Danielle Dax is one of those artists who too often gets reduced to footnote status in the great book of rock, if mentioned at all. Her music definitely falls under the new-wave banner, and at times suffered from 80s-heavy production (she put out a handful of records in the late 80s and early 90s), but with an innovative, creepy-cool edge. From a Guardian feature written about a year ago:
I've absolutely no idea how many people have even heard of her, but Dax was doing a similar thing in the 80s to what Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes) is doing now. She fused electronics with guitars, rock and dance beats. She looked like a slightly more gothic Stevie Nicks crossed with a catwoman, and, like Ms Bat, had a natty line in headscarves. Those who liked her absolutely loved her – like Bat For Lashes gigs, Dax concerts were stuffed with girls dressing up the same. But she spent most of her career as a fringe presence, doing things that were perhaps too radical and visually/aurally unusual for the general public.
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