THE END RECORDS has posted online the song '8mmsweetbitter' and artwork from the forthcoming album
J2, featuring singer/songwriter/performer JARBOE and Jesu frontman JUSTIN K BROADRICK.
To hear the song, visit THE END's official MySpace.com page: http://www.myspace.com/theendrecords
To view the artwork, click here: http://www.theendrecords.com/media/j2_cover_front_large.jpg
The J2 album will be released March 18th, 2008 on THE END RECORDS.
About working with Broadrick, Jarboe says, "When I met Justin, he commented upon the impact and influence of
Swans upon his music. We did a concert together in London in 2005 and began discussing working together.
I had also been drawn to the unique energy of Jesu and so this was exciting to explore."
Jarboe is known for her 14 years work with the legendary NYC East Village ArtRock band Swans,
as well as her recent musical collaborations with such bands as Jesu, Neurosis and A Perfect Circle. Broadrick,
who joined pioneering U.K. grind band Napalm Death at the age of 15, formed the influential
metal/industrial act Godlflesh in the late-80s and in 2003 started up his current band Jesu."
Jarboe is currently recording her upcoming full-length in New York. About the new recording she says,
"The six song EP with Justin K Broadrick can be considered the entry into the forthcoming larger denser work, which is a full length
album exploration into total sound over the parameters of traditional song structure. This approach has been
referred to as the "wall of sound" and in this case, I will also utilize my numerous voices as an instrument coloring the audio texture.
For this album, I have returned to New York and have enlisted Swans alumni (and currently of the Unsane) Vinny Signorelli,
and engineer Colin Marston (of the recent "sonic field" collaboration cd entitled : Byla and Jarboe), and other intense musicians.
The instrumentation will feature organ, piano, many guitars, bass, drums, and unique " field recordings" from
my personal collection. There will also be special guests on the album, TBA.Thematically, the material reflects what
may be interpreted as an ongoing interest in mysticism, the human condition, perhaps the war of the heart."
Jarboe Biography:
Jarboe's recorded and performed projects produce only her unique energy. She draws from a variety of charged sources,
from her early exposure to snake-handling revivals in the Mississippi delta, parents who were in the FBI, her participation in a lounge act,
experimental performance in gallery & live radio settings,her 14-year critically acclaimed recordings and collaboration with Swans doing
worldwide concerts (clubs, theatres, festivals, live radio, TV). Her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, & vitriolic -
contained in melodic as well as experimental compositions.
A primary objective for Jarboe is to close in on the gap in the audience/performer relationship via complete submission and vicarious
experience through her performance. Through visceral vocals, her repertoire includes a variety of voices from the shy schoolgirl to seductress
to demon. Jarboe's private agenda over the course of her life has been to fine tune endurance - physical, emotional, and spiritual.Through efforts
in such disciplines as weight-lifting, kick boxing, mountainclimbing, running, role-playing, studies in meditation and Buddhism, and her intense
work with Swans, she has journeyed her body towards exhaustion specifically with the intent of
rebuilding / reinventing identity and exploring the structure of persona.
Jarboe's musical explorations have led to select comparisons to other female musicians with regard for their success in
penetrating the otherwise male-dominated "rock" subculture. Her work in and outside of the legendary Swans has received international
critical attention. Jarboe is featured in Andrea Juno's groundbreaking book: Angry Women In Rock, and Adele Olivia Gladwell's
women's studies/cultural theory: Catamania. She has been included in numerous other editorials and books such as The Wire, New York Times,
The New Yorker, Time Out, Tip, Spex, People, LA Weekly, SF Weekly, Terrorizer, Rolling Stone, Art Papers, Outburn, Signal To Noise...and so on.
Highlights from the Jarboe tour diary include :
"Work In Progress" Arts Program performances in NYC, Chicago, and Atlanta.
Performance at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal
Performance at PS122 in NYC
Europe/US Tour with the Italian avant-garde group, Larsen
US Tour and London show with Neurosis
Performances in the Baltic region, which included performances in cathedrals.
Concerts on the East and West Coast with Amber Asylum, Blixa Bargeld, Red Sparowes
Concerts in Moscow, Budapest, Seville, and various regions of Europe.
The eclectic roster of Jarboe's musical collaborators includes: Michael Gira, Bill Laswell, Jim Thirlwell,Lustmord, PanSonic,
Mark Spybey, Steven Severin, Chris Connelly, Alan Sparhawk, Neurosis, Edward KaSpel, William Faith, David J, David Torn, Bill Rieflin,
Iva Davies, Blixa Bargeld, Kris Force, Nic Le Ban, Julia Kent, A Perfect Circle, Brian Castillo, Lary Seven, Cobalt, Byla, Jesu.
She has done voice over work for The Venture Brothers cartoon. She has worked with visual artists in
film / photography / design including : Richard Kern, Cedric Victor-DeSouza, Beth B, Laura Levine, Wim Van De Hulst,
Rochelle Heagh Phister, and Auriea Harvey & Michael Samyn.
Considered a true independent of the 21st century and "internet pioneer"
for music, Jarboe has been panelist on "Artists and the Internet" at the CMJ convention in NYC. Jarboe has released
14 solo albums in addition to working on 20+ Swans albums and 60+ collaborative projects with visual & sound artists all over the world.
She has recorded in various countries, including Europe , Japan, and the Middle East.
ALSO COMING :
A "collective" audio documentary entitled: The Sweet Meat Love And Holy Cult in production for 2008
as well as forthcoming releases of a game from Europe entitled: The Path. www.tale-of-tales.com/ThePath.
2008 brings the development and birth of a completely new full length Jarboe album accompanied by a heavy band.
More info:
Official JARBOE website: http://www.thelivingjarboe.com
Official JARBOE MySpace website: http://www.myspace.com/jarboeliving
Official JUSTIN K BROADRICK website: http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/
Official JESU MySpace website: http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu
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