{"id":20215,"date":"2026-05-26T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=20215"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:22:20","slug":"jah-wobble-tian-qiyi-announce-mystic-liverpool-album-a-psychedelic-reimagining-of-the-beatles-out-august-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=20215","title":{"rendered":"Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi announce ‘Mystic Liverpool’ album, a psychedelic reimagining of The Beatles, out August 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Iconic bassist and producer Jah Wobble<\/strong><\/a> has teamed up with his sons’ ethno-psychedelic duo Tian Qiyi<\/strong><\/a> on the fascinating new album ‘Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles’ Psychedelic Psongbook’<\/strong><\/a>, a deeply personal reimagining of The Beatles\u2019 psychedelic period. Framing these songs within a soundscape of Chinese, Mongolian and dub traditions, this album is out on August 14th via Cherry Red Records<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Wardle<\/strong>, a.k.a. Jah Wobble<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>is a founding member of Public Image Ltd (PiL) and <\/strong>formed Invaders of the Heart<\/strong> in 1982. In his nearly 50-year career, he has had chart success, a Mercury Music Prize nomination and a rich discography via his label 30 Hertz<\/strong><\/a>. He has collaborated with Can’s Holger Czukay<\/strong>, Jaki Liebezeit<\/strong>, U2’s The Edge <\/strong>and producer Fran\u00e7ois Kevorkian<\/strong>, in addition to Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor, Massive Attack, Ginger Baker, Bj\u00f6rk, Brian Eno<\/strong>, Pharoah Sanders<\/strong> and, most recently, Horace Andy<\/strong> on his ‘Timeless Roots’ album<\/strong><\/a>, Ken Boothe <\/strong>on his ‘Old Fashioned Ways’ album<\/strong><\/a>, and Jon Klein <\/strong>on the ‘Automated Paradise’<\/strong><\/a> album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tian Qiyi<\/strong><\/a> is a duo made up of John T Wardle <\/strong>and Charlie Wardle<\/strong>, taking its name from their Chinese middle names, Tian Qi and Tian Yi. Based in Liverpool, the duo bridges British, Chinese, Mongolian and dub traditions, their fascinating ethno-psychedelic music bridging cultures to forge a sound that also weaves in post-punk and experimental production, their sound imbued with magnetic tension between ancient tradition and dub futurism, East and West, land and spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album draws largely on Jah Wobble\u2019s signature dub bass, John T\u2019s drums, Chinese percussion and yangqin, and Charlie\u2019s erhu and vocals. Their clever rendition of \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d also sees Charlie playing morin khuur with the boys’ mother Zi Lan Liao<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>\u2014 a Royal Academy of Music\u2013trained harpist and the most recognized gu-zheng performer worldwide \u2014 joining on gu-zheng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jointly produced by Jah Wobble, John T and Charlie, this album was recorded and mixed by John T at Pagoda Studios<\/strong> in Liverpool, where Tian Qiyi is now based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Liverpool connection runs even deeper through their family. Zi Lan\u2019s father, Mr K.H. Li (Liao Gui Xiong)<\/strong>, arrived from Guangzhou in 1981 as Chinese Cultural Officer at the Pagoda and went on to establish the Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 the ensemble Zi Lan (now also director of Pagoda Arts Centre<\/strong><\/a>) runs and that both her sons grew up playing in from the age of three. The record is dedicated to him; a lifelong Beatles fan, he owned everything they ever released on vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe track that flipped it for me as a kid was \u2018Strawberry Fields Forever,\u2019\u201d says Jah Wobble<\/strong>. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the language for what was going on in that song \u2014 I just knew it was more than music. The words you\u2019d reach for are the ones people use about psychedelia: ego dissolution, a sense of unity, cosmic connection. I consider dub music to fit into the psychedelia genre, and John T grew up listening to dub, so Mystic Liverpool was always going to have that sensibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album moves through The Beatles\u2019 psychedelic-era songbook with Chinese instrumentation and dub-inflected mixing, treating the material as the genuinely mystical music it always was rather than as nostalgic covers. As listeners will be pleased to discover, “Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Magical Mystery Tour” are particular touchstones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 14th, the ‘Mystic Liverpool’ album will be released as a CD Digipack and digitally via Cherry Red Records. It is now available for pre-order.<\/strong><\/a>  Jah Wobble is touring the UK throughout 2026 with The Invaders Of The Heart – tickets are available at https:\/\/jahwobble.com\/#live<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRACK LIST<\/strong>
01.  Tomorrow Never Knows
02.  Strawberry Fields Forever
03.  Within You Without You
04.  I Am The Walrus
05.  Norwegian Wood
06.  Blue Jay Way
07.  The Inner Light
08.  Love You To
09.  Flying
10.  Rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep up with Tian Qiyi<\/strong>
Bandcamp<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | TikTok<\/a> | YouTube<\/a> | Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Booking <\/a>| Press contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep up with Jah Wobble<\/strong>
Website<\/a> | Bandcamp<\/a> | Tour Info<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Soundcloud<\/a> | Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Jah Wobble & Jon Klein album<\/a>| Press contact<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iconic bassist and producer Jah Wobble has teamed up with his sons’ ethno-psychedelic duo Tian Qiyi on the fascinating new album ‘Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles’ Psychedelic Psongbook’, a deeply personal reimagining of The Beatles\u2019 psychedelic period. Framing these songs within a soundscape of Chinese, Mongolian and dub traditions, this album is out on August 14th via Cherry Red Records. John Wardle,… Read More »Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi announce ‘Mystic Liverpool’ album, a psychedelic reimagining of The Beatles, out August 14th<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20217,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20215\/revisions\/20217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}