This is a fan-run Profile. I was dissapointed when I saw Danielle Dax did not have her own myspace and wanted her music to be on here. ..........................................................................
about.com's Bio on Dax...................................................
"Danielle Dax was born in Southend England. At an early age she showed a lot of talent and interest in visual art. In her teen years she was active in painting and acting. Her involvement with music started as a member of a group called the Lemon Kittens founded by Karl Blake. The first Lemon Kittens album was called "We Buy a Hammer for Daddy " released in 1980. Danielle and the Lemon Kittens produced their second and final album together in 1982 called "The Big Dentist". Danielle departed the Lemon Kittens and struck out on her own and in 1983 produced "Pop Eyes". .....................................................................................
"Pop Eyes" was a total solo effort by Danielle released in 1983 on Awesome Records . She did everything from writing the songs, playing the instruments, producing , mixing , art work, engineering, everything necessary to produce the final product. "Pop Eyes" was a major step forward, technically, musically, and artistically from the Lemon Kitten material and established Danielle as a powerful creative force in the music industry. It was apparent that this artist was innovative, talented, and had the necessary tools to produce high quality art with little outside help. The original art work for "Pop Eyes" also created by Danielle proved to be too shocking to some in the music industry and was replaced with artwork from Holly Warburton. Holly's haunting creations can be found on most of Danielle's early work. .....................................................................................
In 1984 "Jesus Egg That Wept" was released, and demonstrated more musical and technical growth. Evil Honky Stomp , the first cut from that album is a great example of how Danielle can take familiar styles of music and warp it into something totally different, but still faintly recognizable. This creative technique continues as a Danielle Dax trademark and is another force in her vast arsenal that establishes this artist in a class by herself. .....................................................................................
"Inky Bloaters" released in 1987 was yet another showcase of classic works that continued to spew from the genius of Ms. Dax. In 1988 Danielle Signed with Sire in the US and released "Dark Adapted Eye" , a compilation of earlier work. This album actually contains all the songs from "Inky Bloaters" except Born to be Bad, and includes 9 additional songs. ......................................................................................
In 1990 "Blast The Human Flower" was released on Sire Records. This work is a little more poppy than previous efforts, and launched Danielle's first commercial success Tomorrow Never Knows, a rework of the famous Beatles creation. Tomorrow Never Knows another Daxized musical manipulation is the only song ever released by Danielle (to the best of our Knowledge) that was not written by her. "
Hi Danielle,
good to finally meet you again, here in this cosy, crowded place. Remember Hypnobeat? I always enjoyed experiencing your HEP live and talking to you after you had played Frankfurt venues. Well, that was then, at times of carbon existence...
JDB
Thank you for the add. At least I have the two out-of-print Sire releases, cos boy do I ever revisit them in rotation! I hope she comes back to see us in the U.S. (I've never seen her live).
i met danielle last night may 4th at brixton libary london, she was brilliant, her first performance for years, she read her lyrics and sang, lots of the old favourites.it was fab talking to her a getting stuff signed.love to her and all her fansxxx
At youtube.com I found a video for Pariah (probably filmed at the batcave). But this version is different from the one I have on CD... Danielle's singing in a different way... Is it a live audio track? A demo Version?
Thanks for adding me to this site. I've loved Danielle Dax since I was 20 when I bought "Blast The Human Flower". I was hooked. Gorgeous woman and songs that make you both rock and think. "Dark Adapted Eye" is my favourite album of all time, although hardly anyone in Australia knows who Danielle is.
I'm working on a boy/girl band in Brisbane at present that is out to do a Lemon Kittens thingo wearing only body paint and long wigs, though the music is less experimental.
Great to see Ms Dax alive & well on the web! (figuratively speaking, naturally...)
Check out our profile to listen to our admittedly-somewhat-bastardised version of "Cat-House"...
I have been listening to Miss Dax since I was 14 and came across "Dark adapted eye". It changed me musically forever...I am glad that others have heard her brilliant music.
A note regarding Danielle's billing for the music festival (Srgio posted a bulletin). Note that Karl Blake is also scheduled. Karl and Danielle together were the Lemon Kittens. How dreamy would it be to see them collaborate on stage to play some of the Kittens stuff? And please, they could kick it old style with Danielle in only body paint! HEAVEN!!!!!!!
Oh time machine, why haven't you been invented, yet? "Today's not the same as before. . . promises of new rewards" :)
Thanks for putting together a page to honor Danielle! She's brilliant and beautiful, and deserves to be honored! If you've been lucky enough to meet her, you know she's also VERY sweet and genuine! How I wish she'd tour the US again. . .
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