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Leslie And The Lys
Leslie and The Lys came out of the 1980s with a sound that mixed post-punk, funk, and various world music influences. Their song 'Beware The Beats' became...
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Leslie and The Lys came out of the 1980s with a sound that mixed post-punk, funk, and various world music influences. Their song 'Beware The Beats' became something of an anthem for them, giving a name to their debut album and helping build a cult following. The band's core was vocalist Leslie Etienne, bassist Mark Cunningham, guitarist Ian Jones, and drummer Simon Allen.
They worked collaboratively, pulling ideas from Jamaican dub, Brazilian samba, and Ethiopian jazz. This made their music hard to pin down, but it resulted in albums like 'The Unseen World' and 'The Dance of Shadows' that showed their range. Other tracks like 'Blame The Booty' and 'Midwest Diva' carried that same eclectic energy.
The band had a certain refusal about them, a resistance to easy categorization that was part of their identity from the start.
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