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As regular visitors you know what to expect....some more Steve Cobb ........N Joy

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Steve Cobby is a British producer musician, composer, and DJ, based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. He is best known for being part of Fila Brazillia. After disbanding his first commercially released band Ashley & Jackson on Big Life records, he co-founded Fila Brazillia with David McSherry in 1990. Together they released 10 critically acclaimed LPs and produced over 70 remixes for artists as diverse as Radiohead, Busta Rhymes, Black Uhuru, Simple Minds, James, A Certain Ratio and Moloko. He formed Pork Recordings with David Brennand in 1990 then 23 Records in 1999 with Sim Lister and David McSherry and finally Steel Tiger Records in 2006 with Lister. More of an umbrella for his various projects than a label per se. His other writing and production collaborations include Heights of Abraham; J*S*T*A*R*S and The Cutler. He has released three solo albums as The Solid Doctor : How About Some Ether and Beats Means Highs. A third, entitled Saudade was released on his own imprint Déclassé in March 2014.

Numerous remixes, from Harold Budd and Theoretics to Jon Kennedy and Yesking have been undertaken in a solo capacity.Fabric nightclub has played host to many Cobby DJ sets and this was rewarded with an appearance on Fabric 18 alongside fellow Hull alumni Bobby Beige and Bliss. He co-produced Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli's debut solo album, The Twilight Singers in 2000 and co-wrote and produced Three White Roses and a Budd EP with Bill Nelson and avant garde American composer Harold Budd. Cobby has worked with Darren Emerson on his solo album, in an engineering and writing capacity. His collaboration with Cabaret Voltaire’s Stephen Mallinder is under the guise of Hey Rube. Adam Regan from Different Drummer Records and Leftfoot promotions in Birmingham is also a regular collaborator. Cobby has DJ'd in many places around the world including Croatia, Sydney, San Francisco, New York and Tokyo. He has performed live in Europe, Japan and the United States

In 2013, Cobby provided the soundtrack for the Hull 'UK City of Culture 2017' bid film - This City Belongs to Everyone, produced by Nova Studios. On 20 November that year, Kingston upon Hull, was announced as the winning entry.

Solo
Cobby releases mainly work under the pseudonyms The Solid Doctor and J J Fuchs. In March 2014, Cobby released his first solo album for 17 years entitled Saudade on his own imprint Déclassé. He then released under his name Revolutions soundtrack (2015), Everliving (2015), Hemidemisemiquaver (2017), and Sweet Jesus (2019). Sweet Jesus is released digitally on may the 17h, without any marketing or promotion whatsoever, as a Bandcamp exclusive.

Collaborations
with David Brennand a.k.a. Porky to form The Cutler; singles released during 2007 and 2008 included "Stiletto", "Pickaxe", and "Cinquedea". Debut album Cutler was released in July 2008 and the Black Flag EP in 2009. The second album release (September 2012) was The Best Things in Life Aren't Things with vocalists Andrew Taylor and Russell Morgan. The most recent release (10 June 2013) from The Cutler is their third album Everything Is Touching Everything Else, with vocalists Isobel Helen, Andrew Taylor, Archie and Sheffield's alt-folk outfit Little Glitches; all on Steel Tiger Records.
with Stephen Mallinder, a co-founder of Cabaret Voltaire, to form Hey, Rube!; first album release Can You Hear me Mutha? (October 2012, Steel Tiger Records)
with DJ Adam Regan, of the Different Drummer Soundsystem and Leftfoot, to form Chieftain; debut release The War Bonnet EP (2012, Steel Tiger Records)
with Sim Lister to form J*S*T*A*R*S; released Put Me on a Planet on Steel Tiger Records in 2006.
with Sim Lister and Jake Harries to form The Heights of Abraham; most recent release Two Thousand and Six on Twentythree Records in 2006.
with classically trained guitarist Rich Arthurs of Orgatronics to form 'Peacecorps'; released Bushfarmer on Steel Tiger Records in 2007.
with Richard H. Kirk to form Citrus.
with Djinji Brown to form NorthEastSoundSystem.
with David McSherry to form Fila Brazillia; most recent releases the album Retrospective on Twentythree Records in 2006 and Neanderthal in 2007, also on Twentythree Records.

