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Neneh Cherry & The Circuit - Dead Come Alive

from Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics by Various Artists

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The daughter of West African percussionist Amadu Jah and artist Moki Cherry, Neneh Cherry was brought up in Stockholm by her mother and stepfather, legendary US jazz firebrand Don Cherry. Moving to England in the early 80s, she sang backing vocals with the Slits and fronted anarchic Bristol group Rip, Rig & Panic (themselves named after an experimental jazz classic by Roland Kirk).
Meeting Adrian Sherwood on a wild late 70s package tour which paired up Don Cherry, The Slits, Prince Hammer, and On-U group Creation Rebel, the teenage Neneh was enlisted to contribute vocals to the second New Age Steppers album Action Battlefield, with an unconventional cover of The Gaylads rock steady hit “My Love”.

In some ways predicting the electro-fied sound of Neneh’s worldwide pop success with the Raw Like Sushi album, “Dead Come Alive” stems from a mid-80s period when Adrian took a production hiatus from his beloved reggae, deeply upset by the murder of his friend Prince Far I (he would later rekindle the dub flame when the opportunity arose in 1986 to work with hero Lee “Scratch” Perry). Instead he explored the possibilities of new studio technology. Early samplers and drum machines were put through their paces on work for the Tommy Boy label and remixes for the likes of Depeche Mode. Discovered in a dusty corner of the On-U tape archive, this unreleased recording is presented for the first time on this album.

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from Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics, released October 1, 2015
2015, On-U Sound

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Longtime On-U fan Trevor Jackon curated this compilation of classic, rarities and deep cuts in 2015 - an amazing introduction to the maverick early days of the label and some of the key 80s dancefloor weapons in the Adrian Sherwood production arsenal.

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