Danielle Dax
b. Southend, Essex, England. Dax first came to prominence in 1980 with Karl Blake in the engaging Lemon Kittens. After We Buy A Hammer For Daddy and The Big Dentist, the group broke up in 1982. Dax next pursued a more straightforward pop route, mixed with forays into ethnic music and the avant garde. Her first solo album, Pop-Eyes, featured her playing 15 instruments, as well as composing and producing. She also displayed talents as a sleeve designer, contributing to Robert Fripp's League Of Gentlemen, among others. After a brief detour into acting, during which she appeared in the movie The Company Of Wolves, she returned with 1984's Jesus Egg That Wept and an extensive UK tour, during which she was backed by Dave Knight, Steve Reeves, Ian Sturgess and Martyn Watts. Former artistic partner Blake also made a comeback on that album's "Ostrich". Her 1985 single, "Yummer Yummer Man", was well received and revealed her love of 60s psychedelia. Inky Bloaters was an exceptionally eclectic work that maintained this reputation, and saw reviewers recall a myriad of influences in an attempt to gain some grasp of its contents. After appearing at the new music seminar in Boston, she was signed more permanently by Seymour Stein to Sire Records. He launched her on the US market with Dark Adapted Eye, which added five new picks to selections from Inky Bloaters. Her fourth album, Blast The Human Flower, produced by Stephen Street, included a revival of the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", but was an unhappy mainstream compromise that sacrificed Dax's earlier esotericism for accessibility. Her back-catalogue later became available again through her own Biter Of Thorpe label. Curiously, Dax was most recently seen as the winner of the 1997 Amateur Decorator Of The Year award on BBC Television's Home Front.
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