A four-CD anthology of highlights from this century - a period now spanning half of Jah Wobble's career and yet somehow overlooked. Annotated and co-compiled by Wobble himself. For nearly half a century, Jah Wobble has been making music drawn from influences from all over the globe, always rooted in his unique, distinctive approach to the bass that underpins everything, from the opening riff of 'Public Image' by PiL in 1978 to his latest endeavours. The 2000s coincided with a change, as he and his family had just relocated to just outside Stockport, south of Manchester. What followed has proven to be a productive, creative fertile period, away from the bustle of the capital, making records which - for the most part - were self-produced, often on his own 30 Hertz label. Along the way, Wobble dipped into myriad styles and influences with a dizzying array of collaborators. Eventually, he settled with a new- look Invaders Of The Heart which has been the backbone of his music for the last decade. Presented in chronological order, starting with selections from several albums released around 2000-2002, some with Deep Space, Temple Of Sound and Evan Parker. Disc 1 embraces jazz ('Full On'), folk ('Cannily Cannily'), ambient (both 'Fly' tracks), soundtrack contributions and dub (two versions of 'Lam Tang Way'). The second CD continues in that vein, embracing two higher profile albums recorded for Trojan, 'Mu' (2005) and 'Heart & Soul' (2007), plus selections from two albums inspired by music from Asia, 'Chinese Dub' (2008) and 'Japanese Dub' (2010). Spanning discs 2 and 3 are selections from one of JW's most accessible albums, 'Welcome To My World' (2010). After that, we hear collaborations with The Modern Jazz Ensemble, electronic band Marconi Union, Moroccan-born musicians Momo and Shakatak's Bill Sharpe, as well as Julie Campbell (alias LoneLady) on 'Psychic Life' (2012), JW's first venture on Cherry Red, which is now a home for much of his music. And Disc 4 spans the last half decade, with contributions from albums such as 'The Butterfly Effect'(2018), a reunion with Bill Laswell on 'Realm Of Spells' (2019) and, from the same year, 'Ocean Blue Waves' (which provides the appositely-named title track of this compendium). Also included are a handful of spoken word poetry tracks cherry-picked from Wobble's "book" set 'Odds & Sods & Dialogues' from 2013, which punctate the compilation with words from Wobble alongside his informative liner notes.
1. There Was a Young Man with a Bass (Spoken Word) 2. As Night Falls: Part 1 3. As Night Falls: Part 2 4. Lam Tang Way 5. Lam Tang Way (Female Vocal) 6. Full on 7. Shout at the Devil 8. La Citadelle 9. Fly 3 10. Fly 9 11. Calm Within the Storm 12. Fight Scene 13. Jeck, Drums, 2 Basses 14. Singing 15. Cannily Cannily 16. Plato (Spoken Word) 17. Post Modern (Spoken Word) 18. Unquiet Grave 19. Elevator Music 4 20. Elevator Music 9 21. Mu 22. Softwear 23. Four (Edit) 24. I Know You're Here 25. I Want 26. Looking Up at the Sky Again 27. No No No 28. And There Was the Sea 29. And Some May Say 30. Whatever Happens 31. Solitude 32. Car Ad Music 8 33. Kokiriko 34. Ma 35. Cadiz 36. Brazil 37. Dub (Spoken Word) 38. Air (Spoken Word) 39. Blowout 40. City Meets Country 41. Psychic Life 42. Wealth 43. Terminus 44. Spanish Place 45. Cosmic Blueprint 46. Mandala 47. Sabri = Patience 48. Sudani Manayo 49. Chunk of Funk 50. Cuban Dub 51. L'autoroute Sans Fin 52. Sacred (Spoken Word) 53. Mind in Turmoil 54. Humans Are Full of It 55. The Perfect Beat 56. Dark Luminosity 57. Fly Away 58. Take My Hand 59. Nocturne 60. Mooching About 61. Lockdown 7 (Reprise) 62. End of Lockdown Dub 63. Choral Ocean Dub 64. Dim Sum (Edit) 65. Guangzhou Funk 66. Tyson Dub
