The Point – Fingernoid Slink (1993)

The Point was a duo comprised of musician Christopher Little and vocalist Sybil Syn. Their sound is an odd mix of 60’s retro pop (much like other featured artist Apollo Smile), synth-pop and, at times, techno-house. Sybil’s vocals are VERY British, somewhat like Siouxie Sioux or Marianne Faithfull, and the music through most tracks is quite trippy. All in all the mix works and makes the album a very interesting listen. It seems that their label, I.R.S., didn’t get behind the group, however. The only official single released was the house-y “Dance Is The Nu Sex”, which made nary a dent on the dance charts. Aside from a few other tracks appearing on compilations, the group really got no play, and once again it’s members have faded, perhaps forever, into obscurity.

UPDATE:  I should have updated this a long time ago, but someone just asked if I had found any more info on the group and it reminded me.  As you can see from the comments from Aaron Owen Smith below, he worked with the group in the late 90s.  He said that they took two years to record an EP and performed the songs at bars and clubs in London in 1999. The tracks were very drum 'n' bass and very good (he was gracious enough to share them with me but didn't want them shared on the internet). It's a shame that they were never released. Aaron also says that Sybil was very 'unique' and also very talented, but that she was worried about the emerging internet and losing her anonymity, thus why she chose an alias and didn't share her real name (also likely why there is nothing on her on the internet now), and he has not spoken to her since. If you go to to Discogs, you can see some pics from this later era...

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1		Real Thing
2		Hey Jane
3		State Of Mind
4		Sleep
5		Oh Yes We Are
6		White Cocoon
7		Dance Is The Nu Sex
8		Spread That Jam
9		Writhe