THE FIRST TASTE OF HOPE IS FEAR

A BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO MARK STEWART AND THE MAFFIA

   

COPYRIGHT

   

At the time of writing this is the only substantial work on Mark Stewart and the Maffia on the web. I've spent a lot of time and effort putting it together and have thoroughly enjoyed doing this. Some of the text is just ripped off from other sources (mostly credited below). Obviously all of the graphics are stolen from various places, but many of them have also been scanned and/or manipulated by me.

It would therefore be ridiculous (and against my principles in any case) for me to claim copyright on this text. However I would ask that if you quote from it, or use it as part of your work (particularly if you are an academic or paid journalist) that you give credit, preferably in the form of the url <http://www.uncarved.org/music/maffia/>. I would prefer it if the article was not reproduced on other web sites (what's the point?) but if you want to publish it elsewhere just get in touch and we'll work something out.

Please also get in touch if you have any corrections, comments, or suggestions about the piece.

John Eden - March 2002

email - "hello at uncarved dot org"

The text was updated on 25th August 2002 to include 'Consumed - The Remix Wars'.

It was further updated/corrected in May 2005, when everyone from DJ /Rupture to All Tomorrow's Parties started linking to it.

NOTE: These pages are not intended to be an exhaustive up to date source of Mark/Maffia material...

   

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

   

Thanks to: Paul Meme for looking at an early version, Lorna for hardcore proofing, tolerance and humour, various people from the UK-Dance list and Dnyl of spinwarp.com for help with javascript. Thanks also to Zoe at Mute.

I am also seriously indebted to Richard Davies for pointing out some errors in the original version of the text - not least the involvement of Roots Radics players in "Cowardice".

Thank you to everyone who emailed to say that I'm wrong about both "Learning to Cope with Cowardice" ('cos it's great) and the "Mark Stewart" LP ('cos it isn't). I haven't changed my mind... yet.

   

SOURCES/PLAGIARISM/LINKS

   

MAFFIA

Tackhead - thoroughly recommended official site
http://www.tackhead.org

Mute

- The old official site
http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/stewart/stewart.htm

- The new one
http://www.mute.com/artists/publicArtistLoad
.do?id=1936

dub.org.uk - various On-U rarities including live Maffia
mp3s and some alternate mixes
http://www.dub.org.uk

On-U Sound - the old site
http://www.obsolete.com/on-u/ and now:


http://www.onusound.co.uk

http://skysaw.org/onu/ - recommended On-U
discography site.


Interview in Autotoxicity issue 5

Interview in New Musical Express 6th July 1985

Interview in Progress Report issue 4

Interview in Robots and Electronic Brains: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/
1472/ms-int.html

Adrian Sherwood's "Invisible Jukebox" in The Wire issue 161

Detached Incident Sigil by Mark Stewart in Tape Delay Charles Neal (ed.), SAF Publishing, Harrow 1987.

Noise as Anti-Capital: Mark StewartÕs As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade by Mark K-Punk:
http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/
004415.html



THE POP GROUP

The definitive site, including full discography, interviews, mp3 blog etc
http://www.thepopgroup.net

A more personal overview:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/popgroup.html

Winter of Discontent by Flint Michigan (excellent review of the "We are all Prostitutes" retrospective CD) in Datacide:
http://datacide.c8.com/text/winter.html

Independents Day: post-punk 1979-81 by Simon Reynolds:
http://members.aol.com/blissout/postpunk.htm


THE BRISTOL SOUND

Melody Maker Jan 29 1994

http://www.geocities.com/knox52/spin090099.html

http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/vox95.html

http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/face96.html

http://www.techno.de/mixmag/98.04/MassiveAttack/
MassiveAttack.2.html



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