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Dub Sex | |
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| Origin | Hulme, Manchester, England |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Years active | 1986–1990, 2001, 2013–2019 |
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| Website | https://dubsex.net/news |
Dub Sex were an English post-punk band formed in the Hulme district of Manchester by Mark Hoyle (vocals/guitar) in 1986.[1] They were active in the years 1986–1990, 2001 and 2013–2019.
The band were formed in the Hulme district of Manchester by Mark Hoyle (vocals/guitar). During the 1980s, the group released several 12" EPs and mini-albums and recorded four BBC Radio 1 John Peel Sessions[2]. Peel championed the group, calling them on air "one of my very favourites"[3]
Dub Sex reached a national audience through substantial coverage in the three main national music papers of the time—Melody Maker[4] [5], Sounds[6][7] and NME[8]—which all featured Dub Sex articles and reviews. TV appearances followed on BBC2's Snub TV music show, which played the track Swerve, and on Tony Wilson's The Other Side Of Midnight.
Swerve was voted by listeners into John Peel's 1989 Festive Fifty.[citation needed]
The story of the first incarnation of Dub Sex (1986–1990) is told in Mark Hoyle[9]'s 2024 memoir[10] Swerve: Dub Sex and Other Stories[11].
Dub Sex reformed in 2013 with original members Mark Hoyle, Cathy Brooks (bass) and Chris Bridgett (guitar) joined by Kev Clark (drums) and Stefan Hoyle (guitar). In 2019 they released a compilation album—Search for the Right Words (Optic Nerve Recordings)—and a Martin Hannett-produced single—Over and Over (O Genesis)—which, although a limited-edition pressing, charted in the Official Physical Singles chart[12].
History
[edit]The seeds of Dub Sex were sown in the early eighties by Mark Hoyle, Lee Pickering and The Fall's Karl Burns. A subsequent early line-up containing Mark Hoyle (vocals/guitar), Lee Pickering (bass/effects) and drummer Guy Ainsworth released the song Jonkers on the 1985 compilation Two Points to Tonka on Liverpool's "Son Of Inevitable" label, although the track was mistakenly listed as Dub Sex by Marine Escape (another band entirely).
Karl Burns introduced Mark Hoyle to Roger Cadman (drums) and they gradually started playing music together in Cadman's Hulme flat. Cathy Brooks (bass) was recruited shortly afterwards by Hoyle, who knew her as the bass player in Manchester bands The Floating Adults and Horseheads of Hulme. The line-up was completed by Dave Rumney (guitar).
Dub Sex played their first gig on 25th July 1986 supporting Cath Carroll's Miaow at The Boardwalk, Manchester. The Manchester Evening News reported the group "blasted merrily with all the subtlety of a runaway juggernaut. Jagged sharp edges showing, they force-fed an audience who would have been better suited to a jazz quintet evening."[13]
In December 1986, a demo version of Tripwire! was given away on flexidisc with Issue 13 of Dave Haslam's Manchester fanzine Debris. John Peel played the track and immediately invited the group to Maida Vale Studios to record a John Peel session in January 1987.
In April 1987, Tripwire! was re-recorded for the band's eponymous debut EP.
Dub Sex recorded a second Peel session in August 1987. The band toured the UK and Germany, whence Dub Sex returned to play a headline set at Manchester International to promote the new mini-album Push!, after which Chris Bridgett (guitar) replaced Dave Rumney. A second guitarist, Tim Costigan, was added to the band's line-up in 1989.
In August 1988, the group released another EP, The Underneath, followed, in March 1989, by Swerve. The band made TV appearances on BBC2's Snub TV and ITV's Tony Wilson-fronted The Other Side Of Midnight.
The group's sound was sculptured both on record and live by Strawberry Studios' in-house producer Chris Nagle (who had previously worked as Martin Hannett's supporting engineer at Strawberry). Music journalist Ian Gittins described the sound as "a great raging awkward intensity—Dub Sex come from right inside the skull. Guitar and drums latch onto an idea and dive deep, ever more knotted and resonant as Hoyle howls pained words. They are genuinely capable of taking my breath away"[14].
The three major music weekly papers united in their support of the Swerve release. John Peel continued his patronage by inviting the group back to the BBC for two further sessions in July 1988 and March 1989, describing them on-air as "one of my very favourites" whilst his listeners voted Swerve into the John Peel end-of-year Festive Fifty in 1989.[citation needed]
The March 1989 Peel session included the debut of Time Of Life, which would become the title track of Dub Sex's final EP (November 1989). An [Edward Barton|Edward_Barton_(musician)]-directed music video for Time Of Life featured the band being buried up to their necks in a quarry.
Chris Bridgett left the band after the recording, followed by Tim Costigan in 1990, to be replaced by Chris Cookson (guitar). This line up toured and recorded three new songs at Out Of The Blue Studios, Manchester (April 1990): I Want, Slipstream and Until Now, none of which got past the demo stage. Cathy Brooks left soon afterwards, embarking on an 18-month 'around-the-world' bike ride to raise awareness of the plight of the rainforests[15]; she was briefly replaced by Jay Taylor (bass) before the group split up in summer 1990.
Dub Sex reformed in 2013 with original members Mark Hoyle, Cathy Brooks (bass) and Chris Bridgett (guitar) joined by Kev Clark (drums) and Stefan Hoyle (guitar).
