Following this period of fame, Gartside became disillusioned with the music industry and retired to the South Wales of his childhood for nearly a decade. He returned to music-making in the late 1990s, releasing two critically-acclaimed albums in 1999 and 2006. The success of the Mercury Music Prize-nominated??White??Bread??Black??Beer??LP??in 2006 was a major comeback for Gartside, who toured the UK, Ireland, USA and Japan in the same year – his first live performances in over 25 years.

In 2012 Scritti Politti returned to live work after another four-year hiatus; they’re now slimmed down to a 4-piece, with Green playing alongside Dicky Moore, Rhodri Marsden and Hot Chip’s Rob Smoughton. Following an acclaimed performance at the Green Man Festival in August, the band are playing a number of special one-off shows featuring songs from both the past and present.