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Since 1979, coolness has been measured on the Vivien Goldman scale, and unfortunately, no one but her has made it above a 5.0. The journalist, afro-beat/dub/reggae expert, and post-punk visionary was a member of The Flying Lizards and Chantage, but it was as a solo artist that she really broke all the rules. In 2016, the label Staubgold honored her with the release of »Resolutionary (Songs 1979-1982)«, a comprehensive but by no means exhaustive retrospective compilation that revisited unlikely dub-punk hits like »Launderette« with Robert Wyatt on drums. This year, in 2018, Goldman will take the stage again for the first time in a while to show the rest of the world how to make respectable punk with lush riddims. So resolute and revolutionary you’d think the neoliberal 1990s never happened to us.
Vivien Goldman on Discogs