Vanessa Daou
Fusing jazz, pop, dance grooves, and sexually explicit lyrics, Vanessa Daou may be one of the most daring new artists of the 20th century. Her first two solo singles -- "Give Myself to You" and "Are You Satisfied?" -- reached the Top Ten on the dance charts compiled by Billboard. Initially released on her own label, Lotus Records, Vanessa's debut solo album, Zipless, which featured groove-induced interpretations of Erica Jong's poetry, was reissued by MCA/Universal in the summer of 1995.
A native of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vanessa moved to Massachusetts in 1984 to attend boarding school. She continued to study visual art and art history at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, and Barnard College in New York City. Together with her musical partner and husband, Peter Daou, on piano, the pair recorded as Vandal and attempted to break into New York's underground dance music scene. Vanessa and Peter then formed a five-piece band named the Daou; signed by Columbia/Sony, the Daou released their debut duo album, Head Music, in 1992. The album was extremely successful, with the first single, "Surrender Yourself," reaching the top of Billboard's club chart. When the label offered to pick up an option for a second album, the Daou elected to sign with the new Tribal label. After the group released two chart-topping singles, Vanessa Daou was signed by Elektra chairman Bob Krasnow for his fledgling company, Krasnow Entertainment.
Vanessa took the solo route (Peter stayed on as co-writer, producer, and arranger) on 1994's Zipless, a jazzy collaboration with feminist writer and poet Erica Jong, followed by the sophisticated and groove-oriented Slow to Burn in 1996. Vanessa managed to negotiate out of her contract with MCA after the label endured a huge merger with Viacom and Seagrams, opting to record albums independently rather than be put through the major-label assembly line again, resulting in 1998's Plutonium Glow and 1999's Dear John Coltrane. The mature and confident Make You Love arrived in 2000, followed by a flurry of activity that included extensive touring, musical collaborations, writing, and visual arts projects. Vanessa Daou released her sixth solo album, Joe Sent Me, in 2008.
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Songs for Lovers
Acid Jazz - Erschienen bei Daou Tempo - Daou Records am 16.02.2018
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Songs for Solace
Electronic - Erschienen bei Daou Tempo - Daou Records am 23.10.2020
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Zipless (Songs From The Works Of Erica Jong) (Expanded Deluxe Edition)
Acid Jazz - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 20.04.2018
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Sunday Afternoons 2.0 (Mixes)
House - Erschienen bei KID Recordings am 14.08.2020
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A Little Bit Of Pain - Single
House - Erschienen bei TWISTED Records, Inc. am 26.02.2007
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Dear John Coltrane
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records - Oxygen Music am 01.07.2013
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Zipless (Songs from the Works of Erica Jong)
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 01.07.2013
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Songs for Summer
Dance - Erschienen bei Daou Tempo - Daou Records am 09.08.2019
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Light Sweet CrudeAct 1: Hybrid
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 03.12.2013
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Speak Easy: The Moonshine Mixes (Joe Sent Me Revisited)
Electronic - Erschienen bei Kid Recordings-Outsider Music am 13.11.2012
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Once in a While (The Remixes EP)
House - Erschienen bei KID Recordings am 01.01.2012
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Zipless Bootleg Rehearsal Tapes (From the Works of Erica Jong)
Dance - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 31.01.2020
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Welcome to My Blues: An Anthology (1994-2017)
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 09.06.2017
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Plutonium Glow
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records - Oxygen Music am 01.07.2013
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Zipless (Deluxe) (Songs from the Works of Erica Jong)
Pop - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 06.06.2013
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Slow To Burn (Expanded Deluxe Edition)
Acid Jazz - Erschienen bei Daou Records am 20.04.2018
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Love Is War, Pt. 2 (Remixes)
House - Erschienen bei KID Recordings am 30.06.2015
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Trouble Comes EP
Electronic - Erschienen bei KID Recordings am 20.05.2014
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