Jah Wobble S/D

I've got a compilation of Wobble's recent work called "30 Hertz", and I dislike most of it. He tries too hard to be eclectic. The extract from the "Celtic Poets" album is particularly bad. The track from the "Deep Space" album is easily the best. I prefer Wobble's material when he is inspired by Can, dub and the trance-like musics of the Middle-East. When he strays into Classical-style music, such as on the "Requiem" album, his music becomes too grandiose.

Being a fan of "Second Edition" and his contribution to The Orb, I have been very curious to check out some of Wobble's records, but there isn't much info out there on their quality.

Is there anyone around here familiar with Wobble's solo material?

I have Heaven & Earth in a box somewhere, after Take Me To God I recall it seemed really pretty feeble and nothingy, although A Love Song was quite nice. Not worth seeking out though.

i also remember liking Molam Dub (which i think was Laotian dub???)

http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/w/wobble_jah/solaris.shtml

Missed from the list, "The Human Condition" live cassette. (I think there were two different ones). around 1982 or so.

VIEP (a 'album' based around "Blueberry Hill" from "Betrayal", some remixes and two or three new tracks.)

Also search: Full Circle (which includes the "How Much Are They" EP), his work on Holger Czukay's records, Legend Lives On, "Visions of You" from Rising Above Bedlam (good backing vox from Baldy O'Connor) and that first full Invaders album (Without Judgment) is ok. Spinner w/ Brian Eno isn't bad.

I also have some record of his from the mid-80s w/ a yellow cover, but I can't remember what it's called. Linn-drummy, but decent, as I recall...

Ah, mystery solved — it's Psalms, which AMG lists as being from 1995, but...it isn't.

did anyone else get into his album with Lonelady/Julie Campbell? it's really quite good, though tbh i suspect that's more because of Lonelady's involvement..

I knew Jah Wobble had an album out, but I didn't know it was with her. That makes me a lot more interested (not that I'm a huge fan of hers, but I think what I've heard is promising).

Jah Wobble, particularly at one time, seemed like someone I should like. The things he said in interviews, the music he borrowed from, some of the people he collaborated with. But I got rid of my Jah Wobble CDs a long while back.

I think in the end the Sinead O'Connor and Natacha Atlas vocals were my favorite part of Rising Above Bedlam. (I didn't know who Atlas was at the time but was very interested in who this singer was. This was just a little before I started becoming much more familiar with Arabic music.) I don't think I've actually heard any of his albums since then, not completely.

My favorite among these albums is Molam Dub, in which Wobble adds cavernous bass to traditional folk music from Southern Laos. Very disorienting, in a good way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_ZAkchXjW8

Yeah I like Molam Dub a lot too.

Betrayal is great! Just discovered it

Just put on Molam Dub which I had never heard before – I love how much of it is a variation on a theme.

Perhaps I should do a Spotify playlist of the guy...

The Wobble/Levene LP from a few years back is pretty good! Not sure I had so much as heard of it. Levene sounds as shred-worthy as always – and a lot of this feels suitably Metal Box-ish, like alternate takes of "Graveyard" or something, with small pop hooks snuck in by Wobble for good measure.

Anyone pick up the 6CD "Redux" box"? Thoughts?

He's a London tube train driver

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqobhOTWIAAPurH.jpg

don’t really know it it’s a reissue or a comp or what but I’ve been enjoying the Lagos Years thing a lot that came out last year

He seems to be a FB buddy of my sister, she goes to see him play when she can.

strictly going by social media, he seems like a good bloke does jah

One might almost say a diamond geezer.

glad he’s not some ho-wobble wotter

Not working the tube. Caption for that photo: "Look I'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression with this photograph. I'm not actually working for London underground again . I did an interview with TFL and they kindly sorted out me getting behind the controls again. My celebrity's lifestyle and extensive touring commitments obviously wouldn't allow me to take on a full time position. In any case my show Bizz chums just wouldn't allow it....."

Ah. Apologies for misinfo.

“My celebrity’s lifestyle,” LOL

The Snake Charmer mini album was finally reissued on CD for the first time (on the Music On CD label, an implied initiative I endorse) at the end of last year, ICYMI like I did until just recently. It's good (sounds OK too.)

press release email:

NEW SINGLE - ‘DIM SUM’ (Feat GZ Tian) - DIMPLE DISCS - 19TH AUGUST 2022

Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart have announced that they will set off on an extensive UK Tour throughout August, September and October 2022.

The dates begin at the We Out Here Festival in Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire on the 27th of August and finish up in London at Cleopatra Records 30th Anniversary night at the 02 Academy Islington on the 26th of October which will feature Jon Klein and will be the first ever live rendition of the ‘Metal Box Rebuilt in Dub’ album.

The shows will see the original PIL bassist and The Invaders Of The Heart line up of Marc Layton-Bennett (drums & percussion), George King (keyboards) & Martin Chung (guitar) perform a set of new tracks together with some of his finest solo, Invaders Of The Heart and Public Image Limited output from an incredible and genre bursting career that spans over forty years.

spell correct wants me to call him "nah wobble"

just given how much ambient I listen to these days I'm mainly off my "put this guy in a band where his all-time tone can be put into the service of some songs" and more "ride this groove forever, hah wobble" all right then I'm gonna let spell correct just do what it wants here ok

Hell yes. In that vein, I've been listening to a fair bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VvaAgOLicI

His autobiography has some great material on PiL and dealing Virgin, but my god did he turn into a racist loon who absolutely abhors Bangladeshi people. His daughters from his first marriage are no-contact with him, and you can easily tell why