Steve Cobby
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Steve Cobby is a British
electronic
musician
, composer
, DJ
and producer
, based in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire
.
Cobby co-founded Fila Brazillia
with David McSherry in 1990. From 1990 to 1998 Fila Brazillia releases were on the Kingston-upon-Hull based Pork Recordings
established by David 'Porky' Brennand and Cobby. In 1999 Cobby and McSherry set up the Yorkshire
based Twentythree Records
with Sim Lister.
In May 2005 at the Brighton Festival
, Cobby was one of the friends and collaborators who joined the American
composer and recording artist
Harold Budd
for his farewell concert
. Others performing alongside Budd included: Bill Nelson
, John Foxx
, Russell Mills
, Steve Jansen
, Jah Wobble
, Theo Travis
, Robin Guthrie
and The Balanescu Quartet.
In 2006 Cobby and Lister established Steel Tiger Records
.
projects include Radiohead
; Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, based in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
.
Cobby co-founded Fila Brazillia
Fila Brazillia
Fila Brazillia was an electronica collaboration from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in 1990 by Steve Cobby and David McSherry...
with David McSherry in 1990. From 1990 to 1998 Fila Brazillia releases were on the Kingston-upon-Hull based Pork Recordings
Pork Recordings
Pork Recordings is a record label based in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, that specialises in electronica, mostly in the downtempo or chill-out styles....
established by David 'Porky' Brennand and Cobby. In 1999 Cobby and McSherry set up the Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
based Twentythree Records
Twentythree Records
Twentythree Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded by Steve Cobby, David McSherry, and Sim Lister—who are regarded as significant names in the development of the electronica genre in the United Kingdom....
with Sim Lister.
In May 2005 at the Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival
The Brighton Festival is an annual arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove in England each May. It was founded in 1966, and is the largest multi-art form festival in England...
, Cobby was one of the friends and collaborators who joined the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer and recording artist
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
Harold Budd
Harold Budd
Harold Budd is an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires....
for his farewell concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
. Others performing alongside Budd included: Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson (musician)
Bill Nelson is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter and experimental musician...
, John Foxx
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
, Russell Mills
Russell Mills
Russell Mills is a British artist who was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, UK in 1952. He paints, creates multimedia installations, designs stage sets and lighting and has produced record covers and book covers for Brian Eno, the Cocteau Twins,Michael Nyman, David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel, and Nine Inch...
, Steve Jansen
Steve Jansen
Steve Jansen is an English drummer, percussionist, singer and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London, where he failed academically, leaving at 16....
, Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...
, Theo Travis
Theo Travis
Theo Travis is a British saxophonist and flautist.Travis received his degree in flute and saxophone from the University of Manchester and has worked among others with Robert Fripp, Gong, Porcupine Tree, The Tangent, Bill Nelson, Bass Communion, No-Man, Steven Wilson, David Sylvian, Harold Budd,...
, Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
and The Balanescu Quartet.
In 2006 Cobby and Lister established Steel Tiger Records
Steel Tiger Records
Steel Tiger Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded in late 2006 by Steve Cobby and Sim Lister.Steve Cobby was formerly half of the iconic electronic music duo Fila Brazillia, in addition to his many other musical aliases, most notably The Solid Doctor - with...
.
Production projects
Production, co-production and remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
projects include Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
; Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers
The Twilight Singers
The Twilight Singers is an American indie rock band. The group was initially formed as a side project of The Afghan Whigs leader Greg Dulli in 1997...
Collaborations
- with David Brennand a.k.a. Porky to form The CutlerThe CutlerThe Cutler is an electronica collaboration from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. Formed by Steve Cobby, formerly half of Fila Brazillia, and David 'Porky' Brennand, founder of Pork Recordings, they play electronica and dub, and are sometimes described as being left field.Formed in 2006, their debut...
; released 'Stiletto', 'Chandrahas', 'Épée', 'Hacksaw', 'Pickaxe', 'Scimitar' and 'Cinquedea' on Steel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded in late 2006 by Steve Cobby and Sim Lister.Steve Cobby was formerly half of the iconic electronic music duo Fila Brazillia, in addition to his many other musical aliases, most notably The Solid Doctor - with...
in 2007. - with classically-trained guitarist Rich Arthurs of Orgatronics to form 'Peacecorps'; released 'Bushfarmer' on Steel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded in late 2006 by Steve Cobby and Sim Lister.Steve Cobby was formerly half of the iconic electronic music duo Fila Brazillia, in addition to his many other musical aliases, most notably The Solid Doctor - with...
in 2007 - with Sim Lister to form J*S*T*A*R*S; released 'Put Me On A Planet' on Steel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger RecordsSteel Tiger Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded in late 2006 by Steve Cobby and Sim Lister.Steve Cobby was formerly half of the iconic electronic music duo Fila Brazillia, in addition to his many other musical aliases, most notably The Solid Doctor - with...
in 2006. - with Sim Lister and Jake Harries to form The Heights of AbrahamThe Heights of AbrahamThe Heights of Abraham is an electronica collaboration based in Sheffield and Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in the mid 1990s by Steve Cobby, Sim Lister and Jake Harries, they play electronica, ambient techno, and chill out....
; most recent release 'Two Thousand and Six' on Twentythree RecordsTwentythree RecordsTwentythree Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded by Steve Cobby, David McSherry, and Sim Lister—who are regarded as significant names in the development of the electronica genre in the United Kingdom....
in 2006. - with Richard H. KirkRichard H. KirkRichard H. Kirk is an English musician specialising in electronic music since the 1970s.-Background:Richard H. Kirk first came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the seminal industrial band Cabaret Voltaire...
to form Citrus. - with Djinji Brown to form 'NorthEastSoundSystem'.
- with David McSherry to form Fila BrazilliaFila BrazilliaFila Brazillia was an electronica collaboration from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in 1990 by Steve Cobby and David McSherry...
; most recent releases 'Retrospective' on Twentythree RecordsTwentythree RecordsTwentythree Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded by Steve Cobby, David McSherry, and Sim Lister—who are regarded as significant names in the development of the electronica genre in the United Kingdom....
in 2006 and 'Neanderthal' in 2007, also on Twentythree RecordsTwentythree RecordsTwentythree Records is a record label based in Yorkshire, England. The label was founded by Steve Cobby, David McSherry, and Sim Lister—who are regarded as significant names in the development of the electronica genre in the United Kingdom....
.
External links
- Official Steel Tiger website
- Steve Cobby performs at Harold Budd's farewell concert at Brighton's Dome Theatre - 21 May 2005
- Mixmag article featuring Steve Cobby
- http://www.fabriclondon.com/press/beta/archives/90-Biography-Solid-Doctor.htmlCobby biography on Fabric (club)Fabric (club)Fabric is a nightclub in London, United Kingdom. It was voted number 1 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll in 2007 and number 2 in 2008, 2009 and 2010...
London website] - Steve Cobby discography
- Steve Cobby on Internet Movie Database IMDb