JEREMY GLOFF PRESS ARCHIVE
Reviews of 'J-Glo and Sassy: Valentine'
Released in 2002
-by Jim Santo
-courtesy of Jim Santo's Demo Universe
After sending me six full-length CDs in four
months last year, Jeremy Gloff swore I wouldn't be hearing from him
again
for a long time. And then five months later, he's back again, albeit
under
a satiric pseudonym. Not that I'm complaining; a new Gloff release is
always
cause for celebration, especially now, with the startling course
correction
charted here. Jeremy has not only acquired a partner in crime (Sassy,
a/k/a
Susie Martian) — a surprising development for this perennial solo
performer
— but also a new persona: lascivious club-music MC J-Glo. Strange but
true:
the earnest, soul-searching queer-as-folkie is now a strutting disco
sybarite,
battling Sassy for the affections of a "17 Year Old Sex Machine" ("Back
off bitch the boy is mine/His face is smooth is ass is fine") and
trumpeting
his preference for "Da Biscuits": "I knew Mix-A-Lot was wrong/When I
saw
the D cup shake all night long." It's all for fun, of course, and Gloff
is obviously having a ball — a refreshing change of pace given the
often
bitter, brutally honest songs for which he's known. I've no doubt that
Jeremy will have himself back under his microscope eventually, but for
now he just wants to dance, dance, dance. Is that so wong?
-from FOCUS Magazine
(13 track CD, recorded at The Dining Room,
produced by DJ Soma, J-Glo and Sassy; all music and vocals by DJ Soma,
J-Glo, Sassy, Pascal, and Wendy Hughes.)
Thirteen tracks of inocuous, but expertly
crafted
electro-pop by way of ‘80s dancefloor churls like Human League, Berlin,
and Bananarama. Give DJ Soma his due, however, Valentine
has
an “alt skuhl” German feel to its free-flowing hustle-a combination of
arty pop tunes and burbling synthesizers where Donna Summer and Brian
Eno
finally meet. Since most of the tunes here are destined for the
club
market (and especially the Euro-mix clientele with the enchanting “My
Life
In Purple”), this dics has a unique sexual energy (“I Wanna Touch You,”
“And Then I Was Naked,” “Tonight (I Feel The Ecstasy),”) while keeping
page with the mushy edge of light house sounds (“Dreaming Of You,”
“Free
At Last”). Ghost of Luther Campbell: The booty chant of “Da
Biscuits”
(“I like the biscuits better than the ass”) which will probably be the
first track to hit the circuit. Includes a Spies in the Wires mix
of “Don’t Blame The Crane” featuring Mindstatic’s Wndy Hughes duetting
with Sassy.
-by Joe Murphy
-courtesy of Too Square Magazine
Score:
**** We got this CD ( along with some others that
will be posted in a day or so ) in the mail the other day and popped it
in the computer for a listen. The songs are all well mixed and have a
cool
electronic style that I really enjoy. Many of the first few songs took
me back a few years with soothing sounds similar to Book Of Love/Yaz
mixed
with Kraftwerk, but with a definate modern mix style that really pulls
the beats together. The CD moves forward in my opinion, as the songs
progress
seeming to get into more complicated techno sytle beats towards the
end.
I really enjoyed tracks 2 ( "I Wanna Touch You") and 3 ( "And Then I
Was Naked") the most, but the whole CD was excellent. If you are into
electronic
music, then this CD is a must for you.
-by Gina Vivinetto
-courtesy of The St. Petersburg Times
Tampa "techno" outfit J-Glo and Sassy are musicians Jeremy Gloff and Susy Martian (Ramona Hates Pink). The lo-fi - as in a keyboard and voices - debut Valentine is either a parody or homage to electronica/dance music; one can't be sure. Certainly it's fun. Entertaining numbers such as "Life In Purple" are all feel-good dance anthems celebrating the quirky life, a la the B-52's, or more aptly, Bongwater.