The Pop Group detail new dub version of the 1979 debut, Y
THE POP GROUP & DENNIS BOVELL MBE
LISTEN TO ‘3:38’ (DENNIS BOVELL DUB VERSION)
NEWEST TRACK TO BE SHARED FROM THE BRAND NEW DUB VERSION OF THEIR DEBUT
‘Y IN DUB’ IS RELEASED ON 29 OCTOBER 2021
“…deep and engrossing explorations of a set of possibilities…” – The Wire
“Post-punk classic fearlessly deconstructed by Dennis Bovell” – MOJO
“A stunning stripped-to-the-bone reinvention of the peculiarly evergreen post-punk/agit-funk ’79 debut” – Prog
The Pop Group and dub maestro Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell MBE share a new reworking from their forthcoming dub version of The Pop Group’s debut album, one of the era-defining releases of the post-punk period. Y in Dub will be released on Mute on CD, cassette and digitally on 29 October 2021. The vinyl release, which comes with an exclusive poster, is set to follow on 25 March 2022: https://mute.ffm.to/yindub
‘3:38’, which appeared on the flip side of their ’79 single, ‘She Is Beyond Good and Evil’, is given a “ruthless disassembly” (MOJO) by Dennis Bovell, listen here.
The 11-track album mirrors the tracklisting of their 1979 debut, Y in Dub, adding the single tracks ‘She Is Beyond Good & Evil’ and ‘3.38’, to create a collection of heavyweight dub versions that match the prodigious intensity of their source material. The album reflects the enterprising originality of the dub and reggae music that inspired The Pop Group, as well as the legendary ingenuity of their longstanding collaborator Dennis Bovell, recently awarded an MBE for his services to music.
After celebrating the 40th anniversary reissue of Y – released by Mute in 2019 – The Pop Group enlisted Bovell to reinterpret the album after his extraordinary appearance at Rough Trade East in London for the band’s ‘Salon Y’ event series the same year. The event saw Bovell perform live versions of ‘She Is Beyond Good & Evil’ and ‘3.38’, based on the deconstructive principles of dub. With Y In Dub, Bovell reprises his role at the controls.
Testifying to the legacy of the original yet also signifying a new, alternate triumph, Y In Dub sees The Pop Group and Bovell explore latent possibilities within the fabric of Y. Here they amplify shadows and echoes, intensively accentuating the resonance of each element. The original material is submerged and prolonged, shattered, splintered, and sculpted into turbulent, contrasting forms which deviate from the original tracks in compelling, unexpected ways.
“Dub to me is the music of chance. A teenage dream come true – at last –
this one’s for the explorers.” – Mark Stewart
Y IN DUB tracklisting (Cat # TPGYD1)
Thief of Fire (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Snowgirl (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Blood Money (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Savage Sea ((Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
We Are Time (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Words Disobey Me (Dennis Bovell Dub Version))
Don’t Call Me Pain (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Boys From Brazil (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Don’t Sell Your Dreams (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
She Is Beyond Good And Evil (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
3:38 (Dennis Bovell Dub Version)
Pre-order: https://mute.ffm.to/yindub
‘3:38’ (Dennis Bovell Dub Version): https://youtu.be/95qLsz4wZ-Y
RECENT PRAISE FOR THE POP GROUP
“Remains one of the most unsettling milestones of post-punk music” 9/10 Uncut
“On its 1979 release I admired it… now it sounds like the most vital, lifesaving racket on earth” 5/5 Record Collector
“Forty intervening years of post-punk and punk-funk have done nothing to dilute the shock… it sounds extraordinary” 4/5 MOJO
“This is a record of dire necessity, armed for combat against a long litany of ills” #35 ‘Top 100 Best Albums of the 1970s’ – Pitchfork
“A maelstrom of dub and distortion effects, a tempest of extremes.” ‘100 Most Important Records Ever Made’ – The Wire
‘Top 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever’ – Pop Matters
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