Bass player, dub fan, author, documentary maker, world music explorer, modal jazz obsessive, old punk: the man born John Wardle is all these things and more.
Jah Wobble made his name after founding PiL with John Lydon in 1978. The first line-up of The Invaders Of The Heart emerged in 1983 after Wobble was inspired by music from around the globe. During the late 80s and 1990s, Wobble enjoyed a creative and commercial peak, recording for Oval and Island Records.
In the late 1990s, he began a prolific new chapter with his own label 30 Hertz, a period which is still creating such peaks as the acclaimed Chinese Dub album (2008).
Issued by Island Records in 1994, Take Me To God is Jah Wobble’s most commercially successful LP to date, peaking at No. 13 and yielding the hits Becoming More Like God and The Sun Does Rise. Take Me To God was inspired by myriad styles of world music, pre-empting an explosion of interest in the genre
Among the many guests included Baaba Maal, The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, Natacha Atlas, Gavin Friday and reggae star Chaka Demus.
Now Cherry red is reiussing this album. Here is the tracklist:
Take Me To God
God In The Beginning / Becomingmore Like God / Whisky Priests / I'm An Algerian / Amor / Amor Dub / Take Me To God / The Sun Does Rise / When The Storm Comes / I Love Everybody / Yoga Of The Nightclub / I Am The Music / The Bonds Of Love / Angels / No Chance Issexy / Raga / Forever
Non-Album Tracks
Wine Women And Song / Football / Yalili Ya Ani / Om Namah Shiva (Transformation Of The Heart Mix) / Sahara (Medley) / Amor (Evol Dub) / Amor (The More Rockas Mix) / Amor (Kingston Lic / Bonus Tracks - Star Of The East / Reggae Parts The Sea / Parts The Sea Dub / Mumbai Blues Dub / On The Right Road / On The Right Road Dub / Happy Tibetan Girl / Cherry Blossom Of My Youth
Released on 20/06/11