GINGER LEIGH: 10 Stories 10 Lies

Released by: Self-financed

Release date: 2002-06-23

Format: CD

Tracklist:

1: River of Tears 01:08
2: Alice in Wonderland 03:54
3: I know what I gotta Do 03:27
4: Something is wrong 02:16
5: Watching you while you sleep 03:49
6: The Smell of Incense, Spice and Urine 03:58
7: Burial Song 04:26
8: Black Hair 03:32
9: Wind Chimes on her Ears 01:45
10: Little Angels 04:56
11: Chatterbox (NY Dolls) 02:26
12: Pearl Necklace 02:14
13: The World Spinning Beneath Me 05:10

Total Length: 43:01 min

General Facts:

Information on Ginger Leigh remains scarce, yet as far as I know, this artist has done a couple of commissioned works and prefers to let the music speak for itself. The project released its debut CD in 1998 and since then. 4 CD's have followed - this one being the latest.

Review:

This CD took my by surprise. 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. 10 Stories 10 Lies presents 13 very impressive tracks of music that easily sticks to the mind like superglue.

The emphasis of Ginger Leigh's music seems to be laid one rhythms. They are placed in the foreground of the production in front of a wide array of melodies played by ethnic instruments and electronic sounds. The music has a lot of playful spontaneity, yet it is in no way unserious. It seems the artist really have been contemplating on the material featured here without letting it become too dry and rigid.

As the material is very eclectic, there's no really suitable definition of the music presented here. Sometimes it reminds me a lot of Muslimgauze, sometimes absolutely not. Ginger Leigh doesn't seem to be afraid of playing with their music. 10 Stories 10 Lies is clearly a junction between several different genres, ranging from electronic C-64 space music to more ethnically oriented stuff with the most unordinary eastern finishing spices. One track is actually an unexpected outburst of cocky rock-music. I can't say I'm very fond of this kind of music but in this context, it works fine.

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

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