Inky Bloaters is the third solo album by Danielle Dax

Danielle Dax

Danielle Dax is an experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. She was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.- Biography :...

, a British experimental musician and former member of The Lemon Kittens

The Lemon Kittens

Lemon Kittens are a post-punk band, formed in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1977, by Karl Blake and Gary Thatcher. The cast of the band revolved quite frequently, notably counting among its membership musicians such as Danielle Dax and Mark Perry .-Discography:*Spoonfed & Writhing Lemon Kittens...

. It was originally recorded between 1985 & 1987, and released in 1987 on the Awesome Records label. This was the last album by Dax released on the Awesome label before signing with Sire

Sire Records

Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...

. The album was re-released in 1993 on the Biter Of Thorpe label (BOT131-04CD) and distributed through World Serpent Distribution

World Serpent Distribution

World Serpent Distribution was a British record label and music distribution house formed in the 1990s by David Gibson, Alan Trench and Alison Webster...

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Dax wrote all the words for the album and shared music arrangement with David Knight

David Knight (musician)

David Lloyd Knight is an American singer-songwriter, composer and music producer from San Jose, California. His music is a fusion of acoustic and electronic elements, blending self-produced live and sampled music with multiple instruments...

. Dax provided vocals, guitars, keyboards, flute, sitar

Sitar

The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

, kalimba, percussion and drone guitar. David Knight

David Knight (musician)

David Lloyd Knight is an American singer-songwriter, composer and music producer from San Jose, California. His music is a fusion of acoustic and electronic elements, blending self-produced live and sampled music with multiple instruments...

 played guitars, tapes, keyboards, percussion and drone guitar. Ian Sturgess played additional bass, harmonica, jaws harp and percussion. The cover artwork is by Dax.

Track listing

1. "Flashback" (4:23) - also on Dark Adapted Eye
   Dark adapted eye
   Dark Adapted Eye is a compilation album by Danielle Dax, a British experimental musician, formerly of The Lemon Kittens. Released in 1988 on Sire Records on LP, cassette and CD, it consisted of material from albums and singles released on her own label, Awesome Records, and was the first release...
   
   
2. "Funtime" (3:28) - also on Dark Adapted Eye
3. "Inky Bloaters" (3:32) - also on Dark Adapted Eye
4. "Sleep Has No Property" (4:32) - also on Dark Adapted Eye
5. "Bad Miss 'M'" (2:47) - also on Dark Adapted Eye, Comatose-Non-Reaction
6. "Big Hollow Man" (5:20) - also on Dark Adapted Eye, Comatose-Non-Reaction
7. "Brimstone In A Barren Land" (4:33) - also on Dark Adapted Eye
8. "Where The Flies Are" (3:20) - also on Dark Adapted Eye, Comatose-Non-Reaction
9. "Born To Be Bad" (2:58)
10. "Fizzing Human-Bomb" (3:45) - also on The Janice Long Session EP
    The Janice Long Session EP
    The Janice Long Session EP is an EP by Danielle Dax, a British experimental musician and former member of The Lemon Kittens. It is also known as the BBC Sessions and was recorded on 1 December 1985, and was first transmitted on 14 January 1986...
    
    , Dark Adapted Eye, Comatose-Non-Reaction
11. "Yummer-Yummer Man" (3:25) - also on Dark Adapted Eye, Comatose-Non-Reaction

External links

• Danielle Dax Official Website
• Danielle Dax Myspace Site
• Danielle Dax Artist Profile
• The Danielle Dax Profile