Jessica Vale
Encyclopedia
Jessica Vale is a multimedia
artist and musician. She was born just outside of Philadelphia to a German
father and an American mother. Her single "Disco Libido" from her debut release, The Sex Album, climbed the Billboard chart. Her second album is Brand New Disease. A similarly titled single is scheduled.
charting single "Disco Libido"
Following The Sex Album, Jessica released her second album, Brand New Disease (Explicit Records) on October 16, 2007, recorded entirely in Jessica's TriBeCa studio in NYC with a full band. Jessica also drew from her extensive travels for this record. Most notably, a trip to the former Yugoslavia
inspired the song, "Night in Sarajevo
," where the video was also recorded.
The members of Vale's live band all previously played in glam-punk group The Act.
Brand New Disease, the single, also charted on Billboard
dance as well as the DAC - German Alternative Charts.
Jessica is 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
.
The Sex Album (2005)
Disco Libido Remixed EP (2006)
Brand New Disease Remixed (2007)
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
artist and musician. She was born just outside of Philadelphia to a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
father and an American mother. Her single "Disco Libido" from her debut release, The Sex Album, climbed the Billboard chart. Her second album is Brand New Disease. A similarly titled single is scheduled.
Band members
- Jessica Vale - Vocals
- Ivan Evangelista - Guitar
- Matthew St. Joseph - Bass
- Randy SchragerRandy SchragerRandy Schrager is the live drummer for the American glam rock band Scissor Sisters, as well as being a freelance musician in his own right and a member of the goth pop band Jessica Vale. He previously played in a New York glam-punk band called The Act.-Early life and education:Schrager is from...
- Drums
Biography
Based out of New York City, Jessica Vale's music can be described as dark rock. She started Explicit Records with Ivan Evangelista on 2005 and released her debut album, The Sex Album. The concept of the album is that except for Jessica's vocals, the entire album was a recording of manipulated sex sounds. She found willing couples from clubs at NYC to participate. They engineered the sound and resulted product does not sound like sex at all. The album features the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
charting single "Disco Libido"
Following The Sex Album, Jessica released her second album, Brand New Disease (Explicit Records) on October 16, 2007, recorded entirely in Jessica's TriBeCa studio in NYC with a full band. Jessica also drew from her extensive travels for this record. Most notably, a trip to the former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
inspired the song, "Night in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
," where the video was also recorded.
The members of Vale's live band all previously played in glam-punk group The Act.
Brand New Disease, the single, also charted on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
dance as well as the DAC - German Alternative Charts.
Deutsche Alternative Charts
The Deutsche Alternative Charts is the primary record chart for Germany's alternative music scene. The charts cover genres ranging nu metal to Britpop, from rock music to alternative electronic...
Jessica is a video producer as well, she has worked on projects for artists such as Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction
Zodiac Mindwarp
-Overview:The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a graphic artist and editor of London's Flexipop magazine. Deciding to experience the debauchery of life as a decadent rock star, he assumed the alter ego, Zodiac Mindwarp, and formed the Love Reaction in the mid 1980s together with guitarist...
, The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen (band)
The Four Horsemen were an American hard rock band, who enjoyed a brief popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their style was blues influenced heavy rock, but their fame was both fleeting and marred by tragedy.-History:...
and Francis Dunnery
Francis Dunnery
Francis Dunnery is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. He is best known as a solo performer , and for fronting the original lineup of the band It Bites between 1982 and 1990 .Dunnery served as a sideman and...
.
Discography
Brand New Disease (October 16, 2007)- Black and Blue
- Lonely Life
- Exit 12
- Brand New Disease
- No Soul
- Verses from the Rooftop
- Night in Sarajevo
- Time Stand Still
- You Don't Wanna Know
- Mirror Check
- Together Alone
The Sex Album (2005)
- Intro
- Welcome
- Boy in Black
- The One Over There is All Mine
- Look Pretty
- Sweet 16
- Breather
- Sarajevo
- Disco Libido (Radio Mix)
- Microphone
- Exit
- Boy in Black (Saphin Remix)
- Disco Boy (Infinite Volume Remix)
- Disco Libido (Clean Radio Mix)
- Boy in Black (Clean)
Disco Libido Remixed EP (2006)
- Disco Libido (Dave AudeDave AudéDave Audé is a Grammy nominated producer, house DJ, and remixer. He has done production for musicians such as KoЯn, t.A.T.u., DJ Keoki, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Cause and Effect, Hilary Duff, Wanessa, Ashley Tisdale, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Lunascape, Madonna, Britney Spears, CeCe...
Future Disco Mix) - Disco Libido (Josh Harris Remix)
- Disco Boy (Infinite Volume IDM Mix)
- Disco Libido (Dirty Evangelist Mix)
- Disco Libido (JL Cohen Dungeon Mix)
- Disco Libido (Dave Aude Future Disco Edit)
- Disco Libido (Dave Aude Future Disco Dub)
Brand New Disease Remixed (2007)
- Brand New Disease (Jody Den Broeder Club Mix)
- Brand New Disease (Jody Den Broeder Club Edit).aif
- Brand New Disease (Jody Den Broeder Club Instrumental)
- Brand New Disease (McGowan & Moss EMpulsive Mix)
- Brand New Disease (McGowan & Moss EMpulsive Edit)
- Brand New Disease (McGowan EMpulsive Tribal Dub)
- Brand New Disease (McGowan & Moss Padapella)
- Brand New Disease