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Head Music (The Daou Album)
''Head Music'' is a 1992 album by The Daou. The album gained favorable critical reviews for its originality. CD Review ''CD Review'' (formerly known as ''Digital Audio'' and ''Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review'') is a discontinued American monthly magazine that specialized in reviewing albums and audio electronics, especially compact discs. The magazine was fo ... wrote that "The Daou's debut album embraces dance-oriented Europop more whole-heartedly than any previous English-language release." The first single " Surrender Yourself" spent 11 weeks at the top of the Dance Chart.Option – Issues 60–63; Issue 65 – Page 31 1995 -"Vanessa and Peter — working as the Daou, an outfit fleshed out by three other musicians — released the album Head Music on Columbia in 1992. Though jazz and dance music fans embraced the record, the band's label had no idea how to how to market it. The Daous were so sure they'd be dropped that the prospect of leaving became their only consolation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daou
The Daou were a New York-based dance music quintet composed of Peter Daou (keyboards), Vanessa Daou (vocals), Mike Caro (guitar), Leon Dorsey (bass), and former 24-7 Spyz member Anthony Johnson (drums). Their only album ''Head Music'' was released in 1992, with its debut single "Surrender Yourself" rising to number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it remained for 11 weeks.Billboard - Jul 7, 2001 - Page 32 Card-carrying members of the club community surely remember the Daou's genre-defying debut, 1992's Head Music (Columbia), and its single "Surrender Yourself," which topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Creative disagreements with record label Columbia would see the Daou negotiate out of their contract and subsequently release Head Music's next two singles for the independent Tribal Records. The group disbanded before the release of a second project, and Vanessa Daou would reemerge as a solo act with 1994's Peter Daou-produced Zipless. Discograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-discoSmay, David & Cooper, Kim (2001). ''Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears'': "... think about Stock-Aitken-Waterman and Kylie Minogue. Dance pop, that's what they call it now — Post-Disco, post-new wave and incorporating elements of both." Feral House: Publisher, p. 327. . and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions. Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zipless
''Zipless'' is the first solo album by singer Vanessa Daou Vanessa Daou (born October 4, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist and dancer. Most notably a musician, her work is known among nu jazz, trip hop and electronic music circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated sin ..., released in 1994.Vibe - Nov 1996 - Page 147 KRASNOW/MCA Vanessa Daou's breathy, intimate vocals stride clear across the jazz-inflected dance pop of Slow to Burn. Less explicit than last year's Zipless, Daou's new songs are cinematic vignettes inspired by various female cultural ... Track listing #"The Long Tunnel Of Wanting You" #"Dear Anne Sexton" #"Alcestis On The Poetry Circuit" #"Sunday Afternoons" - single #"Autumn Perspective" #"Near The Black Forest" - single #"My Love Is Too Much" #"Becoming A Nun" #"Smoke" #"Autumn Reprise" References 1994 debut albums Vanessa Daou albums {{1990s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Review
''CD Review'' (formerly known as ''Digital Audio'' and ''Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review'') is a discontinued American monthly magazine that specialized in reviewing albums and audio electronics, especially compact discs. The magazine was founded by publisher Wayne Green. The magazine lasted from September 1984 to May 1996. History In the first issue of ''CD Review'' (as ''Digital Audio''), Ken Pohlmann, columnist for ''Audio'' and assistant professor at the University of Miami, introduced the magazine's purpose. Pohlmann wrote "This monthly column will examine the professional side of digital audio, offering slices of insight and wisdom, as well as gossip from the recording studio and the manufacturers that equip it. In this way, the listening community will understand the sometimes invisible origins of recorded music." Pohlmann also wrote that CD sales would eventually outsell LPs and would eventually become "the dominant medium for home, car, and portable listening." Among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrender Yourself
"Surrender Yourself" is a 1992 debut single by the American electronica dance duo The Daou, which they both co-produced, wrote, and performed the musical arraignments on, most notably on the keyboards, as performed by Peter Daou. Taken from their debut album, ''Head Music'', the single reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart on July 11, 1992. Track listings ;12 inch single (US) #"Surrender Yourself" (Ballroom Mix, remixed by Danny Tenaglia) - 13:30 #"Surrender Yourself" (Shocking Pink Mix) - 6:00 #"Surrender Yourself" (Ballroom Re-United) - 3:50 #"Surrender Yourself" - 4:20 ;CD Maxi (UK/Europe) #"Surrender Yourself" (Ballroom Revisited) - 3:50 #"Surrender Yourself" (Ballroom Mix) - 13:30 #"Surrender Yourself" (Shocking Pink Mix) - 6:00 #"Surrender Yourself" - 4:20 References {{Reflist External linksMusic videofrom YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Albums
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