June 5th 2010
The new video Gray Wave City is now exclusively available on the video section of the site! Love Caboose can also be viewed here and the new video for "Clothes On The Bed" will be posted soon.

 

June 4th 2010

Forget Hot Tub Time Machine, here's Geneva Jacuzzi!
A Q&A with singer Geneva Garvin for Venus Zine
By Noreen Sobczyk

Geneva Jacuzzi's debut LP Lamaze, a compilation of self-released tracks and the new song "Do I Sad?," was recently released on Vinyl International. After discussing how singer Geneva Garvin doesn't like to discuss her music and then bonding over our mutual love for Ken Russell and Crispin Glover, we got down to business.

VZ: You haven't you done many interviews.
GG: This is my third interview. Does it matter? Do I have something to say?

VZ: Can you explain why you don't like to talk about your music?
GG: The moment humans started using language, we got out of tune with nature. In the beginning, we used symbols and were disassociated with what we we were thinking and feeling. Now, we think in words and it creates chaos. If you create something melodic it can't be misunderstood. Words or sentences can be misunderstood, but a song is what it is every time. You may experience it differently, but it is what it is. Music is a thing for your ears to look at, a way to cope with experiences.

VZ: The album is available digitally, on vinyl, and on 8-track, which you work with. Is 8-track your ideal format?
GG: [Laughs] 8-tracks! I burn each CD myself. Vinyl International is vinyl and digital. Eight-track was their idea, but I did have an idea to release them as videos on VHS.

VZ: A la Jan Terri.
GG: [Laughs] Jan Terri is a beautiful chick. She's genius. I'm serious. She was an inspiration. "Journey to Mars" is amazing.

VZ: How long have you been making music?
GG: I started late. I began recording when I was about 21, so seven years now. Once I started to play I recorded, and I wrote before I knew how to play.

VZ: Your music has a heavy '80s electronic influence, but you were born in '82, right?
GG: 1981, yeah. It makes sense to me psychologically. My brain was developing. There was Duran Duran on the radio. All my subconscious patterning was built on synth-pop with big hair. It's my framework I guess. [Laughs]

VZ: Have you toured, and do you plan on touring again?
GG: I often play in California and did one European tour. I did a tour with Ariel Pink [who mastered Lamaze]. I'll play anywhere they want to fly me and give me money.

VZ: You live with Ariel Pink. Does he appear on Lamaze?
GG: He's on "Love Caboose." He is the main keyboard line and has a guitar sample. He wrote the first verse of "Greek Ambassador." The rest is all me.

VZ: You really embody the DIY aesthetic. Describe your process or philosophy.
GG: I didn't want to develop a philosophy of DIY. Not on purpose anyway—I just always think I can do things because other people do them. It's always the thought, "Let’s see if I can." And when I can, I'm stuck doing it. I made every CD and all the merchandise. I learned you can do it, but whether you can or should are two different things. I have a factory in my kitchen, [but] all that takes you away from making music. I just want to make music.

 

June 3rd 2010
The store page is now up and running! CDs, Lamaze & Group Dynamic T-Shirts are available now. Lamaze vinyl and limited editions will be added soon!

 

June 1st 2010
Welcome to GENEVAJACUZZI.COM!!!!!