Does anybody know anything about the current scritti politti line-up?

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Other than what is on Wikipedia?

Answer 1

Here's all the beef on Mr. Gartside, courtesy of Wikipedia, since 1987:

In 1987, Scritti Politti appeared on the Who's That Girl soundtrack with the song "Best Thing Ever".

This track also appeared on the 1988 album Provision, which continued Gartside's development into synth-funk as well as reggae and other styles. The roster of session players became even more notable, including contributions from Roger Troutman and Miles Davis, who performed on the single 'Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy), a UK #13 hit. However, although the album charted in the Top 10 in the UK (#8), it did not match the commercial success of Cupid and Psyche '85 in the US, stalling at #113.

Gartside hit the UK charts again in 1991 with "She's A Woman", which featured guest vocals from Shabba Ranks (broadening the SP/reggae connection further). It became Scritti Politti's final UK Top 20 single, peaking at #20. However, a corresponding album never eventuated, with Green deciding on another hiatus.

The hip-hop inspired album Anomie and Bonhomie was released in 1999 and comprised of even more session artists. The now bearded Gartside dived directly into the now commercially accessible hip hop scene, borrowing tradesmen of the genre such as Mos Def and Jimahl amongst others. While considered by many critics to be a return to form, the album was not as commercially successful as previous output, reaching only #33 on the UK album chart.

In 2003, Green resurfaced on Kylie Minogue's Scritti Politti inspired album Body Language, duetting on the Emiliana Torrini co-write "Someday".

In February 2005, "Early", a compilation of Scritti Politti's Peel and early Rough Trade years was released, to critical acclaim.

In early January 2006, Gartside and a new incarnation of Scritti Politti, billed as "Double G and The Traitorous 3", played a low-key show in Brixton, London. This was Gartside's first live appearance since 1980. This band, including journalist/musician Rhodri Marsden on keyboards and Dicky Moore on guitar, played a number of concerts previewing a new album, White Bread, Black Beer, which was released on Rough Trade Records on 29 May, 2006. The album was performed in its entirety by Gartside and recorded in his London home, assisted by his long-term engineer Andy Houston.

Later that year, White Bread, Black Beer was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and was subject to high critical praise. The award later went to Arctic Monkeys and their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

The current line-up toured worldwide (under the Scritti Politti name) on the back of the album's success, and completed a well-received UK tour in November 2006, playing in the majority new tracks, but also taking time to perform some of Green's earlier material. On Tuesday the 19th of December, they played a short set at the Rough Trade Christmas party in London.

In 2007, Green Gartside is working on an album with Alexis Taylor, the singer with Hot Chip. The pair met at the Mercury Music Prize ceremony, and will be playing a live show supporting Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid at KOKO in London on 29th March.

Answer 2

look on wikipedia'''

Answer 3

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