BIOGRAPHY

Anni Hogan was one of the first female DJs and promoters in the fecund post punk ferment of Leeds and London. She spread her infectious enthusiasm for electronic music, northern soul and smoky dive bar jazz in equal measure at the pivotal Amnesia and Batcave clubs, while manning the decks and booking the talent.

Her earliest forays into music were revelatory turns with Derek Jarman-soundtracker and avant-garde innovator Simon Fisher Turner; nascent Bad Seed Nick Cave and big band swinger Barry Adamson. She was part of a heady scene that revolved around a houseboat in Chelsea and included likeminded spirits Lydia Lunch, JG Thirlwell and Blixa Bargeld not to mention Siouxise and The Banshees. Through experiments in sound and technique, Hogan developed both her songwriting skills and a fluidity on the piano which was akin to catching moonbeams in a jar: the results can be clearly heard on her iconic Kickabye EP of 1985 (later reissued as a double CD set by Cold Spring).

It’s for her formative collaborations with Marc Almond that Hogan is perhaps best known – a friendship begun on the Amnesia dancefloor that blossomed through Marc And The Mambas, whose members included The The’s Matt Johnson and the multi-instrumentalists Martin McCarrick and Billy McGee and whose inspiration came from Jacques Brel, The Velvet Underground and Syd Barrett. Post-Soft Cell, she continued as Almond’s musical director, co-writing and performing as part of The Willing Sinners and then La Magia, for whom she co-produced 1989’s The Stars We Are album that contained the smash hit duet ‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’ for Almond and Gene Pitney. [ read more >>> ]

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