Falcon Stuart

Falcon Nemon-Stuart (27 March 1941 – 27 February 2002) was a British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer associated with X-Ray Spex, Adam and the Ants, and Danielle Dax amongst others.

Having been influenced in his teenage years by American rock and roll 45s and London jazz clubs, Stuart moved rapidly from working for society photographer Tom Hustler,[1] to having his own Pimlico studio.

He originally produced "Silly Billy",[7] a feminist reggae track for Mari Elliot in 1976, but both careers shifted hugely after a seismic encounter with the Sex Pistols: It was the summer of 76 at the end of Hastings Pier.

He also promoted a twice-weekly gig at the Man in the Moon following the closure of The Roxy, where X-Ray Spex played, and where Adam Ant would launch his career.

During the 1980s, Stuart remained active in the music business, managing and touring globally with the New Romantic band Classix Nouveaux, formed by former X-Ray Spex members Jak Airport and B.P.

Hurding, as well as ska/pop act Amazulu, and Swedish rock pop band Trance Dance, while also setting up the independent label Awesome Records, distributed by Rough Trade and the Cartel.

Danielle Dax released the acclaimed albums Jesus Egg That Wept, Inky Bloaters and Cat-House[12] on Awesome before signing to Sire Records.