Rip Rig + Panic

Named after a good ’60s jazz album by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rip Rig + Stress answered the query: what goes on when avant-garde post-punks collide head-long having a pop/soul singer and perform a mutated type of jazz? A loosely knit assortment of ex-Pop Group people (Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith) and youthful stars-to-be (Neneh Cherry), Rip, Rig & Stress shaped in 1980 as quintessential avant-garde bohemians. They eschewed pop for a far more primal, percussive basis (somewhat reggae, somewhat Afro-pop) where was layered free of charge jazz blowing and honking, soulful performing, and Cecil Taylor-inspired piano mania. But, as extreme as this music was, it wasn’t used a dry educational seriousness; quite the in contrast, Rip Rig + Stress were about fun and playfulness. Actually the song game titles (“Regular Drudgery Is Bad for Soul, Nature & Wellness” and “Those Eskimo Ladies Speak Honestly”) sounded similar to surreal announcements than they do traditional, catchy music titles. Arguably probably the most likable couple of avant-garde types ever to record music, Rip Rig + Stress called it each day after three mainly wonderful, if relatively inconsistent records. In case your flavor in music, actually fringe music, can be such that a solid melodic focus is essential, than maybe this will not be your glass of tea. Nevertheless, unless you mind just a little chaos together with your funk, after that provide this heady blend an opportunity; it will function its way into the heart, mind, and feet. For the people, Bruce Smith became a member of Public Picture Ltd. to get a spell, and Neneh Cherry became an enormous pop celebrity (deservedly therefore) with her first single record.