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Critically-acclaimed music sensation and Explicit Records artist Jessica Vale has released her next album Oct 16, called Brand New Disease. The title track single from this already talked about album is climbing the Billboard club charts.
Influenced by the urban chaos that makes New York what it is, Vale's industrial - goth inflected sound captures the essence of the city. Vale states, "The base sound level in New York is significantly higher than anywhere else in the world, 90 decibels to be exact, so it takes much more intense music to feel like one of making a statement."
And indeed, Brand New Disease is dark, loud, lush and emotional. The album was recorded in a Tribeca studio where there is a self-contained sub-culture, raw and at times frightening adding even more artistic impressions to the recording.
The album is coming out to critical acclaim, "Vale is mesmerizing live! It's rare in this genre to find a voice that can be aggressive and beautiful all at once without the studio magic. Not only does she have it, she flaunts it with enigmatic lyrics and a NIN-esque sound." says METAL EDGE Magazine's Rosa Henriquez.
This slice of New York City decay makes appearances in the album art and videos too, as well as providing a venue for her live shows and parties. In addition to the Gotham city, Jessica drew from her extensive travels for this record. Most notably, a trip to the former Yugoslavia inspired the album's gut-wrenching ballad, "Night In Sarajevo."
Jessica Vale has captured the attention of such significant media from her ground-breaking debut The Sex Album as the New York Daily News, Billboard, Time Out NY, Wired Magazine, Associated Press and shock jock Howard Stern recognized her as an original innovative artist. The singles from her past also have reached the Top 15 on the Billboard Charts.
The dichotomy of being locally grown and internationally conscious is familiar to Jessica Vale, who was born just outside of Philadelphia to a German father and an American mother and then set her sights on traveling the world. She is joined in her band by guitarist Ivan Evangelista of Zagreb, Croatia, bassist Matthew St Joseph of Connecticut and drummer Randy Schrager of New York.
Vale's vision knows no bounds, globally or creatively. A video producer as well, she has worked on projects for artists such as Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, The Four Horsemen and Francis Dunnery. Vale envisions Brand New Disease as more than just a sonic experience. "I see music and film as very intertwined," she says "I am never just working on one or the other. The films that go with each song are just as important as the song itself."
