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As regular visitors you know what to expect....some more Steve Cobb who fully grasped the Chinese proverb " Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work again " ........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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Everliving is a revelation, even by Cobby standards. This isn’t about disco dancing or filling floors, although in parts Everliving could easily do both. This is about the intricate skilled flights of one of the UK’s most gifted composers and it deserves your undivided ear time. The man is some sort of genius. The best sort. One that doesn’t even know it.” Phatic Communion is insanely good, class!.....the keyboard on Laniakea had its happiest moment of its life after that solo, and can now swing totally fulfilled into retirement.....or move to Vienna and get lovingly caressed by me....More blessings in forms of heavenly arpeggios on Teleseme.......you could not close this record with a better title than Oneric. ....There are not too many certainties in this world except for that there is never enough wine on the table and that Steve Cobby can not make a bad record. Will listen to this Everywhere & Everywhen.
Steve Cobby - Everliving (flac 433mb)
01 Big Wow 9:32
02 Phatic Communion 6:04
03 The Sirens Help Me to Sleep 7:06
04 Laniakea 7:40
05 Teleseme 8:55
06 Clams 6:50
07 The Sober Certainty of Waking Bliss 7:41
08 Fresh Blue Agave 13:13
09 Everywhere & Everywhen 4:17
10 May Flights of Angels Sing Him to His Rest 4:58
11 Arroyo 5:51
12 Nip It Up Choppy 4:24
13 Mahalo 6:17
14 Oneric 2:32
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Music commissioned for the Ensemble 52 production 'Revolutions' in association with Hull Truck Theatre, 9 original pieces written, recorded and produced by Steve Cobby.
"1989 was a remarkable year. Despite plenty of warning signs, nobody really foresaw the collapse of communism and authoritarian regimes across central and eastern Europe. Academics and historians expected the usual cycle to continue in perpetuity, ignoring the ability of people to gather as a critical mass to bring about change. It's almost unfathomable to think that the events that led to the reunification of Germany took place in the same period of history as the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elen, Solidarity being elected in Poland and the Tiananmen Square massacre. And that, while people were taking to the streets across the globe to defend their right to live better lives, rave was tying the media and police in knots. They didn't know how to react. The authorities here soon realised that they better clamp down on parties in fields and warehouses lest they have some serious civil disobedience on their hands. People out of their control? That would never do in the free west. There's a certain irony when you compare that to what was going on elsewhere. All we wanted to do was party and have fun and that was frowned on.
"We touch on all of this in Revolutions. And we also look at the present day. When you look at contemporary politics, the backdrop of ideological austerity cuts and vast swathes of people in this country living in poverty and with nothing to lose, it makes you wonder whether we're on the verge of reaching a tipping point. Anti-austeriy and anti-capitalist protests are the tip of the iceberg. Banks and politicians do not seem accountable to anyone. But there's a sense that people might just say enough's enough at some point. Of course, most people expect the status quo to be maintained, for everything just to carry on in the same way as it always has. But that's exactly what people expected in Europe in 1989. "Having said all that, the piece will be incredibly entertaining. An immersive experience to remember. There'll be a heady soundtrack - Cobby's dropping some incredible tunes - and we'll try and create an underground warehouse feel to thrust people back to 1989. We're not advocating revolution but hopefully we'll make people stand up and think. It'll be a good night, I know that much, and on a personal level it's great to be able to work at Hull Truck again."
Steve Cobby - Revolutions (flac 366mb)
01 Revolution #1 6:49
02 Revolution #2 7:34
03 Revolution #3 7:04
04 Revolution #4 8:30
05 Revolution #5 6:31
06 Revolution #6 7:08
07 Revolution #7 10:06
08 Revolution #8 3:01
09 Revolution #9 10:13
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Steve Cobby & Porky released 3 albums as The Cutler between 2007 and 2013 and were on the way to completing a fourth when Steve cut loose from their label Steel Tiger and decided to go solo in all pursuits with his own imprint Déclassé. Porky approached Steve last year with a shortlist of unreleased material they’d done together and wondered if there was life in them. Cobby set to work completing the unfinished tunes and refining those almost complete. These 7 tunes are the fruits of those labours. Project names have been cast aside in favour of surnames for all of Cobbys collaborations post 2013, but in essence this is still The Cutler.
