New Age Steppers (The) - Foundation Steppers: Vinyl LP

The New Age Steppers - Foundation Steppers

Tracklist:

Side One
1 Some Love
2 Memories
3 5 Dog Race
4 Misplaced Love
Side Two
5 Dreamers
6 Stabilizer
7 Stormy Weather
8 Vice Of My Enemies
9 Mandarin

The third New Age Steppers arrived in 1983 and marked a sea change in approach, a warmer sounding record than the two thrilling-but-abrasive LPs that had preceded it.

Part of this was down to frontwoman Ari Up moving to Jamaica and instigating proceedings with a session at the legendary Channel One with Style Scott and a JA horn section, before bringing the tapes back to London for Adrian Sherwood to work on. The other big factor was bringing in Bim Sherman to step up to the mic on several tracks, after interpreting some of his material on the previous albums. His distinctive croon works as the perfect foil to Ari’s own vocal takes, and the resulting album is perhaps the closest the collective got to laying down an album that is identifiably roots reggae, albeit still breaking tradition with colourful synth tones and a post-punk production sensibility.

First time available on vinyl since original release, includes download card and printed inner featuring new sleevenotes and interviews by Oli Warwick.