What reviewers and writers have said about Deborah Jaffe and MSR:
"Music For A Sadomasochistic Scene"
Deborah Jaffe is the mistress behind the ambient darkness of MSR. Developing a love for Industrial in the early 80's, Jaffe has been creating music for over a decade. 'Scene' contains nine majestic tracks of fetish electronics that czress the listener into a seductive submission. Her soundscapes hint of deviant sex in basement playgrounds. Intended as atmosphere for S&M play, 'Scene' is enthralling and subversive. What it lacks is the pretentiousness often associated with the latex crowd. Jaffe approaches her talented endeavors with onest sincerity. this multi-talented woman has also written essays on deviant sexuality as well as designing and developing her own multi-media CD-ROM. The CD booklet contains a sample of her sexually disturbing photography. Master/Slave Relationship is sure ot please lovers of dark electronics as well as those desiring discipline. There is little doubt that Jaffe is among the handful of strong, uncompromising women in underground music today.
-- Chad Hensley, TERRORIZER magazine from the U.K.
WAVE magazine July/Aug 1995 (about Smut Picture Racket)
"...Jaffe has laid her psyche, her genuine desires down onto this disc, and invited those with brains and balls enough to come inside..." Richard Kadrey
MICROTIMES Northern California's computer magazine August 21, 1995
"Deborah Jaffe is a powerful, creative woman... Obscurity is part of Jaffe's artistic style and she's quite expilicit about it, she doesn't like spoonfeeding people or making things too easy for them..." Jonathan E.
PROPAGANDA magazine Issue No. 20
"She is the master of the music she creates -- yet a slave to its primal rhythms and metallic melodies... It all combines to project a very dark sexuality that makes Madonna look like Mr. Rogers in drag..." Maxwell Edison
FORCED EXPOSURE #14 Fall 1988
"...makes you feel like yr head's trapped in a freight elevator whooshing towards nowhere real fast..." Byron Coley
OPTION Mar/Apr 1988
"...This unique music reflects her sincerity and ability to deal seriously with a subject that few others have the nerve to." Jack Jordan
MUSIC FROM THE EMPTY QUARTER (U.K.) Issue #5
"...Debbie Jaffe is a person who understands her desires and fully intends to fulfill them. A Madonna for the deviant underground, perhaps?" John Everall
