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30HZ 023CD
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"A graduate of the department for oriental music at the conservatorium in Yulduz Usmanova composes her songs around established folk songs which are still sung in Usbekian villages today. This traditional Usbekian folklore, which contains Turkish, Persian and Central Asian influences, has been mixed by Jah Wobble (her producer on this album) with western rock, pop and dance styles. The result is an extraordinary combination of east and western styles, although the ethnic elements are unmistakable. 'When I started, I thought that this traditional music has to be preserved,' explains Yulduz, 'it had to be made up to date though.' When Jah Wobble first heard Yulduz' music, he felt that her work had suffered from an over-commercialisation; caused by a major record company and producers who had misunderstood her ethnic artistry and potential."
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30HZ 022CD
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"My philosophy of life is very simple. I discovered a few years ago that I am the centre of the universe...without me none of this ... (by this, I mean all this) would be possible. Unfortunately being the creative centre of the universe comes with certain responsibilities. Yes even I have to follow divine law. Anyway, now is not the time to go into all that. I do still have hobbies, one of them is making music. Elevator Music, to be more specific. I recommend that you listen to this music in this fashion; Simulate the conditions of a typical elevator... invite friends around to your house/room, pretend that you don't know each other. Stand, silently, in close proximity to each other. Try, in a rather self conscious fashion, to avoid eye contact. Attempt to get everybody to cultivate 'coffee breath.' If like me you don't have friends use mannequins, and spray them with home made coffee breath essence. Listen to the music at a level that is always slightly too low. The whole experience should be; uncomfortable, disconcerting, mildly irritating, vacuous, and devoid of meaning. Enjoy." -- Jah Wobble. With guest musicians BJ Cole: (pedal Steel), and Harry Becket: (Trumpet).
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30HZ 021CD
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"Many of the moody, drone-based, heart-rendering melodies are based on the old church modes, and some have hardly changed since medieval times (There are speculations that a version of 'The Unquiet Grave' inspired the carol 'There blows a colde wynd todaye, todaye' c. 1500). Other songs have a strong XVIIIth Century flavour, and their tunes have often been borrowed for later Victorian hymns, whereas Cannily, Cannily was written in 1969, by folk collector and protest songwriter Ewan MacColl. Its melody seems to be based on a lullaby, and helped towards its success and assimilation into the body of traditional British folk songs. With the help of Chris Cookson's wild ethnic loops and his own obsessive, post-industrial bass lines, Jah Wobble proceeded to deconstruct the same songs over the next two days, commandeering the odd flurry of whistle notes or long sustains of bagpipe drones at exhilaratingly odd intervals. He interspersed the recording with jumping out of hotel wardrobes and frightening the life out of me, but also with illuminating musings while walking along Hartlepool's lesser known sea front. Surrounded by the savage beauty of its black and white rocks mixed with decaying Victorian dwellings and 21st century waste, Jah Wobble's chosen musical mix seemed particularly relevant. The result is sure to rattle some folksy cages, and more than a few Victorian song collectors might turn in their grave, but the atmospheres he has created provide a direct link with the songs' original bearers: a hint of the first trains here, a whiff of the sweatshop there. Let these songs speak for themselves."
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30HZ 020CD
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Long awaited album from Jah Wobble's Deep Space group, now featuring Philip Jeck! "In early 1999 I formed the group Deep Space. The idea was to mix ancient and awe inspiring pipe sounds, (courtesy of JP Rasle and C Bell) played over a fluid and ever changing (in terms of mode, rhythm, tempo and time signature) rhythm section (courtesy of drummer M Sanders and your humble narrator). The other starting premise was a desire to incorporate the layered textures of electronic music, particularly of the music concrete variety. This 'electronic aspect' was, over the subsequent years and much to my frustration only ever occasionally satisfied, (Paul Shutze on Beach Fervour Spare for example). This situation seems to have been rectified by the addition of the irrepressible P Jeck and his record players. Also featured on this album are C Cookson on guitar, as well as my old friend and master trumpeter Mr H Beckett. These last two musicians combine well, bringing a particular 'chordal' and melodic sensibility into the melange, specifically in regard to track 4. The last track features a vocalist both versatile and daring; Ms C Von-Trapp. I am very happy with this recording. I am inclined to feel 'mission accomplished'. In which case I will write elevator music at home for the foreseeable future." -- JW.
