Massive Dubs coming soon!
6 May - Serralves, Porto, Portugal
8 May - Bandit-Mages, Bourges France
9 May - ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal
Mécanosphère (that features HHY) teams with vocalist Mark Stewart ( The Maffia / On-U-Sound/ Massive Attack) for two performances in homage of legendary experimental film maker and notorious magus Kenneth Anger , inter-wining their set with Anger's TECHNICOLOR SKULL.
About Mark:
Mark Stewart started out in Bristol in 1978 with The Pop Group, a band whose songtitles political conviction, disrespect for copyright and willingness to collaborate laid the foundations for his later work. The Pop Group split in 1981, with Stewart and two other members heading off to London to hook up with the emerging On-U Sound "conspiracy of outsiders" as part of the New Age Steppers. On-U became a focal point of a diverse set of networks - Punk and Dub players from both the UK and Jamaica. His first post-Pop Group release was as 'Mouth 2', the 1982 single "Who's Hot". Two releases followed with On-U associates under the name 'Mark Stewart & The Maffia' - the Jerusalem EP in 1983, and the 1983 album Learning to Cope with Cowardice.
Stewart has since made several albums under his own name as well as collaborating with artists such as Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, Tricky and Massive Attack. In 2005, he released a collection of his best work on Soul Jazz Records entitled Kiss the Future. His latest album Edit was released on the Crippled Dick Hot Wax!
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