Trail blazer, creative revolutionary, electronica pioneer, world music punk. Jah Wobble makes a welcome return to Ireland with his new project, The Nippon Dub Ensemble, a revelatory fusion of traditional Japanese vocals and instrumentation with his trademark heavy dub bass.

The English musician, bassist, singer, and world beat legend has, since his time in John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols group Public Image Ltd (PiL), worked with artists from Björk to Primal Scream, in genres from ambient to traditional folk, releasing thirty solo and collaborative albums.

Over the years, he has clocked up a full passport of sound, creating incredible aural journeys through dub, world, ambient and avant-rock music with his dark, textural soundscapes. Jah’s previous project, the Chinese Dub Orchestra, won the ‘Cross-Cultural Collaboration’ category in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards, opening this East-West fusion to further critical and popular acclaim. He now turns his focus to Japan, featuring himself alongside Joji Hirota, Keiko Kitamura, Mark Sanders, Oki and Clive Bell as the Nippon Dub Ensemble. For the Festival the musicians will perform to an ikebana floral backdrop created in situ by Takashi Sawano.

World Music Central lauded the recently released Japanese Dub album as “a fascinating electro-acoustic adventure.” In it, Wobble seeks to reduce Japanese sound to its essence while fusing it with rhythmic groovy dance music. This exclusive Irish performance by one of world music’s most intelligently eclectic mavericks is guaranteed to blow the roof off.

Sunday | 21:00 – 22:30 | €26
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