Alice Sweet Alice (ASA) is a music group who's sound has been described as Darkwave, Gothic, Ambient, Wall-Of-Noise. ASA is based in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine in the United States of America. The name Alice Sweet Alice was inspired by the film "Alice, Sweet Alice".
ASA was born as a side project of Scott Martinez in the late 1990's. All of Scott's previous music in bands and recording was done on the West Coast, Playing bass for other groups as well as singing backup vocals in the San Francisco bay area. Most notably Scott released a 9-song LP with Autumn Cathedral, and shared the bill with such acts as Fields of the Nephilim, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Posies, Diatribe and Neurosis. ASA's Scott Martinez founded the music label Cauldron Soundwerx, specifically to release ASA's music, but also to work with other bands.
ASA's music and lyrical content leans towards the macabre, though sometimes inwardly so. Each track is a vignette of its' own—a small story—and if listened to carefully, often possesses a sense of dark, dry humor. Subject matter is very diverse, and there is no musical formula. Each song is individualistic in tone and structure. The songs write themselves, and truly have their own personalities.
ASA was founded in 2007, and released their first 7-song EP "Kikazaru" shortly thereafter. ASA is one of the first bands of the 21st century to re-embrace the discarded Vinyl medium in favor of it's praised sonic enhancements.
ASA was born as a side project of Scott Martinez in the late 1990's. All of Scott's previous music in bands and recording was done on the West Coast, Playing bass for other groups as well as singing backup vocals in the San Francisco bay area. Most notably Scott released a 9-song LP with Autumn Cathedral, and shared the bill with such acts as Fields of the Nephilim, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Posies, Diatribe and Neurosis. ASA's Scott Martinez founded the music label Cauldron Soundwerx, specifically to release ASA's music, but also to work with other bands.
ASA's music and lyrical content leans towards the macabre, though sometimes inwardly so. Each track is a vignette of its' own—a small story—and if listened to carefully, often possesses a sense of dark, dry humor. Subject matter is very diverse, and there is no musical formula. Each song is individualistic in tone and structure. The songs write themselves, and truly have their own personalities.
ASA was founded in 2007, and released their first 7-song EP "Kikazaru" shortly thereafter. ASA is one of the first bands of the 21st century to re-embrace the discarded Vinyl medium in favor of it's praised sonic enhancements.
Axel H. Leimer (born 1963) is the chief business officer at Vectron.
Leimer was born in Frankfurt, Germany and has studied biochemistry at the University of Colorado and Baylor College of Medicine. He worked on dual action protease inhibitors and is co-inventor of a series of serine and cysteine inhibitors. He described several interleukin-converting enzyme ("ICE") inhibitors and coauthored a study on alternative . His work also includes combining pharmacophores of Bradykinin B1 and B2 anatagonists with that of a protease inhibitor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. His work also included the identification of a small molecular weight glycosylated serum ferritin secreted from the heart, showing that the heart acts as an endocrine organ.
Leimer has been managing director of Source Precision Medicine Europe and Executive Board Member and CBO/COO of Vectron Pharmaceuticals AG, Marburg, Germany. He is currently managing a consulting business and is Investment Advisor of Future Capital AG. Previous employment includes Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany, Rocky Mountain BankCard, Cortech Inc., Denver, Colorado and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leimer has continued to serve as an advisor to various chemical studies.
Leimer is co-founder of Kinaxo GmbH, Munich. He has continued to be involved in this groups endevors.
Leimer has served from 2001 through 2007 as a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany and was called as president of an LDS Church stake in June 2007.
Leimer was born in Frankfurt, Germany and has studied biochemistry at the University of Colorado and Baylor College of Medicine. He worked on dual action protease inhibitors and is co-inventor of a series of serine and cysteine inhibitors. He described several interleukin-converting enzyme ("ICE") inhibitors and coauthored a study on alternative . His work also includes combining pharmacophores of Bradykinin B1 and B2 anatagonists with that of a protease inhibitor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. His work also included the identification of a small molecular weight glycosylated serum ferritin secreted from the heart, showing that the heart acts as an endocrine organ.
Leimer has been managing director of Source Precision Medicine Europe and Executive Board Member and CBO/COO of Vectron Pharmaceuticals AG, Marburg, Germany. He is currently managing a consulting business and is Investment Advisor of Future Capital AG. Previous employment includes Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany, Rocky Mountain BankCard, Cortech Inc., Denver, Colorado and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leimer has continued to serve as an advisor to various chemical studies.
Leimer is co-founder of Kinaxo GmbH, Munich. He has continued to be involved in this groups endevors.
Leimer has served from 2001 through 2007 as a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany and was called as president of an LDS Church stake in June 2007.
