Mark recently appeared on the Back To The Phuture show on Soho Radio helmed by Mark Jones
Featuring stories of The Pop Group, The Maffia, Bristol & the soundtrack of his life including music by The Clash, Nico, Lucio Battisti, War, David Bowie, Cockney Rebel & many more.
The definitive release of Mark Stewart's debut solo album Learning To Cope With Cowardice, including a new collection of unreleased material titled The Lost Tapes, is out now on Mute Records
Available as Limited Edition Clear Double Vinyl (Numbered Edition + Essay Booklet by Obsolete Capitalism + Posters + Artwork Cards + Insert)
+ Black Double Vinyl (Vinyl Wrap Poster)
+ Double CD (Limited Edition Double Black CD + 16 page Booklet)
+ DL
'Moving, mind-mangling, amazing...sounds that still beckon from an unrealized future' Dangerous Minds
'Alarming, forceful music which gives the listener no choice but to pay attention...The Lost Tapes is at least as revolutionary as Stewart's groundbreaking first album, and just as essential' AllMusic
'Sherwood’s deep dub, matched with Stewart’s post-apocalyptic confrontational style made Learning to Cope with Cowardice sound like the tapes had been through a war… still sounds futuristic and alien today' Brooklyn Vegan
'An exercise in disorientation...in a more paranoid age Stewart sounds like the voice of reason' Uncut
'An astonishing debut...still sounds restless, exploratory, and revelatory. One of post-punk dub's finest moments' International Times
'An album that indelibly inspired me to bring my noise...ESSENTIAL' Kevin Martin aka The Bug
'Head above the heavens, feet below the hells, the singer Mark Stewart has embodied the international rebel spirit since he fronted the Pop Group as a teenager, giving voice to activist and imaginal concerns shared by punks, Rastas and b-boys. The sounds of Mark Stewart and the Maffia’s moving, mind-mangling, amazing debut album, 1983’s Learning to Cope with Cowardice, still beckon from an unrealized future...'
Mark discusses the definitive reissue of his solo debut album and the current historical moment with Oliver Hall at Dangerous Minds.
'If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear'
Marc Riley interviews Mark for the Manic Q&A series on his BBC Radio 6 Music show
Some chat, some records, some havoc with Mark Stewart on Morning Glory / Soho Radio, sharing the airwaves with Melissa Chemam & James Endeacott
Talking Bristol music history, Learning To Cope With Cowardice & how Prince Far-I likes his porridge
Mark Stewart has contributed a new, unreleased track to the long-awaited latest instalment in the legendary On-U sampler series 'Pay It All Back'.
Alongside new material from Mark, Volume 7 in the series promises an 18 track showcase comprising previews of several forthcoming On-U releases, unique mixes, deep cuts, and unreleased tracks from the likes of Roots Manuva, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Coldcut, Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band), Horace Andy and many more.
All stitched together with a number of special pirate radio style segueways making for a unique journey through the modern world of On-U Sound.
Released 29th March 2019
Available on 2LP | CD | DL
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“Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise”
Mark Stewart has contributed to STUMM433, a box set featuring reintepretations of John Cage's '4'33' by Mute Records artists past, present & future
Released May 2019
Net profits go to the British Tinnitus Association & Music Minds Matter
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Mark Stewart has revealed the official video for 'Liberty City' as part of the definitive reissue of 'Learning To Cope With Cowardice'
An interdisciplinary collaboration between Mark Stewart & renowned avant-garde choreographer Mehmet Sander
'A stunning glimpse into the mind of two brilliant creators.' Pop Matters
'Giving new meaning to the pioneering industrial-dub & post-punk track' The Quietus
“Me and Mehmet are keen collaborators reimagining zones for performing bodies. In this piece we take the principles of total physical and audio liberation to its endgame, even if we arrive at that point through the means of excess and overload. Classical readings of dance purport that all movement is made in relation to form..." Mark Stewart
The ‘Liberty City’ video is the first ever visual document to accompany material from Mark Stewart’s debut solo album 'Learning To Cope With Cowardice'
'Learning To Cope With Cowardice' will be released on Mute alongside 'The Lost Tapes', a newly discovered cache of unreleased material. The release is out on double vinyl, double CD and as a limited edition double clear vinyl (with a percentage of the vinyl sales going to the Mercy Ships charity) on 25 January 2019.
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