms was exactly what I was looking for. M.Arana proved to be a DJ capable of taking us on a journey. For the first time in a long time I felt like I was being treated to a creative performance ripe with that spontaneity I so rarely hear in clubs today."

—Erik vonHausen, Q Northeast Magazine

"M.Arana not only knows how to drive the night, but he sets the perfect mood effortlessly for any leather oriented event. With his mastery of masculine tones, he sets the standard for our community."

—Aaron Lenburg, Mr. Boston Leather 2007

"Damn buddy! You rock a leather dance like nobody! A truly refreshing set with none of that diva shit! You know what guys need to hear... Your CD release party was incredible. A true testosterone filled house. I was transfixed till the very end and that mammoth last track had my boots glued to that backroom floor...."

—Attendee, New "Ominous Anonymous," @PLAY Volume II)

"...Big fan since the first Full Kit night... I can tell you my c*ck jumped when I finally got my hands on that 'slave' track... Arana's been mesmerizing us for years... and teasing the f*ck out of us with his live sampling of this track. So damn glad it's finally out. How about releasing some of your remixes of it too?"

—Retail customer (commenting on "Infamia," @PLAY Volume II)

"This is the best play/background/work-on-my-dungeon/self-stim/etc. music... Definitely the soundtrack to my next kinky party... I really appreciate the accessible credible sophisticatedly rough blend of grit and art. I really like the music because it also meshes with my shadow side [and] overall life/play/art 'keep it primitive' mantra."

—Retail customer

"Well, if 'Evil Fist' needed to show that he's any more eeeevil, he could have always simply used as his background score, music by M.Arana... M.Arana's music (Residue CD) is pretty high level sinister, high octane takes on the whole leather/master/slave lifestyle. I made the mistake of checking it out at 10am on a Saturday morning... and was shocked into alertness."

—Will Clark, Porn Star Confidential