Steve Cobby n Porky - Cities Below Future Seas (flac 227mb)
01 We'd Like To Capture Your Mind 8:23
02 Porkbag 6:40
03 Ho'oponopono 4:26
04 Sirens At Dusk 7:02
05 Stropharia Cubensis 3:42
06 Dresden 5:38
07 Black Pudding 4:52
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The legendary producer Steve Cobby and formidable author Russ Litten (Russ is the author of Scream If You Want To Go Faster, Swear Down, and Kingdom. He is the Writer In Residence at a prison in the north of England) have teamed up for what is likely the most interesting project we have ever released. It is music from another dimension, and it is also multidimensional. Litten's spoken words weave intricate stories into Cobby's world of mechanical sound, and it is unlike anything we have ever heard. That said John Cooper Clark comes to mind he's 71 now but i'd love to hear him supported by Cobby, could be a winner for both.
Steve Cobby n Litten - My People Come From The Sea + Polar EP (flac 365mb)
01 Iceland 5:54
02 Tongue 5:55
03 Lollystick 1:28
04 A Good Hiding 8:15
05 Under The Flyover 12:13
06 Apricity 4:20
07 How To Build A Spaceship 3:18
08 Arthur 5:15
09 Tinder Surprise 4:50
10 My People Come From The Sea 4:28
Cobby & Litten - Polar EP
11 Chip Fat 3:45
12 I Can See The Lights 5:03
13 Spiderman Unmasked 6:10
14 I'm A Mate Of Deans 1:32
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As regular visitors you know what to expect....some more Steve Cobb who fully grasped the Chinese proverb " Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work again " ........N Joy
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
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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Everliving is a revelation, even by Cobby standards. This isn’t about disco dancing or filling floors, although in parts Everliving could easily do both. This is about the intricate skilled flights of one of the UK’s most gifted composers and it deserves your undivided ear time. The man is some sort of genius. The best sort. One that doesn’t even know it.” Phatic Communion is insanely good, class!.....the keyboard on Laniakea had its happiest moment of its life after that solo, and can now swing totally fulfilled into retirement.....or move to Vienna and get lovingly caressed by me....More blessings in forms of heavenly arpeggios on Teleseme.......you could not close this record with a better title than Oneric. ....There are not too many certainties in this world except for that there is never enough wine on the table and that Steve Cobby can not make a bad record. Will listen to this Everywhere & Everywhen.
Steve Cobby - Everliving (flac 433mb)
01 Big Wow 9:32
02 Phatic Communion 6:04
03 The Sirens Help Me to Sleep 7:06
04 Laniakea 7:40
05 Teleseme 8:55
06 Clams 6:50
07 The Sober Certainty of Waking Bliss 7:41
08 Fresh Blue Agave 13:13
09 Everywhere & Everywhen 4:17
10 May Flights of Angels Sing Him to His Rest 4:58
11 Arroyo 5:51
12 Nip It Up Choppy 4:24
13 Mahalo 6:17
14 Oneric 2:32
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Music commissioned for the Ensemble 52 production 'Revolutions' in association with Hull Truck Theatre, 9 original pieces written, recorded and produced by Steve Cobby.
