Jah Wobble:
Deep Space

Yet another new release from the ever changing Mr Wobble, if only other members of PiL made so many records! This album is a change in direction from 'Umbra Sumus' which I reviewed in F&F6, all tracks are instrumental, and in truth despite having seven tracks, the album is really one huge piece of music. You can tell by some of the song titles the importance Wobble has put on them, 'Debussy turning to his friend, said "Lets go he's starting to develop"'!!

The album features a mixture of heavy bass (of course), synths, Arabic flutes, pipes, drums, and like Wobble says in the interview it's more a mixture of atmospheric sounds. The album starts with loud, fast, bass and drums, with an intermingling of synths and flutes, but as it goes on it becomes more ambient in places, and again, as Wobble says himself, almost trancey. Though that doesn't mean to say it's mellow or boring, in fact it's best served loud! I realise this all sounds very pretentious, but it's not (honestly!), it's just hard to explain. Some of it is very melodic, and as you'd expect the bass really does blast out, but special mention also has to go to the drums, the sound on them is brilliant, real loud and clear, they're superb throughout the whole album...

As well as Wobble the album features the likes of; Jaki Leibezeit, Jean Pierre Rassle and Bill Laswell, who perform on a variety of instruments I'd never heard of before! The good thing about albums like this is that it exposes you to stuff you probably wouldn't get to hear under normal circumstances, and if you've got an open mind that can only be a good thing. I have to admit I much prefer this album to 'Umbra Sumus'. The first three tracks are particularly good. In fact I have to say I think this is the best thing Wobble has done since 'Heaven and Earth'. Check it out... Oh, by the way, don't worry I still hate Pink Floyd!