Wobbly Winer

My perusing Jah Wobble's catalogue also led me to this. What a treasure to uncover.

A world star that few know...Leslie Winer. 

 

Leslie Winer moved from Weston, Massachusetts to New York City in the late 70s to attend School of Visual Arts. While there she met William Burroughs (who became her mentor & life-long friend) & dated Jean-Michel Basquiat. In 1980 she began a career as a fashion model. Her androgynous look & being difficult to work with gained her fame in the modelling world. She was a Chritian Dior girl & appeared on numerous Vogue covers. In the mid 80s her modeling gigs brought her to London. She became a regular at the Taboo nightclub where she became friends with Jah Wobble.

In 1990 she recorded her debut album Witch with Jah Wobble. John Peel played some tracks from the white-label promo & the recording became a minor cult classic. With this debut album Winer recorded one of the earliest testimonies of a new genre that was to become the signature sound of the 90s, Trip-hop. Although recorded one year before Massive Attack's  Blue Lines, Witch never saw release until 1993. Witch is still considered by those in the know to be the birth of the fusion of hip hop with Jamaican dancehall, integrating a psychedelically colourful bouquet of Funk, soul, house, & R&B elements with electronic stylings. 

 

 

Leslie Winer (also released under the name ©)  - Witch, Transglobal GLOBAL1CD, 1993.
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He Was
Flove
N1ear
The Boy who Used 2 Whistle
John Says
5
1nce Upon a Time
Skin
Dream 1

 

 

 

 

The musicians Winer has collaborated with include acts as diverse as Björk, Bill Laswell, Tim Simenon aka Bomb the Bass, Holger Hiller, Karl Bonnie (Renegade Soundwave), Jon Hassell, Vincent Gallo, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Mekon, Diamond Version, Christopher Chaplin, Jay Glass Dubs, & Maxwell Sterling. Winer's songs have been interpreted by the likes of Grace Jones, Boy George, & Sinéad O’Connor.

About Winer, Boy George sez:
         "She might just be the coolest woman on the planet!"  

But despite her coolness, her closeness & connection with legendary artists, her name is familiar to only a small minority. This next is a career-spanning anthology of Winer's music. It covers three decades of a musical body of work that is unparalleled in terms of independence & originality. "Hold on Postcards" & "Fragment #2" are previously unreleased.

 

 

Leslie Winer - When I Hit You - You'll Feel It, Light in the Attic LITA181, 2021.

When I was Walt Whitman    
N1 Ear    
Tree - Leslie Winer    
Personals - Jon Hassell & Bluescreen featuring Leslie Winer    
Dream 1 - Leslie Winer    
Dunderhead - Purity Supreme    
The Boy who Used 2 Whistle    
Hold on Postcards    
He Was    
RoundUp Ready    
Skin    
Box - Leslie Winer
This Blank Action (Diamond version featuring Leslie Winer)
Battle Porn - Leslie Winer    
Woodshedded    - Leslie Winer & Jay Glass Dubs
Fragment #2 - Leslie Winer & Mari G. Mooney

 

note: the original file I shared was missing track 13. I have fixed it & apologize to all. Thanks, Sam S.

 

 

The song “Woodshedded” above is from the Leslie Winer & Jay Glass Dubs - YMFEES. It is an amazing record, a superb mix of spoken word & Ambient Dub,  I couldn't not share it here as well.

 

 

Leslie Winer & Jay Glass Dubs - YMFEES, Bokeh Versions BKV015, 2018.

Side A -
Woodshedded
Tin Mine
Cogged
Side B -
About the Author
#29
No Famous Actors

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