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Side-Line Magazine
Jillian Ann - Neverland (cd Emperor Penguin Recordings)
Posted by: Side-Line on Jan 06, 04
Hailing of New York, JA is already active for a couple of years in the underground scene. She set up her own label to release her records and send us her latest production! While she seems to have been compared with artists like Sopor Aeternus, Enya, Portishead… I would either link some of her influences with Björk! I just feel the same fascination to explore the limits of different styles and create an own sound. That sound combines neo-classical elements together with pop refinement while her vocals are also evoking the whispering style of Björk. I personally like the piano moods on cuts like “Precious” and “Higher”, which brings her maybe closer to some artists of the great Projekt stable! Jillian Ann is very open-minded! She’s able to touch sensitive fields (cf. “Help me”) and than dive into mysterious and enigmatic parts (cf. “Vapour”). She’s definitely one more female artist that tries to compete with the merciless macho world! But she would be not the first to get the challenge! This is an encouraging production that certainly deserves some attention! www.jillianann.com (DP:7)DP.
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Media Plus
JILLIAN ANN: Neverland
Emperor Penguin Recordings
It has been said that Jillian Ann is "Sad gothic tinged new age piano music" (neo-zine.com). DiePunyHumans called Jillian's fine craft, "Slow-motion, drugged dreampop from the dark side of the world, with hidden razors in its gloves." Daniel Slaten of Outburn states, "From start to finish, Neverland is an impressive debut that manages to keep a consistent tone while simultaneously triggering a number of different emotions." One thing is for sure, Jillian's alluring exterior seems to almost mock her churning, hot-coal insides. Having been in front of a camera for most of a decade, Jillian seems to possess an acute ability of taking what she knows the world sees when they look at her and severely distorting it, making sure that her innards project their own specific visuals. What's most peculiar about the easy-on-the-eyes model, turned actress, turned musician, then blended, is the fact that she's such a self-starter. No one forces her to constantly write while in-between fashion shoots and off-kilter movie deals. Jillian seems to invoke anger in a rather bizarre group of individuals - mainly writers who automatically think that her unique, often crackly or warbled, little girl lost, icicle-voice - which clearly is not intended to sound normal in any sense of the word - is poor ability to properly vocalize. Yet this characteristic is the one, true, amazing element that rips her out of the world-be-worthless, mainstream spotlight that she'd otherwise, sadly, fall. Jillian is incredible, like a colorful songbird, sitting on a rickety branch, in the middle of all the seasons at once. Frankenstein meets Bjork. A psychotic Tori Amos.
* David Paul Wyatt Perko, MediaPlus Magazine
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NeoZine.com
Jillian Ann "Neverland" ( Emperor/ 2944 Starview Drive/ Boise ID 83712/ www.emperorpenguinrecordings.com Creative Director + A&R by David Paul Wyatt Perko RBN662@aol.com / www.jillianann.com ) Whoa! Sad gothic tinged new age piano music accompanied by the cold sharp vocals of my new secret heartthrob fascination. This recording trickles like a wrist wound that missed the vein but still makes you feel good. It is chilling and dark as well as sensual and beautiful. Jillian's voice is perfection for this style. You don't miss the music when she goes acappella. I have a feeling that I am going to be exploring this album for a long time. Very highly suggested for your listening pleasure
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Outburn
JILLIAN ANN
Neverland
(EMPEROR PENGUIN)
DARK, PIANO-LADEN MINIMALIST POP: Jillian Ann conjures up an emotional maelstrom on her debut release, Neverland. The driving force behind the music on this release is Jillian's voice, which ranges in tone from that of helpless, child-like innocence to barely suppressed rage. In conjunction with subtle piano parts and minimal electronics, this creates an almost lullaby quality to some of the songs, and yet there's almost always a hint of barely contained darkness lurking around the edges, resulting in a dynamic tension that propels the music forward. On "System," this darkness moves to the forefront, combining Jillian's wails with an unsettling piano and menacing ambience to create the suffocating atmosphere of a haunted house. "Little Space" and "Neverland," placed back to back in the middle of the album, give off a sweeter, more hopeful vibe, offering a brief respite from the air of quiet desperation that blankets most of the disc. There aren't many outright beats on Neverland, but the ones that are there are programmed creatively, usually with slight distortion and erratic downtempo rhythms, like on "Never Enough" and "Precious." From start to finish, Neverland is an impressive debut that manages to keep a consistent tone while simultaneously triggering a number of different emotions. ~ Daniel Slaten
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Amplifier
The debut album by Jillian Ann (not to be confused with '80's actress/cabaret singer Ann Jillian) is a quirky blend of cutting-edge electronica and early 90's dream pop. She has the same sort of wispy little-girl voice as Julee Cruise, the cocteau Twins' Liz Frazer and the Heart Throbs' Rose Carlotti, though with both less control and a bit less personality. Musically, the songs are vaguely defined, largely electronic soundscapes alternating between beat-heavy tracks like the petulant "Never Enough" and more amorphous, ghostly material that tends to suit Jillian Ann's idiosyncratic vocal style better. Her yelpy tics occasionally grate (even on folks like me who like unconventional singers), and little of the material makes the all-important transition between "kinda cool sounding" and "genuinely memorable," but there's something oddly endearing about this awkward, trying-too-hard debut that suggests that her next album will be even better.
