Residue
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In
2004 Amy released the self-produced solo CD Residue on Other
Minds records.
Residue is Amy's fourth CD.
The Other Minds press release describes Residue thusly:
"The 12 songs on RESIDUE capture the spirit of Amy's live show, in which she uses a set of electronic drums to loop and process her voice in real time and to accompany herself with rhythms and textures (Amy plays and sings all of her music live on stage, with no pre-recorded sequences).
"Amy is an emerging star reminiscent of Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, Björk and Kate Bush, but with a 4-octave classically-trained voice. A cross-over artist defying definition, Amy twists multiple musical styles together into something all her own -- from cabaret and hard rock to classical. Her wildly inventive lyrics range from the poignant to the absurd, touching on social and political issues in surprisingly personal ways... all intertwined with samples, loops and layers galore. With her unique performance style and riveting stage presence, Amy was a crowd-wower at last year's Other Minds Festival 9 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco."
Six mp3 samples from Residue:
The
Tattoo Song
• 1:32 clip
Stone •
1:28 clip
Every Little Stain
• 1:10 clip
My God
• 1:09 clip
Finally Black
• 1:10 clip
Residue
• 1:16 clip
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Electro-music.com
"If you only buy one CD this year, get this one. Residue is a breakthrough
recording... Neuburg is a classically trained vocalist, a composer, an electronic
musician, a poet, and an entertainer. Her music covers a tremendous range of
styles, from medieval religious chant through Kurt Weil cabaret singing, pop,
rock, avant garde, sound text poetry, opera, African tribal singing, and electronic...
Very experimental, but always under total control... Amy's voice is magnificent
... A star, a brilliant one."
Read the full review.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"I've
been listening to Amy X Neuburg's "Residue"... I think I'm in love. Neuburg
is a new kind of multi-threat composer... a wonder of sampling, overdubbing,
electronic manipulation of live sound and computer-driven beat patterns... a
fabulous singer... exhilarating originality. Nobody else sounds like Amy X.
Emotionally, her music is as complex as real life."
Read the full
review
Clouds and Clocks (Italy)
"Amy X Neuburg's aesthetic is without a doubt one of the most original
and stimulating that I had the pleasure to encounter in the course of the last
decade... She possesses a technically prodigious voice that's also versatile
and extremely personal... It's an extremely beautiful record starting from the
first listening session -- and Finally Black is immediately captivating
(I'm talking about holding one's breath, etc.)."
Read the full review.
New York Press
"An astonishing array of musical talents...a master with looping/processing
electronics... Neuburg wields a phenomenal voice in which one gleans hints of
the dominant art singers of our day: Monk, Bjork, Kate Bush¹s passion, Laurie
Anderson¹s intimate brilliance... Backdrops of cascading gibberish or frantic
chatters are startled by jet engines, ringing phones and abrupt slabs of noise,
while Neuburg ranges wide with vocal stylings... Her music melds this charm
with smarts and power."
Read the full
review. (Scroll way down to 3/7.)
All Music Guide
"...Amazing voice and seemingly unlimited creativity. Neuburg weaves
her very own world, filled with ironic pop gestures, witty lyrics, and gripping
vocal acrobatics."
Read the
full
review.
Options abound:
On
line (for abt. $15):
Directly from Other
Minds Records
CD Baby
Amazon.com
Electro-music.com
(where you can also find a little forum
on Amy)
Downtown
Music Gallery
In
Europe:
ReR
Megacorp
In stores:
Berkeley: Amoeba Records
New York: Downtown
Music Gallery
Digital
downloads of individual songs -- available from most major download sites,
including:
itunes, Rhapsody,
Audio Lunchbox,
Daiki (Japan), Wal-Mart
(!), MSN music, AOL
MusicNow, emusic, Ruckus,
and a bunch more.
(Search "Neuburg" -- spell it right!)
Directly from Amy by check or money order only:
This option is the cheapest! Just $14 includes tax and shipping ($16 for orders
from outside the USA). For multiple orders, each addiitonal CD is a mere $10
(for up to 4 items -- for more than 4, contact Amy).
Mail a check to:
Amy
X Neuburg
PO Box 3856
Oakland CA 94609 USA
Be
sure to include a written order with your address and an email or phone number.
©2005 Amy X Neuburg