"1989 was a remarkable year. Despite plenty of warning signs, nobody really foresaw the collapse of communism and authoritarian regimes across central and eastern Europe. Academics and historians expected the usual cycle to continue in perpetuity, ignoring the ability of people to gather as a critical mass to bring about change. It's almost unfathomable to think that the events that led to the reunification of Germany took place in the same period of history as the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elen, Solidarity being elected in Poland and the Tiananmen Square massacre. And that, while people were taking to the streets across the globe to defend their right to live better lives, rave was tying the media and police in knots. They didn't know how to react. The authorities here soon realised that they better clamp down on parties in fields and warehouses lest they have some serious civil disobedience on their hands. People out of their control? That would never do in the free west. There's a certain irony when you compare that to what was going on elsewhere. All we wanted to do was party and have fun and that was frowned on.
"We touch on all of this in Revolutions. And we also look at the present day. When you look at contemporary politics, the backdrop of ideological austerity cuts and vast swathes of people in this country living in poverty and with nothing to lose, it makes you wonder whether we're on the verge of reaching a tipping point. Anti-austeriy and anti-capitalist protests are the tip of the iceberg. Banks and politicians do not seem accountable to anyone. But there's a sense that people might just say enough's enough at some point. Of course, most people expect the status quo to be maintained, for everything just to carry on in the same way as it always has. But that's exactly what people expected in Europe in 1989. "Having said all that, the piece will be incredibly entertaining. An immersive experience to remember. There'll be a heady soundtrack - Cobby's dropping some incredible tunes - and we'll try and create an underground warehouse feel to thrust people back to 1989. We're not advocating revolution but hopefully we'll make people stand up and think. It'll be a good night, I know that much, and on a personal level it's great to be able to work at Hull Truck again."
Steve Cobby - Revolutions (flac 366mb)
01 Revolution #1 6:49
02 Revolution #2 7:34
03 Revolution #3 7:04
04 Revolution #4 8:30
05 Revolution #5 6:31
06 Revolution #6 7:08
07 Revolution #7 10:06
08 Revolution #8 3:01
09 Revolution #9 10:13
.
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Steve Cobby & Porky released 3 albums as The Cutler between 2007 and 2013 and were on the way to completing a fourth when Steve cut loose from their label Steel Tiger and decided to go solo in all pursuits with his own imprint Déclassé. Porky approached Steve last year with a shortlist of unreleased material they’d done together and wondered if there was life in them. Cobby set to work completing the unfinished tunes and refining those almost complete. These 7 tunes are the fruits of those labours. Project names have been cast aside in favour of surnames for all of Cobbys collaborations post 2013, but in essence this is still The Cutler.
Steve Cobby n Porky - Cities Below Future Seas (flac 227mb)
01 We'd Like To Capture Your Mind 8:23
02 Porkbag 6:40
03 Ho'oponopono 4:26
04 Sirens At Dusk 7:02
05 Stropharia Cubensis 3:42
06 Dresden 5:38
07 Black Pudding 4:52
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The legendary producer Steve Cobby and formidable author Russ Litten (Russ is the author of Scream If You Want To Go Faster, Swear Down, and Kingdom. He is the Writer In Residence at a prison in the north of England) have teamed up for what is likely the most interesting project we have ever released. It is music from another dimension, and it is also multidimensional. Litten's spoken words weave intricate stories into Cobby's world of mechanical sound, and it is unlike anything we have ever heard. That said John Cooper Clark comes to mind he's 71 now but i'd love to hear him supported by Cobby, could be a winner for both.
Steve Cobby n Litten - My People Come From The Sea + Polar EP (flac 365mb)
01 Iceland 5:54
02 Tongue 5:55
03 Lollystick 1:28
04 A Good Hiding 8:15
05 Under The Flyover 12:13
06 Apricity 4:20
07 How To Build A Spaceship 3:18
08 Arthur 5:15
09 Tinder Surprise 4:50
10 My People Come From The Sea 4:28
Cobby & Litten - Polar EP
11 Chip Fat 3:45
12 I Can See The Lights 5:03
13 Spiderman Unmasked 6:10
14 I'm A Mate Of Deans 1:32
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Hello Rho could you upload Jun Fukamachi - Quark?
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