Following the release of the title track Falun Gong Dancer, the new EP by Jah Wobble and Telefis is another treat combining eclectic electronic texture with the ambient sounds of the haunting past.
Created by the legendary bassist of Public Image Limited renown and the duo comprising Jacknife Lee and Cathal Coughlan, the release presents the transformation of the original track Falun Gong Dancer. The remixed versions hint at the experimental approach of the upcoming album a hAon. Commenting on the collaboration, Jah Wobble names images that feed into a chain of associations evoked by this music. "The ancestral trek; Rural Ireland to the dancehalls, Pubs and crowded rented rooms of tough uncompromising London. All captured in a Dub Prism".
The third single from the forthcoming Telefís album 'a hAon' finds band members Jacknife Lee and Cathal Coughlan collaborating with legendary post-punk bass maestro Jah Wobble (Public Image Limited, Invaders Of The Heart). What started as a disarmingly quiet and reflective song with vocals and ghostly piano chords has been transformed into a deep-dub odyssey with Wobble's signature low-end bass runs anchoring crisp percussion and panoramic space-echo effects.
On the collaboration Jacknife notes..."there are few bass players as iconic as Jah Wobble. I have studied and tried to copy his style for decades but never really got close. Brian from Dimple Discs suggested we ask him to get on "Falun Gong Dancer" but I didn't believe it would happen. We are still shocked that he agreed to collaborate with us and are excited for it to be heard"
Cathal Coughlan elaborates..."Even a relatively obscure musical life such as mine can fortunately bring pinch-yourself moments of proximity to greatness, and so it is with Jah Wobble's transformative contribution to this version of "Falun Gong Dancer". The song was already a high-point of the first Telefís album, but in this version it goes somewhere else entirely, thanks to JW's signature contribution"
released January 21, 2022
The collaborative album 'a hAon' will be released on 4 March 2022.
