New Age Steppers - the New Age Steppers, On-U Sound 1981
Early eighties we got shook up by a new sound, On-U Sound it was
called. Creation Rebel, Singers and Players, and the New Age
Steppers are some of the groups formed from a much larger group,
all managed and almost directed by the Master of Sound, Adrian
Sherwood. Sherwood's effects , his bass and beats were and are of
a unique flavour.
Among the known personnel of the New Age Steppers were Bim Sherman, George Oban, Ari Up (of The Slits), Steve Beresford, Mark Stewart (of The Pop Group and later Mark Stewart and the Mafia), and a young Neneh Cherry, also associated at the time with Rip Rig + Panic. Bruce Smith and Keith Levene have also made contributions to the collective. Vivien Goldman, at the time a journalist with the NME, provides vocals on "Private Armies".
1 Fade away
2 Radial drill
3 State assembly
4 Crazy dreams and high ideals
5 Abderhamane's demise
6 Animal space
7 Love forever
8 Private armie
The New Age Steppers were a kind of reggae-punk cross-over band formed around ex-members of The Slits, The Pop Group, Rip Rig + Panic and the The Raincoats. They debuted on Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound, providing the label with its first single "Fade Away" (a cover of a Junior Byles song) and album New Age Steppers...
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