Artist Profile for

dobbs
http://visionmusic.co.uk

DOBBS ability as a DJ, mixing up Breakbeat, Progressive and Balearica has led to back room residencies at both BACK TO BASICS in the early nineties, and UP YER RONSON during SASHA's 12 Nights Of Summer residency. Over the last 10 years DOBBS has guested all over at places like BUGGED OUT, PROGRESS, ELEMENTS, TURNMILLS, BACK TO BASICS, THE ZAP, NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL, and THE VELVET ROOMS, as well as guesting around the world in places like ANDORA , IBIZA, FINLAND and the USA. He has also promoted + DJed at many underground progressive + breaks nights in London such as BIG BLUE with DANNY HOWELLS and ASHLEY CASSELLE, SONIC MOOK with RENNIE PILGREM, and the ZAP with BLU PETER. Dobbs is currently running BANTER in London with JONATHAN LISLE from BEDROCK, and guesting at clubs like AUDIO DELUXE, JUNKTION, and QOOL in San Fracisco

LABEL :

Dobbs is the head of INASPACE RECORDS, set up to release his own productions, and similar Breaks/ Tech House /Progressive/Balearic producers. The first release 'SKYDECK' has done very well with DJ's like JOHN DIGWEED, NICK WARREN, LEE BURRIDGE, ADAM FREELAND, ASHLEY CASSELLE, CASS, MARY ANNE HOBBS, AND ALI B supporting it. Some of the comments include :

Adam Freeland - " Like the Dobbs track Skydeck, nice deep breaks man."

Jon Digweed - Opening track on Kiss 100 show

Mary Anne Hobbs - Airplay on BBC Radio 1

Jerry Bonham - " A fantastic peice of music"

Nick Warren - “Good record, like it, in my set"

Jonathan Lisle (Bedrock) - “' every time i play this at bedrock everyone asks me what it is. One of my favorite tracks of 2002 and is sure to remain in my box for a long time.
Quality stuff "

Cass - " Skydeck is one of the tunes of 2002"

Future releases on Inaspace include JAKE TODD and PARALLEL SOUND.

PRODUCTION DISCOGRAPHY :

As a producer DOBBS is causing quite a stir on the Breaks + Progressive scene, John Digweed has opened 2 of his Kiss FM shows with DOBBS singles, and Cass says that DOBBS single 'Skydeck was "One of THE tunes of 2002" Dobbs Productions + Remixes have been played on Radio 1 by Mary Anne Hobbs, and supported by DJs as Diverse as Groove Armada, Rennie Pilgrem, Anthony Pappa and Steve Lawler, + Adam Freeland.

A STUDIO - 'SOS' - DOBBS MIXES (ARK) - Support from Anthony Pappa, Hernan Cattaneo, Kiss + Capital FM
DOBBS 'The Alchemist' / Remix Christian J (Redgrave Records) - Currently played by JONATHAN LISLE, MEAT KATIE, TAYO, ALI B
DOBBS 'Beyond here' (Coldtap)
DOBBS vs PARALLEL SOUND - 'Floating Point' - (Coldtap) - CURRENTLY PLAYED BY DIGWEED, STEVE GERRARD
FLUNK 'Honeys In Love' DOBBS MIX (Beatservice)
INSPIRED MINDS 'Co Inside' DOBBS MIX (Within)
DOBBS 'Skydeck' (Inaspace)
DOBBS ‘Voidcomp’ (Redshift Records)
TWISTED
CORPORATION ‘Silicon Love - DOBBS MIX’ (Full Frontal)
THE ESCAPIST ‘Itchycarloop / Discoblip’ (Redshift Records)
SUGARGLIDER ‘Let Me In - DOBBS MIX’ (A.D.S.R)
THE ESCAPIST feat
LORETTA HEYWARD ‘Give You The Rain’ - DOBBS MIX (Chocolate Boy)
DATACOM ‘DATA 001 - DOBBS MIX’ (Global Harmony)

