J2 is the much-anticipated ambient musical exploration from singer/songwriter/performer JARBOE (ex-Swans) and JUSTIN K BROADRICK (Jesu, Godflesh), a collaboration fueled by a unique and diverse energy.

JARBOE is a uniquely expressive voice—a musician, an artist, a personality. She draws from a variety of charged sources: her early exposure to snake-handling revivals in the Mississippi delta, parents who were in the FBI, her participation in a lounge act, experimental performance in gallery & live radio settings, and her 14-year career with critically acclaimed New York post-punk pioneers SWANS.A primary objective for JARBOE is to close the gap between audience and performer via complete submission and vicarious experience through her performance. Her visceral vocals range from a shy schoolgirl to sultry seductress to downright demonic; her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, and vitriolic. 'Mahakali' sees JARBOE collaborating with a wide range of musicians including Phil Ansemlo (Pantera, Down), Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Sunn O)))), Colin Marston (Dysrhythmia, Behold...The Arctopus), Josh Graham (Neurosis, A Storm of Light), and many more to create an alluring and provactive listening experience that has to be heard to be believed!  

Post-punk vocalist JARBOE releases her new album today in the US. The project, entitled MahaKali, follows on the heels of JARBOE's highly successful J2 collaboration with Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu), released earlier this year by THE END RECORDS.