...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)
