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What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?

07/14/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"....Is a typical question that any person at any given time might ask. If you just happen to have access to this CD and a CD player at the time the question is asked then go ahead and put it on. I guarantee the person that asked you will give you a rather strange look. I noticed that more than one reviewer on here called this "electronic noise." Well, that's what it is, plain and simple. This album is for people who have frequently ventured into the twisted realm of anti-music. If you are a fan of Merzbow then you will probably dig this album. If you are a fan of Mike Pattons "Adult Themes for Voice" and "Pranzo Oltranzista" albums then you too will more than likely find this album to be a worthwhile purchase. However, if you have never listened to Pattons vocal experiments or Merzbows tripped out noise then you will be utterly lost on this album. Cartoon sound effects, white noise and freaked out "vocals" is what awaits you on "She". I have a bit of advice for those who haven't yet bought this album but are planning to: Listen to Patton (solo) and Merzbow as seperate artists and if you enjoy what each of them has to offer then go get this album as soon as you can. I would like to close this review with a comment from Masami Akita (Merzbow).
"I have no idea what you term "Music" and "Noise". It's different depending on each person. If "Noise" means uncomfortable sound, then pop music is noise to me."--Masami Akita 1997"

Dark spaceship of horrors

Dracula D | a haunted waxwork in Pa. | 05/06/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You are having a nightmare...but it's not too bad. You enter a spaceship and there are flashing lights everywhere...you are in dread as to what will happen...you fly through the air, through clouds and see lightning flashes and the occasional beauty of a planet...but the aliens you are with are schizophrenic and love to scream in your ears.

You have Patton's voice screams and warpings and Akita's electronic noise and chaos...yet it works.

NOTE: This is more of a noise recording (in the genre of noise) than any of Patton's regular works...because it's with Akita (from the famous Japanese noise outfit, Merzbow)...this is a duet of sorts...

There is a definite mood invoked here in each one of these songs. It just takes about 3 listens to notice something.

Here's the dilemma...this music must be focused upon and not used as background music...but some of the pitches of this album are so incredibly high, it will be hard for you to have the volume up at all...i mean physically, it will be hard for you to listen...but try to at whatever volume suits you. Be open to the atmospheres created...that's what this cd is doing...

it is mostly scary and dark I would say...but this is also this spaceship type atmosphere to it that you would hear as the soundtrack to a national geographic special on planets...mixed with Mike Patton's vocal terror.

NOTE: The artwork of this album is very explicit and can almost be shocking especially if you were not ready for it. It has very sexual imagery, but taken from the name of the project, it might make some sense...one thing to think about is how the artwork and the music go together...do they? and is that what they wanted?

You won't hear the same vocal focus as on patton's first solo album, and you won't hear the instrumentation of his second solo album...the only instruments here are voice (screams, laughs, etc.), elecrtronic noise, and some varied samples.

This cd is atmosphere, and there is obvious order amidst the disorder. But note: this might be one of the most challenging cds that you have ever listened to, if you are a mike patton fan.

enjoy the ride and watch your ears!

"

Finally, a Patton collaboration lives up to its potential

Dracula D | 11/10/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I know you're right there with me on this--as powerful as Patton has been in some scenarios, his long-awaited mind-melds with folks like Zorn and the Avant/Jasrac crew always seemed less than inspired. SHE is different--imagine a song-less Bungle via Adult Themes, with a heavy dose of spatial trippiness, and you're halfway there....."