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8 April 2025
In two weeks it’ll be 2 years since MARK STEWART, one of the most adventurous/inventive/original post-punk & dub artists/performers
ever, passed away, aged 62.
He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave group THE POP GROUP
who shocked lots of right-wing ears and minds with their two first LPs, Y (1979)
and For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (1980).
Afterward everybody went his own way, but they reunited in the 21st Century for
2 more longplayers, Citizen Zombie (2015) and Honeymoon On Mars (2016).
As a prolific solo artist he scored 9 albums, collaborated with countless
other artists, and caused poigant waves with his Mafia outfit.
With The Pop Group – Belgium 2017 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Great news for fans like myself, just came in.
English indie label Mute Records issued this statement.
“Mute is extremely honoured to announce Mark Stewart’s new solo album THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY, a vital masterwork completed early 2023. Testifying to his prolific, unrelenting ingenuity, and signifying one of his most intimate, empowering statements, The Fateful Symmetry is a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world. ”
Album artwork
Mark Stewart about the record: “When you look outside the prescribed consumer world, you’re suddenly floating in something you don’t understand. Everything you were taught is wrong. You realise the whole political system is an illusion, it’s a scam. It’s this whole sort of Matrix thing. And suddenly you feel like one of those space walkers, floating in this black universe. But then, you find some rainbow dust.”
Pre-order info here.
Discover first single MEMORY OF YOU.
Haunting, synth-symphonic and boom-tastic.