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A Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell (Collected Sounds, A Guide to Women in Music)
Jillian Ann's music is ethereal yet strong. Her voice is appealing and smooth.
"Never Enough" is an electronica song of self assurance. Jillian Ann's voice weaves in and out of the clicking beats like a siren.
"System" is a ghostly song with distant murmuring vocals. It could be a Massive Attack remix of a long lost Cocteau Twins demo.
"Little Space" has vocal like the Cranes' Alison Shaw. The backing is a techno thud.
"Help Me" is an impossibly moving plea. Jillian Ann makes it beautiful and desperate.
"Reconnect" is darkly appealing with Jillian Ann's vocal sounding child-like and spooky.
"Neverland" is a remarkable album.
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South of the Mainstreamreviewed by thenakedclefJillian Ann. Another cute girl with a record deal. She's got the edgy multicolored makeup. She has the seductive haircut. The dangerously low cut shirt and the dangerously high skirt. Black knee high boots and pale, creamy skin. And an album. It's always hard for me to trust her type. The beautiful girl with a record deal. Did she get the deal because she earned it, or because the record exec needed a cute, trendy girl on his label. It's the face that launched a thousand ships. Jillian Ann is a big girl, and she's got a record deal already, regardless of what I say about her album. Therefore, I won't pander to her press release. She's moving up, and I'm going to say a few things she might not want to hear. But that's the job of a reviewer, right?
First, Jillian Ann isn't bad by any stretch. She's a helluva lot better than quite a few cute-girls-with-record-deals I've seen. She has a certain attitude about her that separates her a bit as well. She has an original take on a tried and traditional approach that most artists take. However, regardless of how original she is, her ability to sing only goes so far. She's far more at home on songs like "Vapor", where she speaks more than sings. However, her limitations are definitely apparent during the chorus of the song. It's obvious that she's trying. It's also obvious that it's not working for her. Another approach seems appropriate. She has the delivery of Kelly Dayton (formerly of The Sneaker Pimps) on many of the tracks. Perhaps if she sticks to this instead she'd fare better.
Her backing music is a saving grace. While not entirely original, it carries itself well. It moves within the limits of its genre quite gracefully. Unfortunately, it seems overshadowed by JA's voice too often. An instrumental counterpart to this album would be great. There are certain moments when the music will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. In general, it stays away from the club style 4/4 beats that are more often than not the death of an otherwise decent song. The staccato rhythm runs pretty much throughout the album, and it gives everything a very unifying feel.
Jillian Ann has quite a bit of potential. Her biggest obstacle is her voice. Once she finds a way to reign that part of her music in, she'll be much stronger as an artist. It's impressive that she's gotten this far already. Once her ability has time to mature, it will be very impressive. I will definitelyw look forward to future releases to see which direction she moves in. She has a promising career ahead of her.
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TripHop.hu
Jillian Ann: Neverland :
Now she, she is cool: 100% actress, 100% model, 0% singer, but 100% woman. After her independent film career, Jillian Ann jumped into modeling, just before releasing her debut album 'Neverland'.
The album released by Emperor Penguin Recordings is a very well produced electronic cut'n'paste with Ann's soulful vocals. You can download two mp3s from her website, Vapour and Precious, but the whole site is very worth to check.
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Propoganda Magazine
Jillian Ann's alluring visage has graced the pages of a plethora of glossy fashion and fetish magazines (including Propaganda), numerous erotic and horror movie sets, the flagstones of high-end dungeons and the catwalks of high fashion shows. And now, with the release of her new CD "Neverland," alternative college radio stations and an assortment of trendy music magazines (including Outburn) are also carrying this red hot stunner turned songstress. Taking the underground and overground cultures by storm, Jillian is nothing less than a force of nature; in fact, they should probably name the next hurricane after her.
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