Released
1996

Reviewed by
Kim Alexander

Label
ChalkHead Records
Tierra Buena Rd.
Yuba City, Ca. 95993
mpc (at) chalkhead.com

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Jezebel Thirteen Three

Track Listing

1. Innocence Lost
2. United State
3. Pain
4. Subcutaneous Grin
5. Lemmings
6. Hardware
7. Technochrist
8. Hunger
9. Filament
10. Desire
11. Burn

          A hard hitting aggressive sound brought forth by Anna Christine and Erie Loch. Good use of guitar samples intertwined with smashing programming. This release has Anna's spooky vocals (audible for lyrics) and mixed into wonderfully fast aggro-electro. (What do they use to get her voice that way or is that just the way she sounds normally? I will definitely ask them in our IRC chat.)

          The eleven tracks on this CD will kick your butt outta bed any day or keep you on the dancefloor as well. Great music for DJ's to chek out, go get it now! This CD has all the fine sounds you might enjoy hearing if you like clearer vocals/lyrics, guitar samples, aggressive and fast music, strong beats to dance to and the darker hard-core scaresynth-tronic sound.

          Track #3, Pain, is especially nice for dance. Track #4, Subcutaneous Grin is a bit slower than the first three cuts, equally eerie, and ominous (super vocals Anna!). Keyboards and synth in this cut are choppy in sound adding to the slower effects/vocals in between them.

          Track #6, Hardware, continues forward with the creepy vocals, slower synth-beat, melody one can follow and occasional spaceous waves that wisk you away from the taunting drive. Technochrist, cut #7 is just a *killer* song. BPM are pretty damn fast with drum programming (180 bpm?). This song will definately get your attention!

          Hunger, Track #8 is a bit more synth oriented (less guitar samples), more saw-blade vocals, more audible drumming. Track #10, Desire is another fast tune, ending with Track #11, Burn, which is a bit slower, good back beat layered with differential vocals by both Anna and Erie and plenty of guitar samples to boost you out of your chair.

          Nice production! A well thought out CD with great lyrics/vocals, and sampling. Overall heavy and dark sound.....Don't miss this band on their upcoming tour!