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Danielle Dax is a singer/songwriter, multi- instrumentalist, producer, artist, & interior/garden designer. She was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Her early childhood was spent with her grandparents who encouraged her love of art, nature, & the occult.

In 1979 Dax met Karl Blake of Lemon Kittens. She painted the artwork for Lemon Kitten's first EP Spoonfed & Writhing. Shortly thereafter she joined the band playing flute, tenor sax, keyboards, & doing vocals. The duo of Blake & Dax released the highly acclaimed Lemon Kittens albums We Buy a Hammer for Daddy & Those That Bite the Hand That Feeds Them Sooner or Later Must Meet... The Big Dentist.

In 1983 Dax released her first solo album Pop-Eyes. On it she sang, played all instruments, wrote, arranged, & produced all the material herself as well as making the cover artwork. Over the next few years she released a number of successful EPs, the albums Jesus Egg That Wept & Inky Bloaters.

In 1988 Dax signed with Sire/Warner Bros label were she released Dark Adapted Eye.

During most of the 90s Dax suffered from a long illness & went in to semi-retirement.

She is quite private about her retirement, but in her own words:
      ''I had a very large stress attack in the early 80s. It was really serious, life threatening, scary stuff. I kind of just squashed it down, didn't deal with it, left it alone, felt fine, I was fine, fine, fine, fine. And then after we've done the tour in America we toured Europe and I supposed it was post traumatic stress. It was a combination of what happened to me and just complete mental and physical exhaustion. I had a break down basically. I was very ill for about a year and didn't leave my flat. I was really sick and it took me a long, long time to recover. When that happens to you there is nothing you can do about it. You just have to wait til you get better. I changed. I felt like my soul somehow got dislodged and I couldn't quite get back to where I'd been before. I still feel like a two completely different persons before the break down and after the break down. It was a very, very tough time and I couldn't work and of course I define myself by what I do. If I'm not doing I'm not actually existing. It was very painful but also a useful experience. The whole attitude of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is true. Through it I did a lot of reading and had all sorts of therapy and met a lot of different people of all different sorts. It taught me about mindfulness and being humble and also how to look after myself which is really important.''     

Since then she has focused mainly on interior & garden design. Her Brixton apartment has been featured magazines & on British TV series 'Home Front'. In 1997 the BBC awarded her their Designer-of-the-Year trophy. In 2000 she graduated with a distinction in garden design at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. 

 

 

Danielle Dax - Jesus Egg that Wept, Awesome Records AOR 1, 1984.
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Side 1 -
Evil Honky Stomp
Pariah
Fortune Cheats

Side 2 -
Hammerheads
Here Come the Harvest Buns
Ostrich
The Spoil Factor

Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye, Sire 9 25818-2, 1988.

Cat House   
Big Hollow Man   
White Knuckle Ride   
When I Was Young   
Yummer Yummer Man   
Fizzing Human Bomb   
Whistling for His Love   
Flashback   
Inky Bloaters   
Brimstone in a Barren Land   
Bad Miss 'M'   
Touch Piggy's Eyes   
House-Cat   
Bed Caves   
Sleep has No Property   
Hammerheads   
Pariah   
Where the Flies Are   
Funtime

Enjoy,
NØ