Atkins' second full-length of Model 500 material spews out all the styles that Atkins had been influenced by over the past few years, including such far-ranging sounds as commercial R&B, drum & bass, British techno and trip-hop. Though it's interesting to see Atkins' take on such a wide variety of music, it makes for a schizophrenic album, enjoyable in fits and starts but hardly a classic worthy of the master himself. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
The first proper Model 500 full-length combines Juan Atkins' two favorite conceptual themes. Delineated by the spacy track titles and highways (M 69, M 24) for track numbers, Deep Space focuses on science fiction and automobile journeys through the course of its mostly instrumental tracks. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide