“Starting out as a teenager in the late 70s with the Pop
Group and thru the 80’s with the Maffia up to his new solo record, Mark Stewart
has led the attack on conformist reality. Mark is a constant inspiration
and a true Thief of Fire. A poet of paranoia and a great laugh.
What a guy.” – Primal Scream
Approaching the release of his eagerly anticipated album The
Politics of Envy (due out March 26th via Future
Noise Music), Mark Stewart has joined forces with fellow
subversive musical compatriot Bobby Gillespie and his band, Primal
Scream, to release the video for his first single ‘Autonomia.’
Directed by Douglas Hart, founding member and bassist of The
Jesus and Mary Chain, the video exhibits a raw, riotous & feverish
vivacity infused with the artists’ trademark punk rock ethos to convey the
song’s deep political message.
Written about Carlo Giuliani, an autonomist protestor killed
in the 2001 G8 demonstrations in Genoa, 'Autonomia' features Bobby
Gillespie's frenetic call-and-response chant with Stewart. Stewart
explains that when he started writing the song “it was kind of like a protest
song ... afterwards I started getting on with Bobby and I asked Adrian
[Sherwood] about doing it. It’s important that people hear about the
story, it’s the message and the atmosphere as much as anything."
‘Autonomia’ the single will be released through Future Noise Music on February
20th.
Hart, who has been orchestrating music videos for over 30
years, has directed over 80 videos, including a number of videos for Primal
Scream. Recently he directed a semi autobiographical short film entitled “Long
Distance Information” which was screened at the 2011 London Film Festival.
Joining Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream on
the album is cult film-maker Kenneth Anger, original Clash/PiL
guitarist Keith Levene, NYC punk innovator Richard Hell, Lee
‘Scratch’ Perry, Gina Birch of the Raincoats, Slits
bassist Tessa Pollitt, Jesus And Mary Chain bassist Douglas
Hart, Factory Floor, and Daddy G of Massive
Attack.
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