Cindergarden's latest  LP creation, Grim Confections, is now available for pre order =D




Visit the NEW Cindergarden website for more details about the album and a special preview sample track!

http://www.cindergarden.com


Yay!

exclusive treats await those that do o_O
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                        

Available NOW in beautiful hard copy form at at http://www.machinekunt.com/

CLICK THIS LINK!!!

GOOD NEWS!

The Clandestine Experiment is going to be released in hard copy form in July!!!!

I'm very excited about this for a number of reasons. This album was actually done and mastered sometime before June last year, but I  did not have the financial resources to proceed with its release (either as Looking Glass Records or personally.) So, I held onto it, feeling quite disheartened that my baby had to just sit on a shelf. I did not know how long it would be sitting there, but I kept hoping something good would come. When October came, I felt like I simply could not wait any longer.  Even if it wasn't going to be the kind of release I wanted or I thought this album deserved, I tried to make the best of it. As a spirited gesture I made the album available as a free mp3 download on Halloween.

While I do appreciate the accessibility mp3s offer, I definitely understand that they are not the highest quality option, especially when it comes to music as moody and sonically sensitive as Cindergarden.   Also, the album artwork and all the thought and design put into it would go unappreciated, and largely unseen.  Another missing factor of grave importance to me was the lyric booklet.  I intentionally have not published the lyrics online anywhere, because to me it doesn't make sense to have them available before the lyric book itself is available. Again, it's great to have lyrics be available for those who choose to view them online, but my favorite experiences growing up involved me sitting with a new album and opening the magical booklet inside to read along and really get sucked into the music. I  want  people to be able have that visceral experience and to have already seen them online somewhere may discourage them from wanting to do so the proper way....plus those who actually pay for the entire record and even have it shipped to them should get something special...right!? I think so.

Some people wrote me after downloading the album to say that when they imported the songs into whatever music listening program they use, the tracks were in the wrong order. And that once they fixed the order, they were able to appreciate the album more.  I definitely like songs that can stand alone, but I also take great time and consideration when choosing the order, for both linear storytelling reasons as well a means to enhance the atmospheric experience.

Times have definitely changed when it comes to the listening and discovering of music. The artist loses a bit of control when anyone can just download mp3's with no regard to things like the order of songs, album art, etc.  But at the same time, I am grateful that it is so easy to upload music to the internet where so many people can have access to it.  We can become aware of music at such a rapid rate now, because it's all at our fingertips. As a music lover I appreciate this.   All in all, you won’t really hear me complain about this particular subject. And if I had been able to release the hard CD simultaneously with its digital sister I would not have been bothered in the slightest.

Ultimately, people can choose the level of intimacy they wish to experience with an artist. If someone really wants to get a closer look and a better understanding of what's going on, then they can. But sadly, no one has been able to so far, because it simply has not been an option.
 
machineKUNT has changed that. Originally the contracts being signed were for the release of album number three only (which is still highly confidential material). However, Rachel Haywire, who runs machineKUNT and is also the babe behind Experiment Haywire, knew how sad I was that my sophomore full length had yet to see the light of day. So, as part of her promotion for the third record, The Clandestine Experiment is going to be made available to purchase as a real life CD and will include something extra nice in the package as a free gift too!!!

IMHO all this really means that the album will be able to be heard/ viewed/experienced/ loved as it was meant to be. For those who have loved it so far, their enjoyment will be enhanced, and hopefully it will have been worth the long wait. More details on the release will come soon. And since this album was actually completed a while back, that means the third album is just around the corner. It’s closer than you might think o_O

Take care and LOVE to all <33333333

~Jaymie Valentine

Here's a video of the recent Insidious Clothing Fashion show I was in. Yay!

Read the latest Cindergarden Interview from the UK based Sphere Magazine




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Guess who  is now modeling for the delightfully horrific Insidious Clothing!?










These clothes are all handmade and wicked cute and I'm super excited to be wearing them. Go to INSIDIOUS CLOTHING for more details about an upcoming fashion show in Los Angeles!!!

To celebrate the international success of the "Extreme Women in the Dark Future" compilation machineKUNT Records has signed solo female artist Cindergarden to this newly evolving label.


After her memorable North American tour as keyboardist for System Syn (Metropolis Records) Jaymie Valentine self-released a full length album titled "The Clandestine Experiment" which received critical acclaim.


Hailing from Los Angeles, California with two full length albums and one EP behind her... Jaymie Valentine has been compared to everyone from Last Rites-era Skinny Puppy to Switchblade Symphony to Jack Off Jill. Yet there is nobody that sounds like Cindergarden except for Cindergarden and that is what makes this a special project. Described by listeners as strong, expressive, emotive and accessible Jaymie redefines what dark electronic and dark ambient should be.


You can download "The Clandestine Experiment" absolutely free at http://myspace. com/cindergarden for a taste of what's to come.


Jaymie Valentine will be releasing a new album on machineKUNT Records in 2009.


www. cindergarden. com
www. machinekunt. com

 on industrial.org
and drowningodium.com

 This interview can be found on industrial.org and drowninggodium.com by reviewer Royce Icon =)

My first exposure to goth/ industrial project Cindergarden was via their debut album "Underground Light Machine", which was sent to me to review when it came out. I never actually got around to reviewing the disc, even though I loved it, and I feel rather bad about that. It just kind of got shuffled into the cd collection I share with my girlfriend (most review cds don't make it to that collection, for added perspective), and every time we'd put it in I'd think "I really should review this" until damn, it was two fucking years later and Cindergarden had a brand new album out!

That's not at all a good excuse for me being an indolent bastard, but that's how it went down. Anyway, enough of my nonsense, let's talk about the new album!

"The Clandestine Experiment" is the second album from Cindergarden, and it shows the project taking a much more fluid, experimental route this time around, while still maintaining to stay within the previously established goth/ industrial/ dark trip-hop terrain. One of the most obvious differences here is the preference of texture and melody over beats
and bass arpeggios. Also, the tone is less playful and far more sinister.

While you have some more than danceable tunes here ( "Alibi", "Litmus Red", "Things that never die"), the emphasis is much more on the swirly Switchblade Symphony-esque chimes and synth pads, and also on Jaymie Valentine's vocals, which are even more lush and ethereal than on her debut.

Whereas in "Underground Light Machine", Jaymie appeared to be searching for her own style and voice, "The Clandestine Experiment" shows a more mature and confident artist, resulting in an album that is still diverse yet more cohesive and overall solid. Everything is bigger, badder and way more awesome!

Final Prognosis:
Cindergarden is not another generic VNV Nation or Apoptygma Berzerk clone come to bore you. Rather, "The Clandestine Experiment" is beautiful, ethereal, meticulously thought out cinematic electronic goth music at it's best.

To put it short, it's fucking awesome, and I can not do it verbal justice. It's also currently available to download for free, so what do you have to lose?