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The first single and album release on On-U Sound came from the New Age Steppers, who in the tradition of most groups on the label had a shifting line-up (at times featuring members of Public Image Limited and the Pop Group), but organised around the driving force of Arianna Foster aka Ari Up. Ari was also front woman of the ground-breaking Slits (responsible for some of the most innovative records to come out of the whole punk era). There were blurred lines between the two groups at times, with Adrian Sherwood providing a live dub mix at many of Slits shows, producing their cover version of John Holt's "Man Next Door", and other members of the Slits such as guitarist Viv Albertine contributing to the New Age Steppers. This particular track in fact appears in slightly different forms on both the debut NAS album and the Slits under-rated second album Return Of The Giant Slits. The combination of the loose jamming instrumentation and buried vocals occasionally emerging from the murk lend the track a beautifully intimate feel, like hearing an amazing band playing hypnotic music through the wall at a party.

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from Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics, released October 1, 2015
1981, On-U Sound

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Science Fiction Dancehall Classics UK

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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