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"This is Jah Wobble's first solo album for sometime, and demonstrates his considerable talents as a composer, multi-instrumentalist, as well as a bass player. Guest Musicians: Clive Bell pipes and flutes, ticks; Charlotte Glasson alto sax; Harry Beckett trumpet; Jean-Pierre Rasle; Chris Cookson guitar/programming; Cat Vonn-Trapp."
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30HZ 018CD
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Jah Wobble, Harold Budd, Jaki Leibezeit, Bill Laswell, & Graham Haynes. "Born out of a chance collaboration between Jah Wobble and Harold Budd, Solaris brings together an extraordinary line up of musicians to perform improvised modal adventures in dub, jazz and ambient music. Solaris gives audiences a rare and unique opportunity to watch a group of highly eclectic musicians who are pioneers in the worlds of ambient, post-rock, world and jazz music perform together for the first time ever. Taking the name for the project from Russian film maker Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi classic Solaris, Jah Wobble talks about his inspiration in the director's faith and belief; 'You get this mystical vision of the world, a certain kind of stillness. Now the world of film has been influenced by the wacky world of video, where you've got to have scene changes and fast edits every second or two. And that reminded me of record companies in the 80s and 90s. You couldn't let things run for a few bars without change going on, because god forbid but the audience is so fucking stupid they might lose the plot, they might get bored. You can't have that, they've always got to be stimulated. It's very unhealthy shit that's going on. That's why Tarkovsky is the antidote to that kind of craziness.' Wobble's Solaris project offers its own antidote through music itself."
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30HZ 017CD
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"Shout At The Devil wisely colours its Arabic dub soundtrack with the addition of vocal contributions from the world recognized Natasha Atlas, Nina Miranda and Prodigy's Shahin. This rich tapestry of collaborators are at the heart of this tasteful brew of exotic and entrancing music. Unlike Wobble's other recent collaborations, all of a similar ilk, Shout At The Devil contains a sinister underbelly, whereby the hypnotic melodies wind around the listener like a hissing cobra. As usual, Wobble can be found bass in hand, scoring out the songs which are then given their meat and bones via Count Dubulah's occasional springy guitar and full-blooded programming. The title track, with Natacha Atlas on vocals takes you into the heart of the tribe like never before, delivering a healthy does of mystical eastern authenticity."
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30HZ 015CD
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"Everyone owns a record that Jah Wobble has played on. This maverick bass player first found his musical feet with Public Image Ltd (PIL), creating melodic bass lines as striking and memorable as the Metal Box they came in. Jah Wobble soon found himself on his own path of musical discovery. Jah worked with Can's Czukay and Leiezeit, and U2's Edge which resulted in 2 albums, Betrayal and Snake Charmer. These albums only hinted at future 'world music' influences. This album is a high quality live performance concert recording taken primarily from the band's gigs in Manchester and Hartlepool last year. Many fans of Jah Wobble and Deep Space have been asking about the availability of live concert recordings and there is a thriving bootleg market for such CDs. The market exists and Jah enjoys a large and loyal fan base and this recording will be a must for them."
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30HZ 013CD
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"For this album, Wobble pursues yet another tangent, whereby he sets some of William Blake's poems to his trademark hallucinatory soundscapes. Blake was a 19th century artist, poet, mystic and author of Tyger Tyger and Jerusalem. He made little distinction between the conscious and the unconscious, a similar line that Jah Wobble follows as a musician. This inspirational recording was first released on the All Saints label in 1996."
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