Forthcoming Productions -

IWF - IWF - DOBBS MIX (ARK)
BUDDY MILES - 'FOR YOUR LOVE' - DOBBS MIX (ARK)
J Rodriguez 'Give It Up' - Dobbs Mix (Sinister)
Sirocco 'Fade Away' Dobbs Mix (Oven Ready)
DOBBS ' The Black Light' (Inaspace)
DOBBS - 'Artist Album' (Inaspace)

MIX ALBUMS :

DOBBS ' TECH HOUSE VOL 2 (MILLENIUM)
DOBBS ‘TECH HOUSE’ VOL 1 (MILLENIUM )
DOBBS ‘PROGRESSIVE’ VOL 1 (MILLENIUM )
DOBBS ‘TRANCE 2001’ (MILLENIUM ) *SOLD 8000 COPIES SO FAR*

Press Quotes for Tech House 2 include :

M8 : " Now this is abit cool...showcases a geezer by the name of Dobbs,
apparently a bit of a star.... cant say I disagree...nice album."

WAX : " A cd well worth adding to your collection."

IMPLANT : "The mixing on the album is well executed and
intelligent...contains some great house + breaks tracks, bravely chosen by Dobbs."

TNT : " Dobbs work is deep, subtle, believe me this will not disappoint."

RADIO :

As far as the airwaves are concerned DOBBS has had plenty of experience,
presenting his own showon DREAM FM in Leeds for two years, and a guest mix es on PROTON, GALAXY, KISS, BEAT 106, RED RADIO, JUICE FM and BREAKS FM in LONDON. He also has a monthly show on SAMURAI FM in Japan. - www.samurai.fm/inaspace

PRESS :

Progressive / Breaks Reviewer for BPM magazine in the USA, and XPANDER.COM

VISION PROMOTIONS :

Dobbs is also the owner of vision promotions, a thriving press / radio
and DJ PR company, and vision dj agency. Over the years Vision has promoted many large acts including MOBY and PAUL VAN DYK. At present vision's clients vary from chillout to trance, breakbeat to house and include : RUI DA SILVA * LUKE CHABLE * HERNAN CATTANEO * CHRISTIAN J * NIC FANCIULLI * NRK * MOSHIC * CASS + SLIDE * ULTRA NATE * SUMSONIC * OLIVER LIEB * AUTOMATIC * MR VELCRO FASTENER * SINISTER * MAURICE + NOBLE* HYPER * etc...

VISION AGENCY ROSTER :

Flash Brothers - Dj's /Remixes
(Positiva / Perfecto / Bedrock / Silver Planet / Yoshitoshi / Oxyd)

Moshic - DJ / Remixes
(dj mag cover star, 3Breakbeat,Platipus,Kismet,Bedrock)

Jonathan Lisle - DJ
(Bedrock, M Theory Records etc)

Steve Gerrard - DJ
(Rennaisance / Bedrock etc)

Dobbs - DJ / Remixes
(Ark Records,Coldtap, Back to Basics, Elements,)

Momu - Live / DJ's
(Bedrock Breaks, Global Underground, Looq etc)

Phil Thompson
(Bedrock)

Splitloop - Live / Remixes
(Breakbeat Awards Nominee, Sinister, Supercharged, Sound Of Habib)

Kingkade - DJ / Remixes
(Dirty Blue / Minimal Records)

Shiloh - DJ / Remixes
(Electrofly / Nascent)

The MFA - Live / Remixes
(EQ Grey / Border Community)

Pilavian + Zimbardo - DJ / Remixes
(IDJ Magazine)

Bighead - Dj / Remixes
(Pacha Buenas Aires, Climax, 12th Hour, Sinister))

Introspective - Dj / Remixes
(Breakbeat Awards Nominee / Sinister Records / Botchit)

Southpaw - DJ / Remixes
(Sinister Records, Lucky Break, Breaks FM etc)

Wrecked Angle - Live / Remixes
(3 Beat, Baroque, Choo Choo etc)

Deep Space Organisms - DJ / Remixes
(Within Records)

Dislodged - Remixes / DJ
(3 Beat / Nascent )