Merchant Of
Death is a masterpiece and a mind altering experience, transporting
you to places you have only dreamt of. Ginger Leigh is
very mysterious; not much is known but venturing into his
musical vision gives you a bit more insight behind the
eyes of this talented artist. Rev. Gira,
CULTURE
ASYLUM MAGAZINE ( Philadelphia PA, USA)
It's huge and mean and
threatening in such a marvelous way. 'Merchant Of Death'
is a compelling selection of avant-experimental- electronic-noise-pop
that deserves far more attention.
GOATSDEN
(Evansville, IN, USA)
...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)
...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)
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...songs
that will change your life. The atmosphere of the songs changes
like a fast trip around the world in a day, and in the
end you really loose your feeling for time and space and
will turn the album on again and again.
Ginger Leigh is one of the big exceptional
artists in business, he didn’t care about anything and in
the end the result is fascinating and mesmerizing. Music
that doesn’t bore its listener, this music asks for attention
and open ears. Nonesuch!
Michael Mückz,
CUEMIX
(Herzogenrath, Germany)
...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)
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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