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J*S*T*A*R*S is Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia, The Cutler) and Sim Lister (Heights of Abraham). Tripping the Light Fantastic: A heavy groove with lots of squelching synths, waka waka guitar, and a pitch shifting flute lead zipping up and down. Nice and thick, with lots going on. Sounds pretty organic despite the electronics. Groovy. Ickey Plush: even better, with simple hypnotic organ bass, hand claps, and echoing leads. Space funk. Lovely combination of dance music, jazz and funk; this is all fused together to provide a toxic mix of ass shakers and foot tappers.

 J*S*T*A*R*S* - Put Me On A Planet  (flac   337mb)

01 Ickey Plush 5:50
02 That Hefty Track 3:34
03 Tripping the Light Fantastic 5:23
04 Spanish Hustle 6:40
05 Is It Pepper? 4:43
06 Nyree 4:15
07 Positronic 5:36
08 Spansules 5:44
09 Feberge Tang 4:18
10 Cassidian Beast 4:15
11 Blu Genes 3:51
12 Loose Nuke Threat 4:45

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Hey, Rube! Is Stephen Mallinder, once of Cabaret Voltaire, embraced in a sonic clinch with Steve Cobby - the Solid Doctor, the J*S*T*A*R, the Fila Brazillian. 'Can You Hear Me Mutha?' the result of this coming together of musical miscreants is a veritable festival of frequencies. A selection of tracks recorded over a period of 4-years each one captures the changing state of their oddball nation - no two tracks sound remotely alike - a pair in constant flux. Always on the move, like a shark in search of prey, the album finds a comfy spot then moves on again. Laugh, cry, dance, check your ears for bits of metal...

The whole album leans toward Dub and Experimental sounds, but never crosses the line into ambient or self-indulgent. Tracks on the records, whilst ecclectic, bordering on avant-guarde at times, retain a strong sense of groove, drawing from Electro Funk, Kraftwerkian Techno, even occasionally Italo to keep things, for the most part, dancefloor friendly. Opening with the deliciously chaotic Rob A Bank Rob, which lobs frantic tribal drumming, ethereal chimes, Acidic bleeps and Mallinder’s Cabs rasp into a ring and let’s them sort things out amongst themselves, the album drops Mengi Dem Disco Leggi. A broken Balearic Boogie, like a Mediterranean robotic assault. Scissormouth is where the album’s Dub credentials start to rear their head before launching into the full on twisted synth skank of Pimpdaddy. This is built upon, with the addition of more of Mallinder’s whisper, in the space Dub of Kamikazee Peloton. Shaz—–Tate reminds of these guys experimentalist backgrounds as it layers sounds into an organized Industrial cacophony . the album’s longest track, and one of it’s standouts, Rapture, is a nine minute Dup epic, a popping synth echo chamber that is as interesting as it is hypnotic. Which leaves the relaxed, breezy Bali Hai to easy you out of the album. Considering a few days ago we didn’t know this record existed, we are very glad to have been introduced to it. A glorious example of what happens when two talents are left to create freely.

A intricately crafted fusion of Dub, Electro, Techno, Indie-Electro and B-Boy Electro that never fails to surprise or intrigue.

  Hey, Rube! - Can You Hear Me Mutha + Tumblefish EP  (flac   466mb)

