Artist.......: Hot Bitch Arsenal
Album........: Secrets in Tiny Pockets
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Trip-Hop
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-15-2006
str.date.....: Feb-XX-2006
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.hotbitcharsenal.com/
track title time
01. You Bet I Will 03:53
02. Persimmon 02:33
03. My Little Pet 03:27
04. All Along the Chilltower 04:13
05. Circus Clown 05:02
06. Jane Says 03:56
07. You Show Me the Way 05:03
Runtime 28:07 min
Size 35,5 MB
Release Notes:
Surprisingly, the Hot Bitch Arsenal is not about
makeup, or Cosmo, or stilettos. The HBA is about
the magic that results from collaboration between
like-minded artists, and between artists and
technology. Formed in November of 2005 by Christina
Abbott of Norwalk, CT, and Kim Galibert of New
Rochelle, NY, the HBA draws its name from a
friend's description of Kim's photography and
sculpture.
Christina is the band's wordsmith and vocalist. In
addition, her percussive acoustic guitar style can
be heard on tracks such as 'My Little Pet', from
the HBA's debut album, 'Secrets in Tiny Pockets'.
She has toured round the U.S. in her prior
incarnation as a folk/rocker. Kim is the band's
alpha geek, sometimes found healing technology with
his mind, othertimes he plays guitar, bass,
keyboards and Ableton Live. Ableton Live (a
software package) is an instrument onto itself, and
its ability to 'live-loop' provides an unequalled
environment for composition and performance.
Live-loopers may be interested to know that Kim
first honed his chops on a Lexicon Jam-Man.
The HBA, unlike most electronica/trip-hop
ensembles, puts a heavy emphasis on vocals, vocal
harmonies, 'acoustic' instruments, and
improvisation. Other bands from their side of the
tracks include the likes of Portishead, Sneaker
Pimps, and Tricky/Massive Attack. The HBA calls
their musical genre 'Sultronica', reflecting its
roots in Soul, Trance, Electronica, and all that is
chill. They have some ambitious plans for live
performance, including audience participation via
text, spinning said texts into songs on stage, and
the mad scientists at HBA Labs plan to use the
audiences in their quest for repeatable, scientific
proof of the existence of telepathy.
Like many other net-savvy bands, the HBA has
adopted the 'take what you want', 'pay what you
like' approach to distributing their music. They
plan to rely on and reward their listeners for
support and word-of-mouth/mixtape promotion.