John Joseph Wardle aka bass legend Jah Wobble started his career with post-Punks Public Image Limited (teaming up with a certain John Lydon), playing on the albums Public Image: First Edition, Metal Box, and the Paris Au Printemps live record. After his departure from that band, Jah would embark on a highly eclectic solo career exploring all manner of musical styles and collaborations far too extensive to list here.
Seminal avnt-garde post-punks Wire have been added at the closing act of the upcoming 11th edition of the Incubate Festival on September 20th. Wire will be hosting a special curated event of like-minded bands dubbed DRILL: featuring Wire themselves, Pink Flag Guitar Orchestra, Novella, and Tomanga.
Italian instrumental doom masters Ufomammut have been added to the September 19th program along with 11Paranoias, Gcu:ll, Vidunder, Hypnos.
Ufomammut, by Hillarie Jason Photography
Based in and around the city of Tilburg NL, Incubate has previously announced a plethora of bands, including to separate nights with The Melvins, on September 15th and 16. Overall the fest will host over 300 bands, collaborative visual artists, seminars, underground film, comedy, other events, and a host of vendors at a dozen venues throughout the city. Tickets are on sale now.