This blog is dedicated to a group of great musicians, creating great music from under the umbrella called On-U Sound, the famous label founded by mixer/producer Adrian Sherwood. Here you'll find rare pictures and videos.
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Tackhead is giving a preview of the Sharehead album they're making with money of shareholders (i.e. fans) from all over the world. The band recorded four more songs:
Bob Marley - War Louis Armstrong - Wonderfull World Rolling Stones - Can't you Hear Me Knocking Lou Reed - Walk On The Wildside
'It looks like that "101010" will be the highlight for TACK>>HEAD with a world tour and a new album...!', says www.tackhead.com, where you can listen to parts of War and Can't you Hear Me Knocking, starting 090909.
From Adrian Sherwood's own archives: a brilliant jam by Doug Wimbish, back in 1990. Adrian wants to use the footage for an On-U Sound documentary on DVD. Can't wait!
A brand new Tackhead track: 'Funky President' by James Brown is given a whole new meaning with Barack Obama as resident of The White House. Tackhead in the area!
Another one from the vault, and again a concert poster of the venue Willemeen in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The gig was on Januari 12, 1991. I was there and I'm sad to say I was not impressed, but maybe that had to do with the absence of Adrian Sherwood behind the mixing desk... Be on the lookout for African Head Charge on various stages in Europe this summer. And this time Adrian Sherwood IS on the mixing desk!
Video for St. Che's 'Be my... (powerstation), based on the rhythm of Tackhead track 'Heaven on earth' and with heavy Fats Comet influences. St. Che (aka A.J. Johnson) remains somewhat mysterious. He recorded two 12-inches and an album ('Narcotic') with the help of the On-U Sound posse in the late eighties and that's that. Great track though!
On-U Sound is back in action! 'God smiled' by Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the Moody Booz (DP50) already saw the light in April 2008, nut is now out as a re-issue, followed by DP51 (Lee Perry ft. Roots Manuva & LSK vs. The Moody Boyz - 'International Broadcaster') and DP52 (Lee Perry w. Samia Farah vs. Kode9 - 'Yellow Tongue'), all mixed by Adrian Sherwood of course.
Mark Stewart + Maffia live, recorded during their European tour in 2005. This was taped at a gig in Vienna, on Octobre 30. The band will be touring again starting May 22, 2009. More details to follow.
This video was made for the original 12" version of Depeche Mode's 'People are People', but now listens to the Adrian Sherwood remix of that track, called 'Are people people?'. Depeche Mode meets Fats Comet in Tackhead style. Wicked!
A little gem, that just showed up: a concert poster for a gig in Arnhem, The Netherlands, early 1992. Apparently Skip McDonald was playing guitar, but who knows who are the 'others' mentioned on the poster?
'Boogaloo (drowning not raving mix)' is only to be found on the Japanese edition of Adrian Sherwood's brilliant debut album 'Never trust a Hippy'. This is the video for that track showing the dub master in live action. Absolute killer track!
An oldy I found on eBay: Adrian Sherwood (left) and Gary Clail, posing for photographer Beezer. From the looks of one of the lads in the background, it took quite a while before this picture was taken...
From August 2008, the documentary ON/OFF: Mark Stewart - from the Pop Group to the Maffia by Tøni Schifer will be gracing selected cinemas and film festivals. The film retraces the singer's steps and paths from the early days of The Pop Group right up to the present. Schifer, who followed Mark around for a full two years, has crafted a detailed, often intimate portrait of the artist, supplemented by interviews with a. o. Mark Stewart himself, Adrian Sherwood, Daniel Miller (Mute), Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Douglas Hart (The Jesus & Mary Chain), Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo), Jon Spencer, Gareth Sager (The Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic) and many others, plus live recordings and music clips. The DVD will be released by Monitorpop in october/november 2008. www.monitorpop.de
'Yeah, he can play', says SpectorBassCom on YouTube in their comments on this video, shot at the Spector Booth at NAMM in Anaheim, CA in 2006. Doug Wimbish's solo album Trippy Notes for Bass is being re-issued in March 2008. It's an extended version with several remixes - one by long time companion Adrian Sherwood.
The new Mark Stewart album 'Edit' will be released in April 2008 on Crippled Dick Hot Wax!. In Europe that is. The UK and USA have to wait another month to hear the album. To promote the album, there will be a short European Tour. Dates are to be found on Mark Stewart's MySpace.
Bernard Fowler's Bad Dog will tour in Europe in January and February, in a package with Tackhead and Little Axe. Line-up: Bernard Fowler (vocals), Doug Wimbish (bass), Keith LeBlanc (drums) and Skip McDonald (guitar). Here's registration of Bad Dog's last tour. The song is called Get away and is taken from Bernard Fowler's solo debut Friends with Privileges.
Tour dates: * January 24, 2008, Bix, Stuttgart, Germany * January 25, 2008: Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany * January 26, 2008: Altes Pfandhaus, Köln, Germany * January 27, 2008: Kulturpunkt Friedenskirche, Krefeld, Germany * January 28, 2008: Knust, Hamburg, Germany * January 29, 2008: Schlachthof, Kassel, Germany * January 31, 2008: Stadtsaal, Vöcklabruck, Austria
* February 01, 2008: Spinnerei, Traun, Austria * February 02, 2008: Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria * February 03, 2008: Orpheum, Graz, Austria * February 04, 2008: Bluesiana, Velden, Austria * February 06, 2008: Treibhaus, Innsbruck Austria * February 07, 2008: Spielboden, Dornbirn, Austria * February 08, 2008: Stazione Birra, Rome, Italy * February 09, 2008: Rockhouse, Pescara, Italy * February 10, 2008: Legend 54, Milano, Italy * February 11, 2008: New Morning, Paris, France * February 12, 2008, FZW, Dortmund, Germany * February 13, 2008: Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands * February 14, 2008: Bayerischer Hof, München, Germany
One of many remixes done by Adrian Sherwood: 'Bleibt alles Anders' by German singer Herbert Grönemeyer. Skip McDonald provided additional guitar for this one. AMS did four mixes of this track. I'm not sure which one this is. On the side: before remixing 'Bleibt alles Anders' in 1998, Sherwood also did a remix of 'Letzte Version', that same year.
Spring 2008 Mark Stewart and the Maffia will release the long awaited new album 'Edit', on the German label Crippled Dick Hot Wax!. There will also be a documentary film on DVD. AND Mark Stewart and the Maffia will be touring to promote it all. To keep you happy in the meantime: here's one from back then: 'Hysteria'.
Now this is a strange one! Keith LeBlanc drumming for Japanese singer Nokko (formerly of the band Rebecca), with Talvin Singh on the tablas. The track is called 'Apache Moon' and the quality of the recording could be better, but a nice one nontheless.
