The Literature Network - ArtsEtc: High minds, low frequencies - and an ocean of stillness in between He's been the bassist with Public Image Ltd and a spokesman for William Blake. So what, wonders Phil Johnson, is Jah Wobble up to now?

ArtsEtc: High minds, low frequencies - and an ocean of stillness in between He's been the bassist with Public Image Ltd and a spokesman for William Blake. So what, wonders Phil Johnson, is Jah Wobble up to now?

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20011021
Author:Phil Johnson

Bass player and bandleader Jah Wobble has named his latest group, assembled for a tour beginning tonight in London, after the 1972 Soviet science-fiction film by Andrei Tarkovsky, Solaris. While the title reflects an empathy with the director's austere work, it also makes a point about the nature of contemporary culture, which Wobble sees as privileging immediate gratification over deeper meanings that take time to work out.

"Solaris is a strong metaphor of mind," he says. "Tarkovsky's film affected me in a deep way, but when I first saw it I couldn't stay with it. Then, when I saw it again ...

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ArtsEtc: High minds, low frequencies - and an ocean of stillness in between He's been the bassist with Public Image Ltd and a spokesman for William Blake. So what, wonders Phil Johnson, is Jah Wobble up to now?

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