Christian Leikert is chief Executive Officer of Future Capital AG, Frankfurt, Germany Future Capital, a private-public partnership venture fund, created y the state of Hessen and Hoechst AG, now Sanofi Aventis, S.A., Paris Sanofi Aventis. The fund manages 50 million Euro which it invests in Life Science compoanies in Germany and the United States.
Christian Leikert is also a member of the board of directors of Aegis Analytical Inc., Boulder; CO, USA Aegis
Christian Leikert is also a member of the board of directors of Aegis Analytical Inc., Boulder; CO, USA Aegis
"I Want Pussy" is a song by Old Dirty Bastard off of the album Nigga Please. It is considered by certain fans to be the archetypal Old Dirty Bastard song, a quintessential example of his work approaching experimental rap. It is controversial however for its broaching of soft money issue in the relationship between the sexes.
Music Production
The backing music, produced by the RZA, is one of ODB’s most conceptual. The melody is formed out of what appear to be samples of kung fu or other low quality film recordings played on a television which is receiving a faint signal from a UHF antenna. Selected elements of the background music are cut up (possibly influenced by elements of the Beatnik movement such as William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin) to form a nouveau melody which is utilized throughout the entire piece. The gritty nature of the sound design is thought by some to be intended to reflect the gritty nature of the lyrical content as well as the poetic delivery of the song. However, others feel that this was not intended, and point to almost all other RZA produced songs which they believe have exceedingly low production values for a major record release. The RZA (pronounced "rizza") himself on compilation albums has mentioned that he has produced at least a few songs "in his room".
Lyrics and themes
The lyrics consist of a tone poem which is divided into two distinct movements.
First Movement
The first movement is primarily composed of the refrain "I want pussy, for free". In hip hop criticism, this is known as a "paradigm redux". The idea is that the established convention is that successful rap stars should be able to use their monetary influence to establish continuous sexual relationships. ODB laments this convention. It should be noted that ODB claimed in many interviews that he had very little money allocated for himself, because he was forced to pay alimony and child support for a large amount of children. Thus, ODB would be unlikely to engage in a sexual encounter that could result in pregnancy.
Second Movement
The second lyrical movement of the piece centers around the sudden change to the refrain "yeah my momma cannot protect y'all". This distinct movement appears to be integrated to the very sound design of the song, for instead of simply beginning, the lyrics are faded in, in an organic way. It sounds as if someone forgot to increase the volume on a track on which a vocal performance was imminent. Again the intent is heavily debated in the hip hop community. The meaning of the lyrics is also debated. Some, known as "archetypers" interpret the lyrical phrase "momma" to be a reference to government social welfare institutions, a sort of extension of the benevolent institution meme referenced in popular culture by phrases such as "ma bell". Others, known as "fundamentalists", believe that the word "momma" cannot be separated from the word "protect", and consider that both the subject and the predicate of the sentence refer to the same basic idea, that of poverty.
Music Production
The backing music, produced by the RZA, is one of ODB’s most conceptual. The melody is formed out of what appear to be samples of kung fu or other low quality film recordings played on a television which is receiving a faint signal from a UHF antenna. Selected elements of the background music are cut up (possibly influenced by elements of the Beatnik movement such as William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin) to form a nouveau melody which is utilized throughout the entire piece. The gritty nature of the sound design is thought by some to be intended to reflect the gritty nature of the lyrical content as well as the poetic delivery of the song. However, others feel that this was not intended, and point to almost all other RZA produced songs which they believe have exceedingly low production values for a major record release. The RZA (pronounced "rizza") himself on compilation albums has mentioned that he has produced at least a few songs "in his room".
Lyrics and themes
The lyrics consist of a tone poem which is divided into two distinct movements.
First Movement
The first movement is primarily composed of the refrain "I want pussy, for free". In hip hop criticism, this is known as a "paradigm redux". The idea is that the established convention is that successful rap stars should be able to use their monetary influence to establish continuous sexual relationships. ODB laments this convention. It should be noted that ODB claimed in many interviews that he had very little money allocated for himself, because he was forced to pay alimony and child support for a large amount of children. Thus, ODB would be unlikely to engage in a sexual encounter that could result in pregnancy.
Second Movement
The second lyrical movement of the piece centers around the sudden change to the refrain "yeah my momma cannot protect y'all". This distinct movement appears to be integrated to the very sound design of the song, for instead of simply beginning, the lyrics are faded in, in an organic way. It sounds as if someone forgot to increase the volume on a track on which a vocal performance was imminent. Again the intent is heavily debated in the hip hop community. The meaning of the lyrics is also debated. Some, known as "archetypers" interpret the lyrical phrase "momma" to be a reference to government social welfare institutions, a sort of extension of the benevolent institution meme referenced in popular culture by phrases such as "ma bell". Others, known as "fundamentalists", believe that the word "momma" cannot be separated from the word "protect", and consider that both the subject and the predicate of the sentence refer to the same basic idea, that of poverty.