Vivien Goldman

A veteran from the punk, post-punk/brand-new wave, and reggae moments because the 1970s, Vivien Goldman is a renowned writer, musician, and educator. Through her music and her journalism, she’s played a substantial part in merging punk and fresh influx with African and Caribbean rhythms, authoring numerous varieties of music, and documenting with countless music artists which range from reggae story Prince Much I to Soft Machine co-founder Robert Wyatt. Given birth to in London in 1954, she spent amount of time in the ’70s doing work for Isle Records like a public relations official for performers including Bob Marley & the Wailers. She after that became a journalist, composing for English weeklies such as for example NME, Seems, and Melody Manufacturer about the growing punk and reggae moments, eventually covering fresh influx and hip-hop through the pursuing 10 years. Musically, she offered back-up vocals on Adrian Sherwood-produced reggae recordings, and added towards the 1979 debut recording by fresh influx/dub minimalists the Soaring Lizards, aswell as both albums by experimental collective the 49 People in america. In 1981, she released an EP entitled Dirty Cleaning on legendary NEW YORK label 99 Information. Edited right down to a 7″ solitary, using the A-side becoming solitary, “Launderette” (co-produced by Community Picture Ltd.’s John Lydon and Keith Levene), the record premiered on U.K. label Screen and by Virgin Information in France. That same calendar year, Goldman released Bob Marley, Spirit Rebel – Organic Mystic, the first reserve ever discussed the later reggae icon. Goldman transferred to Paris for the year-and-a-half, developing duo Chantage with vocalist Eve Blouin. Formulated with even more of an Afro-pop impact than Goldman’s prior work, Chantage’s one “It’s Only Cash” premiered by Celluloid in 1982. Goldman spent a lot of the ’80s composing rather than documenting; her second book, released in 1984, was about Child Creole & the Coconuts. Through the ’90s, she transferred to Manhattan and co-wrote music for Massive Strike and Ryuichi Sakamoto as well as the reserve The Dark Chord: Visions from the Groove: Cable connections Between Afro-Beats, Tempo and Blues, HIPHOP, and Even more. In the 2000s, she started teaching classes at NY University’s Clive Davis Section of Documented Music. With programs centered on topics such as for example punk, Jamaican music, and Fela Kuti, she gained the nickname “Punk Teacher.” She also published another publication on the subject of Marley in 2006, this time around concentrating on the traditional recording Exodus. By this time around, “Launderette” had turn into a cult traditional, appearing on many post-punk compilations. Gomma presented it on 2001’s Anti NY, Chicks on Rate Files included it on the 2006 three-CD Woman Monster collection, looked after made an appearance on Strut’s Disco Not really Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986 in 2008. Goldman sang on the 2010 remix of NY home DJ Dennis Ferrer’s golf club strike “Hey Hey.” She also published liner notes for a number of compilations and reissues, including Luaka Bop’s anthology of Nigerian musician William Onyeabor and Light in the Attic’s group of Lizzy Mercier Descloux reissues. In 2016, German experimental label Staubgold released Resolutionary (Tunes 1979-1982), a compilation including Goldman’s single EP, Chantage’s solitary, and both of her tunes from the 1st Flying Lizards recording.