The Dunbar / Shakespeare / Badarou trilogy of 1980-1982 was but, thanks to these musicians wirklick something new. As this radio Soulwave and reggae were intertwined was not only unique but also very effective and fit like chalk and cheese not only for voice and the image of Grace Jones and the way they staged these songs, but also the spirit of the early 80s. Stylish, groovy, yet with artistic demands were these plates and Living My Life (the commercially unerfolgreichste album from this period was) was the sound the Dunbar, Shakespeare and Badarou generated as good matured and Messrs each other so well matched that itself to persuade the weak compositions knew because the musicians knew exactly how they were able to conceal this arrangement moderately weaknesses. Jones vocals themselves are here so distant - almost uninterested - than on any other of their records, but that's what makes the musicians and the groove they develop so in the foreground. This music is cool, in the original sense of the word, and at the same time a perfect, but alone and especially aged remarkably well, musical mood of the early 80s. No - more substance there was no longer 1982 (with very few exceptions), which should have been left for the rest of the 80s too. But who is today uncertain at a cocktail party, what kind of music he intended to run in the background: With this drive, you can not go wrong.
Whether one can Artwork Grace Jones revive musical will become evident shortly, even if the - as you can imagine it to Corporate Cannibal - dark triphopige Massive Attack sound similar, there was still has. But maybe she succeeds yes again a mood and a final statement, this time to the late 00s years.
