New Release by Zombie Records

Tired of the same old thing? Check out J. Wallace's new Indie-label, Zombie Records. Wallace came to Chicago in 2003 after serving several years in the military and has been furiously stirring up trouble ever since. Currently he is a freelance writer working on a variety of projects, but he hasn't let his day job slow him down. He just released two albums "Midnight Hallucinations" by Paisley Babylon, and "Zombie Records: Lo-Fi Classics Volume One". It is rumored that another album from Paisley Babylon is on the way.

"Midnight Hallucinations" by Paisley Babylon is a sensory experience. It is the kind of music more easily described in terms of its impact, than by its construction. Ostensibly it is ambient electronica, sometimes called trance music or sex music. But the listener will soon realize that this Zombie Records collection is more than a sum of its parts. Woven into it's fabric is a darkness that strokes the subconscious.

I have to admit when a friend of mine told me about Paisley Babylon at first I had my doubts. I'm not always enthusiastic about electronic music. Too many times it trades technology for depth. But from the first few minutes of this Zombie Records production I was drawn into the layers of "Midnight Hallucinations." Hidden amidst the synthesizers and dubbed whispers I found an eroticism that was always present, yet just beyond my grasp. It is this quality of Paisley Babylon that sets it apart from other works in this genre.

The journey to Paisley Babylon and Zombie Records began in the late 90's when Wallace went into a meditative trance and recorded about 30 minutes of music. This was later edited to become the track called "Soporific." "Midnight Hallucinations" is actually the second Paisley Babylon album, the first was "The Alpha Wave Variations" released in 1998 by Uncle Buzz Records. It received favorable reviews by several music journals of the time including "Last Sigh", "Outburn," and "Ptolemaic Terrascope".