A limited–edition single was released for Record Store Day in April 2014 on Tim Burgess's O Genesis label, including Over and Over and a version of Time Of Life. These had been recorded at Strawberry Studios in August 1989, produced by Joy Division and Factory producer Martin Hannett with a view to Dub Sex collaborating with Hannett on future releases.
Mojo magazine revisted the group's compiliation album Splintered Faith in a May 2014 article, Buried Treasures, which described it as a "reverberating lost gem of impassioned Manc post-punk"[16].
The reformed Dub Sex played headline gigs in Manchester and London, made various festival appearances including Kendal Calling, Festival No.6 and the Blackthorn Festival, and played support slots with The Chameleons and Inspiral Carpets.
In April 2019, Dub Sex released Search For The Right Words, a compilation of all their earlier EPs and mini-albums, alongside unreleased John Peel session tracks.
Discography
[edit]Tripwire! EP, Skysaw (1987)
Push! mini-album, Ugly Man Records (1987)
The Underneath EP, Cut Deep (1988)
Swerve EP, Cut Deep (1989)
Splintered Faith Dub Sex compilation album, Cut Deep (1989)
Time Of Life EP, Scam (1989)
Over and Over 7", O Genesis (2014)
Search For The Right Words Dub Sex 'complete' recordings compilation (2019)
Post-band activities
[edit]Dumb
[edit]In 1993, after a three-year break, Mark Hoyle (vocals/guitar), Cathy Brooks (bass) and Jay Taylor (guitar) reconvened to form Dumb, initially as a four-piece with Jonny Hankins (drums), but soon joined by second drummer Beth Taylor. They recorded the John Robb-produced Thirsty album (Up Records UP40), after which Jay Taylor left. A John Peel session followed in January 1996, before an Arts Council England-funded second album King Tubby Meets Max Wall Uptown, produced by Jonathan Barrett, was released in 1999 (Soz Records SOZ101). Despite critical acclaim "…more fiery than fire itself. Dumb are white-hot, tense, exhilarating, manic and above all, blistering"[17], in the face of commercial indifference the group disbanded in September 1997.
Ninebar
[edit]In late 1997, Mark Hoyle (vocals), Cathy Brooks (bass) and a returning Chris Cookson (samples) briefly joined forces in Ninebar. The project and direction, initiated by Chris and Mark, was more stripped-down and dance-orientated. Ninebar played several high-profile support slots as guest of Brit and MOBO award winner Finley Quaye, at which Roger Cadman returned to guest on drums (March 1988).
Band members
[edit]Chris Bridgett went on to play in several bands, most notably Hypodelic, Rude Club, The G-O-D and Cold Water Swimmers. He is currently performing as a solo artist and released his debut album ‘Speedboat On Chapel Street’ in September 2024.
Cathy Brooks went on to play bass and record with Calvin Party and The Rainkings.
Kev Clark became the drummer for the Inspiral Carpets in March 2023.
Mark Hoyle has been involved in several musical collaborations including Frantico and What? Noise. He currently performs in SPIRIT:level, a spoken word/electronica project in artistic partnership with Wark. In July 2024 SPIRIT:level released their debut single ‘Orgreave/F.U.C.K.E.R.Y!’ on Paper Piano Records.
Swerve: Dub Sex and Other Stories
[edit]Hoyle published his memoir Swerve: Dub Sex and Other Stories (Route Publishing) in November 2024. The book describes how, following the death of his mother, 16-year-old Mark escaped the UK care system to find a surrogate family in the wider musical community exploding in Manchester in the early 1980s. The book recounts Mark's experience as a member of the Manchester Musicians' Collective[18], working at The Haçienda, living amongst the creative chaos of the notorious Hulme Crescents, and, against this backdrop, the emergence of Dub Sex.
References
[edit]- ^ "It was like Blade Runner meets Berlin rave". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Keeping It Peel: Dub Sex". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Dub Sex Search For The Right Words". Picadilly Records. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ Smith, Billy (June 1987). "Are Dub Sex the new warriors of the wasteland?". Melody Maker: 10.
- ^ Ian, Gittins (March 1989). "Dub Sex: The Rage Of Angels". Melody Maker: 45.
- ^ Robb, John (March 1988). "Drubbing Up A Storm". Sounds: 26–27.
- ^ Tilton, Ian T. (April 1989). "Don't Believe The Tripe". Sounds: 21.
- ^ Brown, James (February 1988). "Pushing too hard?". NME: 12–13.
- ^ "Mark Hoyle". Route Publishing. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Key, Iain (17 September 2024). "werve: Dub Sex & Other Stories by Mark Hoyle—Book Review". John Robb. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Hoyle, Mark (2024). Swerve: Dub Sex & Other Stories. Route Publishing. ISBN 978-1-901927-93-1.
- ^ "Dub Sex". Official Charts. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Manchester Evening News". Trinity Mirror. August 1986.
- ^ Gittins, Ian (July 1988). "live review". Melody Maker.
- ^ "Manchester Evening News". Trinity Mirror. April 1990.
- ^ Wilkinson, Roy (May 2014). "Echo Killer". Mojo: 108.
- ^ Melody Maker. December 1986.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Pic, Andy. "Manchester Musicians' Collective". Manchester Digital Music Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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