Ben Mandelson Explained

Ben Mandelson (born 6 October 1953, in Everton, Liverpool, England)[1] is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.

Punk and new wave years

In the mid-1970s, Mandelson was a student at Bolton Institute of Technology (now Bolton University), where he met Howard Devoto, future Buzzcocks and Magazine frontman. When punk emerged, he formed a band called Amazorblades, being the group's guitarist.

In 1981, he joined Howard Devoto's band Magazine, replacing Robin Simon (who previously replaced a solid member of that band, John McGeoch) and playing on their last album Magic, Murder and the Weather. He is Jewish.[2] [3] [4] [5]

World music years

In 1982 as Hijaz Mustapha, he started playing with Lu Edmonds a.k.a. Uncle Patrel Mustapha Bin Mustapha, which led to the formation of 3 Mustaphas 3, a band that was active throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. In 1982, he also worked with dub and roots reggae Black Uhuru sound engineer, Godwin Logie, and with ex Public Image Ltd bassist, Jah Wobble.

He was founding director, in 1994, of the world music fair WOMEX.[6]

In 2009, together with Justin Adams and, again, Lu Edmonds, Mandelson formed the band Les Triaboliques and released the debut album Rivermudtwilight.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Chase, Helen Magazine
  2. Web site: The Jerusalem Post - All News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World . 2024-04-22 . www.jpost.com.
  3. Web site: News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition The Guardian . 2024-04-22 . www.theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Log in or sign up to view . 2024-04-22 . www.facebook.com . en.
  5. Web site: Google Books . 2024-04-22 . books.google.com.au.
  6. News: Davis. Barry. Worldly sounds. 1 May 2015. The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2014.