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The albumÙs two highest peaks are brilliantly realised interpretations of Jamaican classics - Junior BylesÙ ØFade AwayÙ and Bim ShermanÙs ØLove ForeverÙ, Ari UpÙs vocal transporting the dread warning and lovers rock vibes to the icy hallways of early-80s London squatland.

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Product Identifiers

Record Label
On U Sounds
UPC
5060263722731
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21050176330

Product Key Features

Release Year
1980
Format
Vinyl
Genre
Alternative, Rock
Type
LP
Artist
New Age Steppers
Release Title
The New Age Steppers

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Distribution
Redeye Music Distribution
Reviews
Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Ari's otherworldly vocal takes on spine-chilling extra poignancy, as does her stratospheric glide through 'Love Forever''s sublime lovers rock..."
Additional information
This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. New Age Steppers: Viv Albertine (vocals, guitar); Ari, Mark (vocals); John Waddington, Crucial Tony (guitar); Vikki (violin); Steve Beresford (piano, bass, percussion); Sean (piano); Bruce Smith (synthesizer, drums, percussion); George Oban (bass); Style Scott, Cecil, Shoes, Dan (drums); Nobby Turner (percussion). Includes liner notes by Steve Barker. The New Age Steppers were one of Adrian Sherwood's first pet projects for On-U Sound, the label he started with then-wife Kishi Yamamoto, Creation Rebel's Tony Phillips, Martin Harrison, Pete Holdsworth, and a gent named Lizard. The label's first release was the New Age Steppers' single for "Fade Away" (a brilliant, reverent remake of a Junior Byles song), which made a reappearance on the ad-hoc group's self-titled debut LP. Released in early 1981, New Age Steppers features contributions from well over a dozen post-punk and reggae scenesters and, like the following Action Battlefield, the record epitomizes the spirit of the exciting late-'70s/early-'80s crossbreeding that took place between punk and reggae. Central to this record, Style Scott of the Roots Radics and George Oban of Aswad provide most of the rhythms, and the originals were penned predominantly by Sherwood and Scott, with the occasional outside contribution factoring into the whole. The Pop Group's Mark Stewart pipes in with "Crazy Dreams and High Ideals," a winding, warping dub composition filled with random surges of snare drums, searing, trebly effects, and crazy vocal tricks -- Stewart seems to be yelping from the bottom of a well one moment, and then suddenly you'll feel as if you need to wipe his spittle off your ear. Ari Up's relaxed vocals highlight some of the album's most song-based material; both "Love Forever" and the aforementioned "Fade Away" feature galloping pianos and thick, rhythmic bases that Up merely sails along with. The remainder of the record is comprised of instrumentals that throw all sorts of manipulations and funhouse oddities into the mix. The best of the bunch is a dub of Viv Goldman's "Private Armies," which treats a melodica (?) so heavily that it resembles a violin. Wild, unpredictable, and great. ~ Andy Kellman
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