Jesse Quattro

"a defining presence" The WIRE

Jesse Quattro is a composer and vocalist. She sings with Secret Chiefs 3 on 'Book of Horizons' as well as forthcoming releases by the group. She has a duo Old Timey Music project with Eric Landmark of the Numbers, harmonizing on murder ballads and sacred hymnals circa 1910 and prior. While completing her BA in Music Performance/Composition at Mills College in Oakland, she also writes backyard folk-ish songs with guitar and releases about one solo album a year. Her current solo albums are 'Neurotic in the Afterlife', available through her myspace page (see link above), and 'Closer to the Wolf' available through Utech Records. Jesse Quattro's musical projects and bands range from singing with EyeHateGod and Carniceria (metal) to Bulgarian Voice Ensembles, Noise and Freak-Out Jazz Improv. Bands that she has sung for include: The Abstractions, Saint of Killers, Carniceria, Fall of the Bastard, Moe!kestra, Old Timey w/ Eric Landmark, Slaughterhouse Flies, NoLogo, and Secret Chiefs 3.

"...sometimes she makes Diamanda Galas sound about as aggressive as Olivia Newton-John."
- Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations

"Quattro's voice pushes far over the limit, as she stretches her voice to unfathomable ugly effect."
-Josh Kazman, Splendid

"Quattro's Westcoast Shelly-Hirsch-Zunge with exaggerated jagged razor blade claws, make me feel virtually hunted in the trees."
-Robert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy

".Quttro's vocals which at times sound like anguished renditions of Gillii Smyth's space wispers, and at their most aggressive sound desperately in need of an exorcist."
-Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations

".packed with animal energy that doesn't exclude subtlety, Quattro's voice ranges from trashy shrieks to gibberish mumbling and microscopic vocal sounds."
-François Couture, All Music Guide

"...lady is a MONSTER... accelerating at warp-speed" -Rotcod Zzaj

SAINT OF KILLERS
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The Abstractions
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