MC Kinky
MC Kinky | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Caron Geary |
| Also known as | Feral,[1] Feral is Kinky,[1] Feral aka MC Kinky,[2] Cantankerous,[1] The Infidel[1] |
| Origin | Kilburn, North West London, England[3][4] |
| Genres | Ragga |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | More Protein |
Caron Geary,[1] known by various stage names, is an English female raggamuffin toaster. She was the first white female reggae/dancehall MC.[1][5]
According to Geary, her first recorded appearance was on Kid Ralph, a dancehall track by Little Twitch.[6] The song talks about a 'legendary' homosexual figure in Jamaica's prison system.[7] She has subsequently worked as a solo artist and with other musicians, including Erasure and Boy George, who described her music as "the dirtiest 'slackest' reggae I'd heard since the seventies".[8]
Background
Growing up in Marylebone,[9] Geary lived adjacent to an after-hours party which blasted out reggae music;[9] as a result, Geary was exposed to reggae from a very young age. It is these experiences which inspired her to write the controversial song Everything Starts With An 'E' as part of E-Zee Possee, which was banned by the BBC because of its lyrics[10] and made #69 in the UK Singles Chart in 1989, leaving the chart after only one week;[11] however it was re-released less than a year later in March 1990 and climbed to #15 on the UK chart,[11] spending eight weeks in the chart.[11]
Kinky's first solo single, the Apollo 440 produced "Get Over It",[12] reached #95 on the UK Singles Chart.[13] Her only top 75 hit, coming five years later, was Everybody which charted at #71 on that chart.[14]
Kinky has been touring underground, occasionally providing vocals for other artists. In 1997, she took a residency in Ibiza as "the Infidel",[9] operating under the name for a week[15] before writing an album called Cantankerous and taking up the name for herself.[9] When a member of staff at Club Motherfucker described her sound as "feral pop",[6] she became "Feral" and finally ended up with "Feral aka MC Kinky"[2] and "FERALisKINKY"[16]
Artistry
Descriptions of Geary's sound have varied from a "bass driven, vitriolic sonic hybrid of grimy electronic ragga, manic house and punk rock"[5] to a "white female raggamuffin toaster".[17] Kinky has denounced these descriptions, saying "I can't be bothered with people who spend large amounts of time trying to place people and music into small and narrow categories. I do what comes naturally to me, and it usually has a combination of influences."[17]
Discography
Singles
Solo singles
| Year | Single | UK chart position |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Inna We Kingdom"[18] | — |
| 1991 | "Get Over It"[13] | 95 |
| 1992 | "Won Love"[18] | — |
| 1992 | "Twisting The Mind"[18] | — |
| 1996 | "Everybody"[14] | 71 |
As featured artist
| Year | Single | UK chart position |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Everything Starts With An 'E'" (E-Zee Possee ft. MC Kinky)[19] | 69 |
| 1990 | "Everything Starts With An 'E'" (re-entry) (E-Zee Possee ft. MC Kinky)[19] | 15 |
| 1990 | "Generations of Love" (Jesus Loves You ft. MC Kinky)[20] | 80 |
| 1991 | "Generations of Love" (re-entry) (Jesus Loves You ft. MC Kinky)[20] | 35 |
| 1992 | "Take a Chance on Me" (Erasure ft. MC Kinky)[21] | 1 |
| 1992 | "Flight" (Flight ft. MC Kinky)[22] | — |
| 1995 | "Yalla Chant" (She A Baad Gal Edit; Natacha Atlas ft. MC Kinky)[23] | — |
| 2000 | "The Chase" (Giorgio Moroder vs. Jam & Spoon ft. MC Kinky)[24] | — |
| 2001 | "We Love" (Storm ft. MC Kinky)[25] | — |
| 2006 | "Wind It Up" (Abashment Electro House Mix; Gwen Stefani ft. MC Kinky)[24] | — |
| 2013 | "Raging in the Dancehall" (Endymion & The Viper ft. FERAL is KINKY) | — |
Other songs
| Year | Song |
|---|---|
| 1989 | "Kipsy" (Boy George ft. MC Kinky)[26] |
| 1995 | "Son of Bambi (Walk Tuff)" (Towa Tei ft. MC Kinky)[27] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Screenshot from official website, shows newspaper clipping dated 24th December 2012". Official website.
- ^ a b "Hear that voice: Glass meets Feral aka MC Kinky". The Glass Magazine.
- ^ "Official MySpace page for Cantankerous". Cantankerous.
- ^ "Official Facebook page". Facebook.
- ^ a b "Gig Guide - Week Starting Thursday the 14th of February, 2013". Leng Pleng, the premier gig guide for live music and DJ gigs in Cambodia.
- ^ a b "FERAL i$ KINKY". DJmag.com. Retrieved Tuesday, 14 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Top 10 Songs That Buju Banton Can Listen To As He Awaits His Freedom". Top10Jamaica.com. Retrieved Tuesday, 14 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Boy George (1995). Take It Like A Man. The Autobiography of Boy George. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 533. ISBN 0 330 32362 8.
- ^ a b c d "Feral sound, kinky style". The Phnom Penh Post.
- ^ "Pump Up The Volume". YouTube.
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "List of songs Apollo 440 have produced a remix for". Soundslogic.com.
- ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
- ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Feral aka MC Kinky". Stewartwho.com. Retrieved Friday, 19 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Official website".
- ^ a b "Caron Geary aka MC Kinky". reocities.com. Retrieved Tuesday, 14 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c "MC Kinky". Discogs.
- ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
- ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - MC Kinky". The Official Charts Company. 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Abba-Esque". Allmusic.com.
- ^ "Flight". Discogs.
- ^ "Yalla Chant". Discogs.
- ^ a b "Past releases from 2005-2007". Boy George fansite.
- ^ "Jam & Spoon's official website, click "The Music" to access".
- ^ "Tense Nervous Headache". Discogs.
- ^ Son of Bambi (Walk Tuff) at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
