Jah Wobble and Tian Qiai launch Beatles‑inspired album “Mystic Liverpool”

Former Public Image Ltd bassist Jah Wobble and his sons' Liverpool‑based duo Tian Qiai have released a new version of The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows,” the first single from the forthcoming album **Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles’ Psychedelic Psongbook**. The album, slated for an August 14 release on Cherry Red Records and Wobble’s 30 Hertz label, re‑imagines the Fab Four’s mid‑60s psychedelic catalogue through a blend of dub bass, traditional Chinese and Mongolian instrumentation, and experimental production.

Wobble described the project’s inspiration, recalling that “the track that flipped it for me as a kid was ‘Strawberry Fields Forever.’” The recordings feature Wobble’s signature bass, his sons John T and Charlie Wardle on drums, Chinese percussion, yangqin and erhu, and their mother Zi Lan Liao on guzheng. Recorded and mixed by John T at Pagoda Studios in Liverpool, the album also includes reinterpretations of “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “I Am The Walrus,” “Blue Jay Way,” “The Inner Light” and other psychedelic‑era songs. The project bridges British post‑punk, dub, and Chinese musical traditions, offering a cross‑cultural take on The Beatles’ psychedelic legacy.