Coming to rock and experimental music from a complex, fascinating background (both her parents were FBI agents; her upbringing in the South included such elements of extreme American religious faith as snake-handling ceremonies; and before her direct involvement in music she participated in "unorthodox sex work," to use her own words, in various U.S. cities), Jarboe, who has always preferred to be known by her sole name, has long been known as one of the fiercest spirits in modern music. She is an intelligent and aggressive artist possessed of striking musical skill who has rejected the music industry's all-too-easy stereotyping and exploitation to create shockingly powerful visions. Helping strongly in this is her one-of-a-kind vocal talent, ranging from emotive blues/gospel tones to wild shrieking, matching excellently with her wide-ranging preference in musical styles. Joining the band Swans two years after it came into being, Jarboe soon became the co-leader of the band with founder Michael Gira; together the pair released some of the most striking, musically extreme recordings of recent years, both as Swans and as the side project band Skin. Jarboe's solo career began in earnest in 1992 with the release of Thirteen Masks, followed a couple of years later by a collaborative effort released under the name Beautiful People with Larry Seven, who also worked on Thirteen Masks and various Swans tracks before that time. The next official release was 1995's Sacrificial Cake, described as a "Swans Related Product," and released in concert with Gira's own solo debut, Drainland. After this, Swans took precedence as she and Gira finished the group's farewell albums and tours; her first post-Swans release, Anhedoniac, appeared in 1998. Shortly thereafter she made a trip to Israel for artistic inspiration for a planned follow-up, Disburdeen Disciple. However, she contracted an illness while visiting there, leading to hospitalization on return to America. A sampler for Disciple has appeared as a teaser, but the main album itself was not completed or ready for release. A collaboration with Telecognac, titled Over, appeared in 2000.
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Jarboe (also known as the Living Jarboe) is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist who is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City-based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998. She continues to release numerous solo albums and collaborations, and composed the soundtrack of a horror game titled The Path.
with Swans
See Swans discography for the full discography
Time is Money (Bastard). EP (1985, K.422)Greed (1986, K.422)A Screw EP (1986, K.422)Holy Money (1986, K.422)New Mind 12" EP (1987, Product Inc.)Children of God (1987, Caroline/Virgin/EMI Records)Love Will Tear Us Apart (1988, Product Inc.)The Burning World (1989, Uni/MCA Records)White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (1991, Young God Records)Love of Life (1992, Young God Records)The Great Annihilator (1994, Invisible, Young God Records)Soundtracks for the Blind (1996, Atavistic Records)Swans Are Dead (1998, Young God Records)
As Jarboe
Walls Cassette (1984, Public Domain Records)Thirteen Masks (1991, SKY Records)
reissued in 2004Red CD single (1991, Jarboe Records 75066)Beautiful People Ltd with Lary Seven (1993, Sub Rosa Records 061)
reissued in 2004Warm Liquid Event CD single (1993, Sub Rosa Records 064)Sacrificial Cake (1995, Alternative Tentacles 167)Anhedoniac (1998, self-released )
reissued in 2004Disburden Disciple (2000)Dissected (2002, self-released )Process (2004, self-released )A Mystery of Faith: Unreleased Pieces - Swans + World of Skin (2004)The Men Album CD (2005, Atavistic Records 167)The Conduit CD (2005, Atavistic Records 175)Mahakali CD (2008, The End Records, Season Of Mist )Durga CD (2009, self-released )Alchemic CD (2010, Twilight Records )
Collaborations
Skin - Blood, Women, Roses (1987)Skin - Shame, Humility, Revenge (1987)Skin - Girl Come Out (1987)World of Skin (1998)World of Skin - Ten Songs from Another World (1991)Ignis Fatuus: Futility Goddess; Cache Toi/Encomium (1998)Two Small Bodies : SoundtrackKarma: Trance (1998)Backworld: Isles of the Blest; Anthems from the Pleasure Park, (1999)C17H19NO3: 1692/2092 SoundtrackPBK - Life-Sense Revoked , (1996)H.I.A.: Thunder Perfect Mind (Gallery Installation, ICA, London)The Body Lovers : Number One Of Three, (1998)Pfrenz-C: Dopamine Quest, (1999)Jarboe/Telecognac - Over CD (2000, Crouton Records 007)Thread - In Sweet Sorrow/Abnormal Love (2000)Steven Severin - The Woman in the Dunes (2000)Neotropic : La Prochaine Fois , (2001)Karma : God Is Mine , (2002)Blackmouth , (2000)Blackmouth: Blackness Bleeding remixes (2000)A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003, Virgin Records)
(selected vocal embellishments on two tracks)Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe (2003, Neurot Recordings)Meridiem : A Pleasant Fiction (2004)Kirlian Camera : Invisible Front. 2005 (2004)Larsen : Krzykognia DVD (2003)Nic Le Ban + Joshua Fraser : The Conduit (2005)Nic Le Ban : Knight Of Swords / The Beggar (2005)Cedric Victor : The End (2006)The Sweet Meat Love And Holy Cult (in progress as of 2007)Byla & Jarboe : "Viscera" (2007, Translation Loss Records)Jesu : "Lifeline (Words/Vocals on "Storm Comin' On")" (2007)Puscifer : "V" Is for Vagina(Background vocal samples on "Trekka")Dark Consort : with Cedric Victor (2008)J2 CD (2008, The End Records ) with Justin K. Broadrick
Compilation appearances
Nine Underground (1984)Dry Lungs I and Dry Lungs II ( 1985 , 1986)Insane Music for Insane People (1986)Mighty Risen Plea, (1990)Serious Statements and Silly Symphonies ( 1991)Shrine (1993)Auron 1 : Musical Tomorrows (1993)Alphabet City (1993)A Far Cry, Featuring Women in Independent Music (1995)Theme: Desire (1995)We Hate You : A Small Tribute to Throbbing Gristle (1997)The Carnival Within: A Tribute to Dead Can Dance (1998)What Is Eternal (1998)What's the Word, Vol. 1 (1999)Pixies Fuckin' Die! (LifeLike Records, 1999)
Track 12 - Jarboe and The Trepaners - "Tame"Summon Room (1999)The Unaccompanied Voice (2000)Zann (2000)Apocalypse Always (2002)VA Neurot Recordings 1, (2004)Tribute to Dead Can Dance : The Lotus Eaters (2004)Electronic Thisturbance (2004)Rising Sun/Nuclear Free Future(2005)Durtro /Medecins Sans Frontieres (2005)
Guest appearances
pFrenz-C – Dopamine Quest (1999)The Agony Scene - Prey -Music Video (2005)Rivulets / Marc Gartman - Rivulets / Marc Gartman (2006)Monica Richards - Infrawarrior (2006)Venture Bros - Guess Who's Coming To State Dinner? (2006) (as the voice of a maid in the White House)Cobalt - Eater of Birds (2007)Lustmord - Rising (2007)Guapo - Elixir (2008)Lives of Ilya Audiobook - Mythos Media (2008)Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor (2009)Cobalt - Gin (2009)The Austrasian Goat - Stains of Resignation (2010)
