Vanessa Daou - Danger Ahead — DMC Review

"Just in case you missed out on this, as I almost did, ‘Danger Ahead’ really is another treat from the voice which adorned the classic The Daou ‘Surrender Yourself’ amongst many others. Lifted from the forthcoming album 'Light Sweet Crude - Act One: Hybrid' its dirty, bass driven lines are suitably offset by the bittersweet and rather breathy vocals, accompanied by strident piano chords and classy House beats on DJ Hen’s Boogie Extended Mix. A further eight versions are also available varying the style. Second track ‘Dirty Blonde’ plays an altogether different game with down-tempo grooves and even more sultry vocals."

4 out of 5

Reviewed by Greg Fenton

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Light Sweet Crude | Artist's Statement @ NERDY FRAMES

"Music, poetry, song; the secret regions of the voice. The far edges of consciousness and memory,: those liminal realms reached by the Poet’s phrasings and timbres; a lover’s inchoate whispers. Words and melodies are all tools and instruments, salves or salvos, and, like weapons, they can be directed, aimed and launched, as a direct response or spontaneous reaction; as an invitation or instigation, through subtext or subterfuge.

Before I write, it is often one word that drives me: this idea might then become a drawing or a painting or a poem before it becomes a song. This mixing of media says something to me about the clash or meeting between fields or layers of thought, creating alliances between things, or making them repel and pull apart. 
I look to language, sound, symbols – to words and their hidden and layered histories – for clues as to how ideas are changed, how messages are coded, intercepted, interpreted, and corrupted, when and which things go from trash to artifact."

Read my full Artist's Statement @ NERDY FRAMES

'Danger Ahead' feat. on WDET 'The Progressive Underground' with Chris Campbell

Tune in: The Progressive Underground w/ Chris Campbell

 
This week's show, a mix of mind-blowing and mellow-making ....

11.22 feat. on NZ's Essential Electronic/Indie blog NERDY FRAMES

So y’all remember the beautiful and talented vanessa daou right? You know the lovely lass with such hits as “Near The Black Forest” or “Two to Tango” and a slue of other singles.

Well……good news is that she is still around and still has that smokey voice that is synonymous with this rather demure figure!

Check out her recent activities with this track after the jump and thank you Vanessa for sticking around. I grew up listening to her music.

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NEW VIDEO *** DANGER AHEAD ***

 

Vanessa Daou | Danger Ahead

Pre-order "Light Sweet Crude — Act 1: Hybrid" on iTUNES

My new album 'Light Sweet Crude — Act 1: Hybrid" is available for Pre-order on iTUNES XO

“Vanessa Daou’s evolution as an artist continues with Light Sweet Crude. The songs hit harder than anything she’s ever done before (“Camouflage” is a revelation), yet it maintains her trademark lush layers of sound with an updated trip-hop vibe. And it wouldn’t be a Vanessa Daou record without the impeccable poetry of her lyrics that meld effortlessly with a dance floor groove (“Danger Ahead”) or an after hours chill out (“Bar D’O”). The whole album sounds immediate and now – as good or better than any of the electronic music coming out of the UK or the scene in the US. It’s a triumph from beginning to end.” — Collin Kelley

Much love to Kid Recordings, Believe Digital & iTunes for their early support & guidance 

XOV


**PLEASE NOTE**

For those you who'd also like to have & hold the physical CD, you'll receive 50% off the 14.99 price of the CD

Available December 2013 @ DAOU RECORDS

The package will include a Chapbook of the lyrics as well as newsprint fold-out of Liner Notes penned by writer & radio host of WDET-FMThe Progressive Underground's Chris Campbell
The fold-out will also include an at-length article & Q&A inked by writer Imran Khan of PopMatters column 'Continental Drift'

Plus a temporary tattoo of the retro typewritten words "Only the lovers survive"

XOXOXO

Vanessa Daou – ‘Danger Ahead’ (MANIK Rework) - Soundplate

"MANIK has dropped this big new remix for Vanessa Daou and KID Recordings (in association with Daou Records). This will come out tomorrow (19/11/13) alongside remixes from DJ Hen Boogie, Son Of Sound, Kenny Summit, Many Ward, Culture Fires and Vanessa, herself. Check it out and leave a comment or tweet with any feedback you have."

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DANGER AHEAD | Featured on iTUNES USA & CA

iTUNES

"Danger Ahead" is the first single from my upcoming album 'Light Sweet Crude: Act One – Hybrid'. 

The song is an ode for those who live on the fringes, in the shadows, the disenfranchised - Those who rise above their inherited limitations through the power of their words, music, and Love.

The song is Produced by mind-bending & genre-blending DJ Hen Boogie.

Hen Boogie's thumping, hard-hitting groove conveys the joy, pain & heart-pumping desires of those who refuse to be marginalized, silenced or categorized. 

This is backed with the non-album B-side, "Dirty Blonde" – a tale about the loss of innocence -- Produced by downtempo/chillout master Christian Ronn (aka "Ganga").

Video coming soon........

XV