It remains one of Daou’s most iconic, influential and singular works.

The bewitching 10-track set – which includes Vanessa’s inimitable signature hits “Near The Black Forest” and “Sunday Afternoons”, alongside treasured deep cuts like “Becoming A Nun”, “The Long Tunnel of Wanting You” and “Alcestis On the Poetry Circuit” - was an innovative musical hybrid, fusing jazz, pop, dance, trip-hop, spoken word, ambient electronica and chilled-out downbeats into an intoxicating brew that was equally visceral, sensuous and sublime. With 'Zipless', the duo delivered a sophisticated and darkly enchanting opus simmering with evocative - meditative and narcotic - songs that resonated with underground and mainstream audiences, alike. The pair had already established themselves in the underground club scene as The Daou with their explosive dancefloor anthems “Surrender Yourself” and “Give Myself To You” (released on pioneering New York dance imprint, TRIBAL Records), which would become definitive 90’s house music classics. Vanessa Daou’s landmark 1994 solo debut and collaboration with acclaimed feminist/poet/novelist Erica Jong (issued on Krasnow Entertainment/MCA Records) catapulted the alluring, velvet-toned chanteuse into the international spotlight with its sensual erotic poeticism, fragrant melodies, spacious arrangements and slinky “electronic jazz-pop-dance” grooves (courtesy of her musical partner and then-husband, Peter Daou) and Vanessa’s sultry, breathy vocals as the centerpiece. Vanessa Daou :: Zipless (Songs From The Works of Erica Jong):

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