Nona Hendryx (produced by Tangerine Dream's Peter Bauman)'s "Skindiver". for fans of kate bush, peter gabriel or david sylvian

All her solo albums getting reissued.

!!!

wau -- no one bought'em?

How do you know?

no trees in this forest

i reviewed her 1977 debut in MOJO last year, it's a solid 3/5.

Nona is shit-hot.

Reason I bumped this, though: Somehow didn't realize til yesterday (listening to Ze's /A Christmas Record/) to what extent Madonna's "Holiday" was a blatant rewrite if not ripoff of Nona's 1981 "It's A Holiday" with Material. (Wouldn't be at all surprised if Madonna was listening to Ze stuff in the early '80s, either.)

Just listened on Spotify to the version on the Bustin' Out EP -- and I gotta say: I don't hear it at all.

listening to nona for the first time. absolutely unsurprised to find alfred in here talking about it

Live show I saw in Central Park was great, need to check out some records.

lol brad

"B-Boys" and "Dummy Up"!

Didn't know that the "Winning" on her first album is the same one with which Santana scored a hit in the early eighties.

― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:06 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I just discovered this today! Her version is so much better. I always liked the tune, but the Santana one I grew up on is so generic AOR. Hers has more of a groove. Guess I should check out the whole album.

"Tears" FFS

seriously going to pass that one around telling people it's a new Dawn Richard song

or D(delta)WN or whatever

Addicted to this song lately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXrZ0JvN6Q

that album

This is kind of an odd record. Even tho there’s no Laswell or Laurie Anderson in places it feels a little like Mister Heartbreak’s more languid moments – as jaxon said in the OP, the songs all just kind of hang out rather than go anywhere. Also, other than Kate McGarrigle(!) on backing vox on one track, I have no idea who any of the people credited on Discogs are. Baumann notwithstanding, it seems like Nona wrote and programmed most of this by herself. It’s the only record of hers from that era that’s not on Spotify.

Upon a little more investigation, it appears the label it’s on, Private Music, was Baumann’s instrumental/New Age label throughout the 80s, with releases from people like Patrick O’Hearn and Suzanne Ciani. So maybe it all makes a little more sense.

private was a weird label. leo kottke put out records on it as well. the stuff he was doing on the label around that time essentially amounts to adult contempo pop music.

still have yet to hear this one but would like to.

(checks)

oh, it's on youtube now and i have to drive to the store this morning. wonderful. will report back.

well, after one listen while driving i have to say it lived up to the hype! on the one hand, it is kind of just an adult contempo pop album. on the other, "new age janet jackson" springs to mind as a quick descriptor. it did strike me as a tad preachy at times, but that leads to my next point — which is that i do very much like it, but that i simultaneously feel like i don't actually "get it."

i think it's really good, whatever the case may be. i've always loved just the sound of her voice and the production is very dated, but in a nice nostalgic way. "woman who fly" definitely feels like it could have been a hit in some capacity. i actually much preferred the second half, but there weren't really any songs that i flat out didn't like. solid four mics.

everyone should listen to this album. it's so wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDjg6DfBiSQ

not on proper streaming right now. plenty of cheap copies across all formats to be found on discogs tho.

Will check it out . Thanks

9.0 on sunday fork archive review. fuck yeah.

*pfork

Good review, especially since after 1983's Nona I get restless.

(I haven't heard SkinDiver)

yes besides the unflinching coolness of them giving the album a highlight, i found the review itself excellent. really pleasant surprise.