Mick Jagger, Damian Marley andJoss Stone form new supergroup

Mon 23rd May, 2011 in International News

Mick Jagger has confirmed that he’s formed a new group called Super Heavy with Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and the composer of the Slumdog Millionare score, AR Rahman.

Jagger told NME that the group “got together and thought we’d go into a studio and throw some things around, see what would happen, if we’d have fun. We didn’t know what kind of music we’d make. We knew it would be a laugh, because we all got on. But you can have a laugh and nothing comes out, y’know… We’ve got some more reggae songs, some rock, some ballads, some soul music. We’ve got one song in Urdu, I managed to do one line in Urdu, only one! It’s not world music per se, a Womad festival kind of thing. It’s a much more accessible style, a lot of dancey things… If you’re a Rolling Stones fan there’s definitely stuff you can relate to. Other stuff that you can’t relate to so much, maybe if you listen you’ll enjoy it. I don’t think it’s so far off the beaten track that you can’t understand it.”

Dave Stewart has also reveled details about the group, telling Beatweek “We’ve kept this quiet for two years. We have eighteen songs recorded and mixed… It’s funny because it’s a world mixture of musicians, England, Jamaica, rock, blues, whatever, but it doesn’t sound anything like world music. When somebody says ‘world music’ I always imagine people knitting yogurt sweaters, if you know what I mean. I love loads of ethnic music, but this sounds kind of tough and sort of edgy and bluesy, with Indian and Jamaican beats. I haven’t heard anything like it so it’s hard to explain it, but I think people from all different walks of life will like it.”

According to Stewart the Super Heavy album will be released in “September, most likely”.