Vanessa Simon - Family Madness - (1992)

Kongo Dance ‎– KDCD 4

As requested by JayBilla on the Martine Girault Revival post.

We've established how well loved Omar is on The Soul Vendor previously. Multiple times, probably! He was well and truly in the zone in the nineties and could do no wrong, as evidenced on his production work on this album. Out of the 9 tracks here, three were produced by Wayne Lawes, with Omar handling all the others.

Although I don't know much about her, I do know that Vanessa is the sister of Drum & Bass's DJ Kane.

Family Madness is an album steeped in the rootsy Acid Jazz/funk vibes of that era and still stands up today. Vanessa Simon's vocals are absolutely on point - sometimes funky, sometimes moody, always classy. There is an organic feel to it, as you'd expect from an Omar joint, that's really pleasant on the ear. 

I won't bang on about the individual tracks. I'll leave that for you. What i will say it is a remarkably consistent album without anything in the way of filler.

Wanna let me know which ones you like most in the comments?

Tracklist

1. Family Madness
2. Don't You Ever
3. The Life You Lead
4. It's Only Good For A While
5. To Be With You Only
6. Pack Your Bags
7. Revelation
8. Know What You Want
9. Simple To See

Download: VS-FM.7z | Filesize: 86.2MB