The original was produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, but seriously, don’t let that put you off. ‘Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch’ from 12″ Neneh’s vocal here is closer to the soulful edge we’ve since come to expect, but laden over disco-punk reminiscent of The Pop Group, with the huge bonus of Don Cherry’s guest trumpet skronking over the top and strange passages of string orchestration and dub effects. Her first band, Rip, Rig and Panic were experimental and way out even for the everything-in-the-pot post-punk early ’80s. Neneh’s rhymes give the cut a necessary dose of edge. But the beat is closer to dub techno, with its wobbling, unsettling machine creaks and bangs and unexpected dreamy chords.
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‘Dead Come Alive’ from Trevor Jackson Presents Science Fiction Dancehall Classicsīuried in an archive until it was recently unearthed for the Trevor Jackson On-U Sound compilation Science Fiction Dancehall Classics, this astonishing track is ostensibly an electro cut, featuring Neneh’s earliest rapping. Though her vocals are a little raw here, it’s a promising hint of what’s to come. Neneh’s earliest vocal appearance was a star turn with Adrian Sherwood’s dub vehicle New Age Steppers, and their sweet doo-wop/lover’s rock reggae fusion ‘My Love’, a punky, optimistic mix coated in shimmering dub delays and crooning backing vox. These are 10 tracks demonstrating beyond doubt her vital impact upon music… She’s collaborated with Gang Starr, Four Tet, and tons of others during her career, and her most recent record Blank Project was one of her most underground – and excellent. With the same pioneering spirit as her stepdad, she’s from a musical family, with her siblings including pop rocker Eagle-Eye Cherry, violinist Jan and jazz musician David Ornette.
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The stepdaughter of American free jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, when she moved to the UK at the age of 14, she fell into the post-punk scene, collaborating with many key acts of that era, before hooking up with Bristol’s Wild Bunch collective, helping sire trip-hop, and later striking off in myriad different musical directions, from electronics to jazz, hip-hop to rock. The feisty, facety in-your-face rap and sweet vocal of that tune and 1989’s attendant album Raw Like Sushi sold by the sackload, but Cherry (which is her stage name, she’s actually called Neneh Mariann Karlsson) was already a fearless, experimental performer and had been since her teenage years, often paving the way for the next musical upset. A finer slice of perfect hip-pop it would be difficult to find, true, but the breakthrough chart hit of this Sweden-born, US and UK-raised singer and artist is only one speck of her titanic talent.
There’s a lot more to Neneh Cherry than ‘Buffalo Stance’. We trace her fascinating career arc in 10 tracks. Now in her fifties, she continues to innovate, fronting an ambitious free-jazz ensemble and making forward-thinking records with Four Tet. Experimental singer as a teen and international pop star by her twenties, Neneh Cherry effortlessly cut her own trail across jazz, punk, dub, and electronics.
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