Anané

Anane’s ‘Take A Ride’ EP was produced by Two Soul Fusion, aka. Louie Vega and Josh Milan, all with live string arrangements courtesy of the Apple Hill String Quartet and conducted by Leroy Burgess. The recording dives from the effortless heights of punk disco (‘Let Me Be Your Fantasy’, ‘High’) into the swirling eddies of jazz-funk (‘Coffy Is The Color’) before climbing back out into the languorous arms of Italo-disco (‘Tutto Previsto’). The EP is held together in its entirety by the dreamy, sumptuous vocal of its creator Anane, who considers her top line one vital part of the instrumental whole. “I am art,” Anane reflects carefully, “for I am the music as much as I am the singer. Creation means to crawl into the unseen of my own dreams and becoming the beast of my vision, singing to the world as I go by.” Opening singles ‘Let Me Be Your Fantasy’ and ‘High’ both tap into this lifeblood of classic punk disco – when rock, punk and disco merged in the early 80s to create the seminal NYC sound – chugging bass lines and tempestuous high hats providing the DNA for both cuts.