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Mark Stewart (10 August 1960 – 21 April 2023) was a British musician and founding member of The Pop Group. A pioneer of post-punk and industrial hip hop, he has recorded for On-U Sound Records and Mute Records. His first post-Pop Group release was the 1982 single "Who's Hot", issued under the name 'Mouth 2'. The following year came a pair of releases with On-U associates as 'Mark Stewart & The Maffia' – the 'Jerusalem' EP and the album 'Learning to Cope with Cowardice'.

Stewart since made several albums under his own name as well as collaborating with artists such as Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, Tricky, Massive Attack, Chicks on Speed, ADULT. and Primal Scream. In 2005, he released a collection of his best work on Soul Jazz Records entitled 'Kiss the Future'.

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As an earlier supporter of the Pop Group, Peel quickly came to feature many of the numerous offshoots of the band, including the work of frontman Mark Stewart. Another positive factor was Stewart's long-term association with On-U Sound production guru and label owner Adrian Sherwood, whose prolific output Peel followed closely. Stewart first hooked up with Sherwood on the debut New Age Steppers LP in 1981, then worked with the producer and On-U Sound musicians on records issued both as 'Mark Stewart & The Maffia' and as a solo artist.

Peel continued to feature Stewart's work regularly into the 1990s, despite admitting that he did not always find the records to be comfortable listening. In a 1988 Observer article on Sherwood, the DJ suggested that “tracks made with singer Mark Stewart [with Tackhead musicians as "The Maffia"] have been especially disconcerting”.[1]

Festive Fifty Entries[]

  • None.

Sessions[]

  • None under own name.
  • One as member of the Pop Group.

Other Shows Played[]

1980s
1990s

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  1. ↑ John Peel: ‘Hubble, bubble dub on the double’, Observer, 1988-11-20, accessed via Guardian and Observer Digital Archive.
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