01 Rob a Bank Rob 7:24
02 Mengi Dem Disco Leggi 5:00
03 'Scissormouth' 5:25
04 Pimpdaddy 4:47
05 Kamikazee Peloton 5:56
06 Shaz------Tate 5:13
07 Rapture 9:37
08 Bali Hai 3:43
Cobby & Mallinder - Tumblefish
09  Tumblefish 5:25
10  Tumblefish (Mark E Remix) 6:42
11. Vitamin C 6:09
12. Vitamin C (Max Pask Dub) 5:45
13. Vitamin C (Man Power Remix) 5:33
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In these headspinning days of information overload, it seems hard to believe that anything can slip through the net. After all, if you've got a 3G connection, reasonably priced tablet and local coffee house you can do almost anything, at least until those artisanal grounds send you into cardiac arrest. Remarkable then, that the world was nearly deprived of these three sonic gems from Chieftain. The collaborative vehicle (image a tandem) of Fila Brazilia legend Steve Cobby and Birmingham mainstay Adam Regan, Chieftain made a brief and ill-fated appearance in the digital realm back in 2013, delivering a killer package of jazzy downbeat, piano house and island funk which was lost in the face of label ineptitude and online ignorance. Luckily for those of us with ears and a turntable, Mr Cobby is a man of stern stuff. Making fine use of his stubborn Yorkshire grit, Hull's finest son has waded through copyright calamity to give this material a much deserved moment in the vinyl spotlight through his Déclassé imprint.

'Out Of My Life' struts into the room to the laid back funk of a fine breakbeat, pours itself a drink and starts to hold court. Mellow jazz chords and lithe sequences add a sophisticated texture while sumptuous strings (both sustained and pizzicato) sit in perfect balance with the floor shaking bassline. While lesser men could have made this cocktail way too smooth, Cobby and Regan are raiders of the Black Ark, utilising plenty of dub FX to add a little bite. 'Til Everyman Is Free' sees Chieftain shift gear, switching to midtempo house with a solid drumtrack and driving bassline. Soulful vocals and warm keys turn up the heat before the killer house piano drop tears the roof off in an explosion of wide-eyed dancefloor euphoria. It's the perfect soundtrack for those sultry nights when you're still dancing as the sun comes up, and that's exactly where the polyrhythmic exuberance of 'Coati Mundi' comes into play. Alive with the ripple of playful percussion and the sunkissed sounds of steel drums, this Island groove throws out shapes and feelings long after the part timers have gone home, slinking around to languid synth lines and getting down to those funky Rhodes licks. With Chieftain taking care of the warm up, peak time and after party, you've just gotta remember to pack your dancing shoes.

Chieftain EP's (flac   297mb)

War Bonnet EP
01.Scald The Fly 07:34
02 Ramp Into The Basement 06:11
03 Kreigspeil 07:48
04 Decimated Coconut 06:28
Steve Cobby presents Chieftain
05.Out Of My Life 06:53
06.Til Everyman Is Free 06:42
07 Coati Mundi 06:27

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Hull's finest son, Fila Brazilia's Steve Cobby returns with his first solo material in 18 years and it is well worth the wait. Released on his new Declasse imprint, "Saudade" sees the veteran producer superbly weave a lifetime of influences and experiences into a panoramic world view spread across twelve expressionistic soundscapes. Across four sides of pristine white wax, Cobby marries vibrant rhythm and playful melody, alternating irresistible grooves with the horizontal beauty of blissed out orchestration. The producer has scattered the album with souvenirs from all corners of the globe, be it the Caribbean pans of "Melismatic", the African thumb pianos of "Passerines" or the West Coast funk of "Clawfist" and "Why Sleep Through Your Dreams?". While the LP boasts plenty of hypnotic grooves to get lost in, but also delights on the more concise cuts, such as the jazzy "Rapelle" and the atmospheric "The End Of A Perfect Death". Essential for fans of our Balearic selections or the textured downbeat of Nightmares On Wax, "Saudade" is a strong contender for album of the year."

Steve Cobby -  Saudade (flac   352mb)

01 Passerines 8:42
02 Heeds 7:20
03 Settling Days 4:36
04 Rapelle 3:27
05 Melismatic 8:38
06 Clawfist 5:02
07 The Golden Billion 5:04
08 Why Sleep Through Your Dreams? 8:36
09 Weekend World 4:46
10 Green Limbs 4:25
11 By Night the Forest Is Never Quiet 4:46
12 The End of a Perfect Death 3:06

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