On Jan. 31, 2010, a collection of four tone poems from Daou, collectively titled Love Among the Shadowed Things, debuted on the seasonal Weird Tales for Winter segment of Jonny Mugwump & The Exotic Pylon, an experimental radio series broadcasting on London's community radio/Radio Art-format Resonance 104.4 FM.

Composed around the themes "Dream," "Snow," "Shadow" and "Night," the poems that comprise Love Among the Shadowed Things are stream-of-consciousness collages of spoken word, sparse free jazz accompaniment and thickly layered sound effects. Daou describes this aural meditation on a particular December night as a juxtapositioning of things "secular and temporal ... familiar ... mystifying ... universal and eternal."[5]

Love Among The Shadowed Things

SLANT MAGAZINE — House Playlist: Lorde, Phantogram, Glasser, & Vanessa Daou

"Vanessa Daou, "One Thing I'm Missing": Best known for a string of '90s club hits including "Near the Black Forest" (from her 1995 opus Zipless, which appeared on our list of the Best Albums of the 1990s), singer Vanessa Daou has dropped a trippy slice of chill-out called "One Thing I'm Missing," from producer André Baum's new compilation People People Volume 1, out now."

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2013/13/house-playlist-lorde-phantogram-glasser-vanessa-daou

Vanessa Daou | One Thing I'm Missing

I Cry For You

I Cry For You
In the quiet of the night
In the graying of the night
For all You've been through

I Cry For You
Past the doorway of your home
In the writing of this poem
For all you've been through

In the drenching of the rain
At the mention of your name
For all you've been through

I Cry For You
Since the Autumn of your days
Cried for you so many ways
For all you've been through

I Cry For You

Words & music by Vanessa Daou; Music collaboration with Baron Von Luxxury

Black & White

On ‘Break Me’ I used one of the sounds emitted from Charles Lindsay's sculptural assemblage called “Rocket Brain”, an interactive work built from the salvaged parts of a 1970′s missile guidance system. Charles Lindsay is a multi media artist whose music & sound experiments play an integral role in his work. He is a scientist, adventurer, photojournalist, and environmental activist, and The SETI Institute’s first artist in residence. He received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship to further develop his work. Working with Charles’ sound was a creative catalyst. I consider ‘Break Me’ to be a hinge song on my new album 'Light Sweet Crude | Hybrid: Act 1', one that hints at future and further directions.We’re planning a collaboration which further explores his sonic philosophies mixed with my vocals and Poetry. 

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/artspace/creative_works/feature-charles-lindsay.html

Break Me

from upcoming release 12.1.15

Pre-order @ https://daourecords.bandcamp.com/releases

ZIPLESS BOOTLEG REHEARSAL TAPES : A compilation of live rehearsal recordings of songs from Vanessa Daou's debut solo album ZIPLESS, her sexually charged opus from the works of lauded poet/novelist Erica Jong.
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releases November 30, 2015

Lyrics by Erica Jong

Vocals By Vanessa Daou

Produced & Arranged by Peter Daou

Musicians:

Bass : Mike Caro
Djembe: Madu Dembele
Guitar : Mike Caro
Keyboards : Peter Daou, Doug Oberhamer
Drums: Tommy DeVito, Anthony Johnson
Trumpet: Doug Oberhamer

Mastering : Mike Degen, Stimulant Sound, NYC 

The Long Tunnel of Wanting you #1 — From ZIPLESS BOOTLEG REHEARSAL TAPES

Written by jazz singer Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Explain_%28song%29

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