Brenda Ray

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Brenda RayBrenda Ray(Kenny)melodyist/rhythmist - hand played instr. & vocalscomposer/mix & production.♪tactile manual mixin♪... analogue with a sprinkling of digi.naffi studiocausey cuts recordings.Perfume Of The Soul album, released 01 January 20221. Universal Purpose2. Spirit's So High3. Mmmmoon Wrap4. Love's The Most5. Hope6. Dancehall Exocet7. This Was No Dream8. Tequila Sam9. Return Of Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger10. Love's The Most (Lighter Acoustical)preview clips: https://soundcloud.com/bboogaloo/sets/brenda-ray-perfume-of-the-1♪.......an offering of these x10 tracks of unreleased recordings from 1989-1991.......♪'The new “fragrant” collection covers ambient-washed conscious rap – hip-hop-influenced, sample-saturated selections, busy with horns and Blaxploitation boogie licks. Jive collages of `50s radio and movie dialogue. There’s sexy latin jazz syncopation and out there orchestration........Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger, originally recorded by Brenda, with The Beachballs, in 1986, makes a Return, in a beefed-up reading. Hypnotic, conga`d, tabla`d, kinda new beat clanking beneath its melodica and dubwise echo. There’s dramatic ZTT-esque disco drama, and happy, loved-up, pop house...........' banbantonton.com'........many of you will no doubt be acquainted with the now classic 'D'Ya Hear Me' record from a few years back that collected together Brenda's output during the late 70s and early 80s. Well here the clock moves forward a decade and never one to rest on her laurels or live in the past Brenda draws her points of reference from the new musical landscape that was evolving around her at the time - most notably soul, hip hop and house.Applying a distinctly dubwise experimental approach to these burgeoning genres along with her characteristic pop sensibility the results are nothing short of spectacular ranging from the hazy melodica led blissed out dub epic 'Return Of Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger' to the bass thumping proto-hip hop of 'Dancehall Exocet' to the heartbreakingly beautiful dub smudged house of 'Spirit's So High.' As you can imagine there's a wealth of riches to be enjoyed here and maximum respect to Emotional Rescue for doing the honourably thing in making them available for the very first time. Also particularly love the cover artwork which feels very fitting given the current political and economic situation here in the UK at the moment'https://dubwisevinyl.com/products/brenda-ray-perfume-of-the-soul-lp'This collection of ten very classy sounding Balearic pop songs actually consists of unreleased material from 1989-1991, a fact you'd never have guessed from merely listening to it. Brenda is a UK based singer and producer, and during the 80s frontperson of Brenda and the Beachballs (whose 'Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger' makes a return in a new form here), and the palate of influences does revolve around the best the decade had to offer - Grace Jones, ZTT, Roxanne Shante and early St Etienne are all echoed - plus a touch of the plundering DIY sample spirit (see 'Tequila Sam') that also powered that era. Exquisite listening that doesn't let its sophistication distract from a gentle sense of adventure and charm'https://www.juno.co.uk/products/brenda-ray-perfume-of-the-soul/865279-01/From completion of naafi sandwich/naffi/naffi locksman in 1983, from the now known as naffi studio came the subsequent recordings as Brenda And The Beach Balls Volume 1 LP in 1986, and three singles on Siren/Virgin in 1987/88. Recordings never stopped, and from 1993, commenced creating/recording here all titles for Brenda Ray - Walatta products. From this period onwards, releases included Brenda Ray, Brenda Beachball Ray, x2 7" vinyl + cds, + x2 12" vinyl ep's. This album from my Master analogue tapes here at home studio naffi Mixed, Recorded, Produced - Studer A80Mastered on analogue 1/4" 2 track Studer at naffi home studio 1989-1991 - Brendaexcept1. - B.Kenny/F.Viaduct. 6. -.Mix/Production - F.Viaductvinyl t.b.a. via emotional rescuetransfer and edit - Optimumdistribution - Juno Big Respect - Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Charles Lloyd, Brother Jack McDuff.Specials - Spirit and Dubmeister Supreme Gerry Kenny(Sir Freddie Viaduct), Jaz and MilesThanks - Captain Bruce Bairnsfeather, Steve 'On The Wire' Barker, image(c)Glen Baxter, Nathan Higham and Paul 'Studer Spa' Higham.naffi studiocausey cuts recordings

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