Jah Wobble was one of those CDs I saw laying around my dad’s desk at home as a kid but never mustered enough interest to nab for a listen– whatever your dad’s interested in, it can’t be that good, can it?
Anyways, I was too busy listening to crap like Sponge or some flavor of the week alt band or something. But now that I’m lying semi-comatose on my bed and forcing myself to listen, I realize my pops might have been on to something: Mr. Wobble is perfect for ADD-ers like me, because if there’s anything that can surely be said the guy, it’s that he’s diverse.
First and foremost, he’s an accomplished bass player, having been a crucial component of Johnny Rotten’s Public Image Ltd. way back in the late 70s and early 80s. Musically, now, he’s all over the map — one song, he’s brushing eerily close to Enya-like New Agey stuff; the next, he’s gone the full-on tribal route; after that it’s a bit of jazz and and is mixing it all together for some dance club anthems. If that weren’t enough, he’s been collaborating lately with the likes of Bjork, Massive Attack, and Brian Eno, among others. He even recently set up his own label, 30 Heart Records. You can check out some of his insane and across-the-board musical accomplishments right now at Red Bull Music Academy Radio.
