Mark Stewart

Presenting the brand new official video for 'Words Disobey Me (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)' by The Pop Group, an animated art visual by Peter Harris & Llyr Williams - premiered via Brooklyn Vegan

Plus Mark Stewart curates a playlist of essential dub music dedicated to Lee 'Scratch' Perry (RIP), featuring the likes of Prince Far I, The Twinkle Brothers, Elizabeth Archer & The Equators, Devon Irons & more

The Dennis Bovell dub version of 'Words Disobey Me' is taken from the upcoming album 'Y in Dub' - a dynamic dub reconstruction of The Pop Group's debut album 'Y' out 29th October on Mute Records

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The 'Wimpy Love Mix' - a new remix of PREGOBLIN by The Pop Group

'PREGOBLIN reached out to Mark Stewart saying they dug The Pop Group, and asked would we rework some of their material, I had a listen and they have this great song, with lyrics somewhere between Ian Dury and Serge Gainsbourg. A remix was put together and here it is. Enjoy with fries and a doughnut!' - Gareth Sager

'Mr Warren Mansfield introduced me to Mark Stewart in a pub - Sebley don't get star stuck often as a rule but like meeting a first Debenhams Father Christmas, I was timid and excited and may have chewed my hand producing a lot of saliva. "I thought we got rid of all you hippies'' - said Mark (I had long hair at the time) from that day we hit it off. God bless Mark Stewart and Gareth Sager.' - Alex Sebley / PREGOBLIN

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Excited to officially announce the release of 'Y in Dub' - a new dub reconstruction of The Pop Group's debut album 'Y' & debut single 'She Is Beyond Good & Evil' produced alongside visionary dub pioneer Dennis Bovell MBE

'An explosion in another dimension, I see dub as a portal to another world'
- Mark Stewart

'Here 'Y' is twisted & flipped to reveal other colours, different atmospheres...let your ears quake' - Gareth Sager

'Y in Dub' will be released on CD & digital formats via Mute Records on the 29th of October 2021 with the vinyl release set to follow at a later date

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Listen to 'Words Disobey Me (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)'

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The Pop Group vs Dennis Bovell - World Premiere Performance of 'Y in Dub'
Confirmed for 'Terry Hall Presents Home Sessions' at Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
31st July 2021
Please note change of venue to Coventry Cathedral Ruins & earlier scheduled set time More Info HERE | Tickets

'Dub to me is the music of chance. A teenage dream come true – at last – this one’s for the explorers' Mark Stewart

The Pop Group have been invited by Terry Hall (The Specials) to perform at a specially curated festival, 'Terry Hall presents Home Sessions' at Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. The Pop Group will perform a brand new dub version of their timeless album 'Y' with original producer and dub maestro Dennis Bovell MBE.

'Y in Dub' is set for release on Mute Records later this year, to register your interest and receive updates on the release, head HERE.

LISTEN to Mark in conversation on Shaun Keaveny's BBC Radio 6 Music show discussing the world premiere performance of 'Y in Dub' & the upcoming album (from 1:44:40).

Algiers side project Nun Gun are releasing 'Stealth Empire In Dub' - a special vinyl expansion of their recent album 'Mondo Decay' featuring dub versions, exclusive material & brand new collaborations with Mark Stewart, Adrian Sherwood, Mourning [A] BLKstar & ONO

'Inspired by the semi-recent reopening of the famed South Florida pressing plant founded by reggae pioneer Joe Gibbs and later taken over by Studio One's Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Mark Stewart and Nun Gun have continued to work on new music, wanting to use the machines that pressed so many of their favourite records. This limited edition vinyl dub companion to the music on 'Mondo Decay' features new bass and space explorations by famed Dub producer Adrian Sherwood & 5 brand new collaborations with Mark Stewart...'

Listen to 'Outlaw Empire (Adrian Sherwood Mix)' featuring Mark Stewart

Vinyl & Digital via the Algiers Bandcamp

Digital also available via Emergency Hearts

Mark Stewart & Peter Harris (Bombart) deconstruct & reconfigure this industrial classic by Lesson Seven (ft. Scott Crow & David Starfire) for an outing of Bombart Remixes / Dubs on Emergency Hearts

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Mark discusses his favourite books and preferred reading habits with the journalist and historian Anthony McIntyre, for The Pensive Quill and their Bookers Dozen series

Featuring reflections on beat fanzines, Les Dawson, Austin Osman Spare, Lautreamont's 'Maldoror' & more

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Mark Stewart will headline an exclusive stream of music and visuals for a fundraiser curated by Our Music, with proceeds going to Our Kitchen, a charity helping to combat food poverty in the community of Thanet

Hosted by Faith In Strangers, Mark will be performing a DJ set, transmitting 'sci-fi lullabies from the haunted dancehall' and comprising selected material from an ongoing project with collaborator & On-U Sound archivist Patrick Dokter (aka Dr Dub / Uncle Fester on Acid)

'A luta continua -THIS is my creed'

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The first remix by the BombArt project (Mark Stewart & Peter Harris)

An electro-dub dissection of 'Reclusion' by the Texas based duo Toxic Water

Out now on Emergency Hearts

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'Working with Mark was something of a sound re-education. You spent a lot of studio time unlearning, experimenting and ignoring rules about levels to tape and studio do’s and don’ts. You discovered how much fun could be had in the land of overload'

Adrian Sherwood on his first meeting & early musical adventures with Mark Stewart for the 'Epiphanies' column in the March issue of Wire

Includes reflections on early days at Revolver Records in Bristol, The Pop Group era, Mark's lyrical content & reading list, working on material for the debut Maffia album 'Learning To Cope With Cowardice' & more

📷 by Beezer

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Listen to the definitive reissue of 'Learning To Cope With Cowardice / The Lost Tapes' on Mute Records

'We wanted to make a video where Mark Stewart was the ghost of past, present & future. He haunts the upper echelons of the scrambled channels of your teenage cable box, pulling back the curtain on the dystopian present. Imagine a parallel universe where Mark was Max Headroom...one of the reference points for this project was much of Mark’s solo work, and the words he penned and sent over fit perfectly within the concept'

Mark Stewart features on 'Stealth Empire', a new track & video taken from the 'Mondo Decay' project by Nun Gun

Nun Gun is Lee Tesche & Ryan Mahan of Algiers & visual artist Brad Feuerhelm

'Mondo Decay' Cassette & Limited Edition Book - Out February 19th

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Mark Stewart remixes pioneering post-punk Scots NoHumanEye, a project originally formed in Aberdeen, 1977 & first discovered by Mayo Thompson of The Red Krayola

In aid of the 'Our Music' fundraiser compilation, released to help Our Kitchen on the Isle of Thanet alleviate some of the suffering of local food poverty.

Alongside tracks by Adrian Sherwood, Meatraffle / Andrew Weatherall, Sonskrif / Charles Bullen (This Heat), Matthew Shaw, Peter Harris / Lee Scratch Perry / Fritz Catlin, Youth & more

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