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http://www.myspace.com/gl3
...and what makes this
artist a rare pearl these days is the fact that his production has
brought a
liberating wind of freshness on to the industrial scene as he freely
moves away from scene paradigms
and clichés to forge ahead a vision that is every bit as intriguing as
this mysterious artist is. And The
Hallucinations is an aptly descriptive title for this new collection of
visionary tracks, each bringing
an element of that kind of weirdness that must have tapped the back of
the minds of us all a few
times during our lives, and that GL seem to persevere in committing to
disc at regular intervals
since no-one else of us finds the courage to. Perhaps one day we'll
unveil the mystery behind
Ginger Leigh, but for the time being I'm quite happy with being
presented with works of
industrial avant-garde that transcend the establishment schemes and take
up on a
completely unconventional approach with the result of delighting my ears
and soul.
Gianfri, DARKLIFE
(Enfield, England)
...appear to be coming from some
lo-fi idealogy with an eye on skewed soundtrack material and a penchant
for industrial noise, often augmenting source material with blasts of
noise or distorted electronic
accompaniment. Its ability to purloin from various musical styles is
unique especially amongst
the industrial and noise genres and, at least, they're attempting
something different.
COMPULSION
(Scotland, UK)
Extreme music from “America
under fire” is filled up to the brim with the delightful madness
of
Middle Eastern Muslim rhythms, Arabian sounds and ethnic rhythmical
landscapes. All is gracefully
and unpretentiously wrapped up in strange mysterious landscapes of 60s
shows, in metaphysical
cosmic notes, in urban noise environments of polyphony and in industrial
mantras.
Igor Vaganov, ACHTUNG
BABY!
(Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
Ginger Leigh is from Artesia California and has been releasing strange
CDs to much acclaim for
quite awhile. It all sounds like great soundtrack music for movies that
would be too good to
actually be made! Monster music... ...the way it's all put together is
very impressive.
PTOLEMAIC
TERRASCOPE
(Wiltshire,
England)
Ginger Leigh would be a great porn name, a reference to both the good
and evil sides of the industry.
It recalls Ginger Lynn, Queen of Eighties kink… It also brings to mind
the tragic Megan Leigh,
she of latter day Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door installment
fame, who tragically
took her own life in another of porn's often horrible moments. This disc
really sucked it.
RK, TEMINAL
BOREDOM
(Kenmore, NY)
...it does form a unique sound and in the end doesn't come across as
just a pinch of this and a
dab of that, but what seems to
be a window into the mysterious world of Ginger Leigh. Most definitely
a perfect case of genius through insanity. Something new, different, and
although probably the most
sample-derivative music I've reviewed to date, it also manages to be
some of the most original.
Egan Budd, BLOOD
TIES
(West Roxbury, MA, USA)
Ginger
Leigh...proves...that the sun shines in hell. ...bewitching, fascinating
and scary. ...a real rarity;
an artist goes new paths without copying the styles and music you know
so well in this art form.
Michael Mückz, CUEMIX
(Herzogenrath, Germany)
The strange meditative to funky turn the collection of songs takes
reminds one of the hippie
movement in the 70's with their drugs excesses and "way out"
music fuelled by free love
and LSD... groovy and psychedelic man...
Snowwy, JUDAS
KISS
(Gloucester, UK)
I must admit it's
the first time I've encountered such an approach to the highly
uncommercial matter
that the sounds from beyond the margin of music. What's more, it works
fine. Ginger Leigh
has metamorphosed from a merely intriguing sound-maker into an artist
who can make
astonishing and moving music. Recommended.
Krzysztof Sadza, ELD
RICH PALMER
(Mlawa, Poland)
...indeed I reckon that GL seems to have all the qualities for scoring
movies in his own quintessential
weirdness. The general atmosphere is quite grim and his approach
definitely avant-garde. Not quite
sure how he has not landed on an appropriate label yet, as he is
churning out albums that
are one more interesting than the other...
Gianfri, DARKLIFE
(London, England)
ART IS HERE, CA! A third straight noise to a third
industrial blustering to a third unadulterated
weirdness, this is littered with howls of pain, unnerving Middle
Eastern wailing and an extraordinary
visual capacity that makes it like the fractured soundtrack to some
deep, dark video
documentary on nocturnal activity in your local cemetery...
Stewart Gott, FLUX
EUROPA
(London, England)
...with each song your fantasy completes it with an image that is often
exotic and adventurous. This mix
of electronic industrial fused with eastern sounds and melodies really
works! An
eclectic journey through a multicultural landscape...
HD,
FUNERAL PROCESSION
(Utrecht,
The Netherlands)
It is becoming more rare today to find albums of industrial obedience
able to innovate, and
Ginger Leigh is essential from now on naturally like a rising value of
the current music.
This album confirms it. Recommended!
Stéphane Fivaz, HEIMDALLR
(Châtel-St-Denis, Switzerland)
Each track on "A True Life Story" tells it's own unique tale,
from pummeling beat-driven power electronics
to softer ethnic sounds full of great percussion. ...a thought-out
slab of noise,
full of richness and depth. You need this album!
GunHed, WETWORKS
EZINE
(Frederick, MD, USA)
A filmy and strange threatening travel journey through one of the most
interesting regions of the world.
...new genre lo-fi electronica...This variant of electronic
music results in a rougher, in a less clean sound.
This is also the strength of Ginger Leigh.
Tom Wilms, L'ENTREPOT
(Turnhout, Belgium)
Leigh provides an array of heavy-duty post-industrial electronics,
Middle-Eastern rhythms, and oddly
surreal sounds, all the while never truly fitting into a rigid set of
ideals or set styles. ...more than solid
work that doesn't fail to surprise and even shock in its unique
combination of vibes and disparate
cultural reference points. GINGER LEIGH has created a niche which is
pretty well fully his own.
Todd Zachritz, GODSEND
ONLINE
(Evansville, IN, USA)
Ginger Leigh's work lies between cultural barriers and avant-garde
lines, where each individual track
is a piece within a larger puzzle, and there are always vague, abstract,
images surrounding them.
I highly recommend any of her releases.
Jeramy Ponder, JACKAL
BLASTER
(St. Mary, MO, USA)
...maybe if you like the State-Art kind of industrial, you should try to
get your hands on this one.
Good to hear that there is still original music from the industrial
scene. "Sophisticated noise",
how is that for a description?
Roy, MONAS
(Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
It is always very nice to experience new innovative and inventive bands
of these proportions. It is even
better when the music has an attitude and with Ginger Leigh, this is
certainly a fact. This is a very
enjoyable piece of experimental music that I recommend to those who are
tired of hearing the
same stuff released, over and over again. A splendid album.
Ectonaut, ORTUS
OBSCURUM
(Skultuna, Sweden)
...bit like Big Black with it's thundering New York noise-industrial
style...short blast of electronic tinkering
...a nice eerie sound flowing through it...with its hypnotic percussion
has an ethnic feel...a bit like
Muslimgauze...60s theme music...futuristic sci-fi feel...
John Marshall, FLUX
EUROPA
(London, England)
Finally a refreshing deconstructed sound. Finally an eroded and corroded
tonescape that has width
and breadth. Finally someone since Bauhaus that recognizes the musical
quality of noise and
naturalistic sounds... It strives to be more than a hole in time, more
than a telling of tales.
It shows with all the mystery of a scrapbook without captions. It
succeeds.
Christopher Eissing, LEGENDS
MAGAZINE
(South River, NJ USA)


   
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