{{short description|British musician}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=October 2016}} {{Tone|date=July 2015}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Steve Cobby |image = Steven Jon Cobby.JPG |caption = English Musician |image_size = 220 |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |alias = The Solid Doctor<br>J J Fuchs <br>Testosterone |origin = Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England |instrument = Guitar; keyboards, drums, programming |genre = Electronic music |occupation = Music Producer |years_active = 1986–present |label = Steel Tiger Records, Twentythree Records, Déclassé |associated_acts = {{unbulleted list| Hey, Rube! [with Stephen Mallinder] | The Cutler | Chieftain | J*S*T*A*R*S | Heights of Abraham | The Solid Doctor | Fila Brazillia | J J Fuchs | Citrus [with Richard H. Kirk] | Peacecorps}} |website = }}
'''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.
==Career== After disbanding his first band, Ashley & Jackson, on Big Life Records, he co-founded Fila Brazillia with David McSherry in 1990. Together, they released 10 critically acclaimed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fila-brazillia-mn0000147481/biography|title=Fila Brazillia – Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref> LPs and produced over 70 remixes for artists as diverse as Radiohead, Busta Rhymes, Black Uhuru, Simple Minds, James, A Certain Ratio, and Moloko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/filabrazillia/sets/remixes |title=Fila Brazillia Remixes 94-04 by Fila Brazillia | Free Listening on SoundCloud |website=Soundcloud.com |date=25 October 2016 |accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref>
He formed Pork Recordings with David Brennand in 1990, 23 Records in 1999 with Sim Lister and David McSherry, and Steel Tiger Records in 2006 with Lister. Steel Tiger Records being 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, 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. This was rewarded with an appearance on Fabric 18 alongside fellow Hull alumni Bobby Beige and Bliss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fabriclondon.com/store/fabric-18.html|title=fabric 18|website=Fabriclondon.com|accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegardenfestival.eu/ |title=The Garden Festival :: Live Feed |website=Thegardenfestival.eu |accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref> Sydney, San Francisco, New York, and Tokyo. He has performed live in Europe, Japan, and the United States.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
==Work== ===Production=== Production, co-production and remix projects include Radiohead; Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
===Film and advertising=== As Fila Brazillia (with David McSherry) his music has been used in films, including ''Riding Giants'' directed by Stacy Peralta – and adverts, including for Nokia. As J*S*T*A*R*S (with Sim Lister) his music has been used for adverts including for Fiat and the John Lewis Partnership.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-24910316 |title=Hull's City of Culture bid film revealed to public |work=BBC News |date= 12 November 2013|accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref>
===Solo=== Cobby releases mainly work under the pseudonyms The Solid Doctor and J J Fuchs. In March 2014, Cobby released his first solo album in 17 years entitled ''Saudade'' on his own imprint Déclassé. He went on to release ''Revolutions soundtrack'' (2015), ''Everliving'' (2015), ''Hemidemisemiquaver'' (2017), and ''Sweet Jesus'' (2019) under his name. Sweet Jesus was released digitally on May 17, without any marketing or promotion whatsoever, as a Bandcamp exclusive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stevecobby.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-jesus|title=Sweet Jesus, by Steve Cobby|website=Steve Cobby|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>
===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.
==References== {{Reflist}}
===Further reading=== *[https://www.vice.com/en/article/steve-cobby-downtempo/ Downtempo Don Steve Cobby's Exclusive Guest Mix Is a Sunset-Ready Classic in the Making] *[https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/reviews/steve-cobby-everliving-declasse/ Steve Cobby ‘Everliving’ (Déclassé) – Electronic Sound] *[https://ra.co/dj/stevecobby-uk/biography RA bio] *[https://www.testpressing.org/magazine/steve-cobbysaudadedclass Steve Cobby Saudade Dclass — Test Pressing] *[https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-dj-buzzing-release-first-3276189.amp DJ 'buzzing' to release first track - with a little help from dad]
==External links== * [http://www.steeltiger.co.uk Steel Tiger] – official site * {{Discogs artist}} * [http://www.billnelson.com/html/paper/rocket_issue002.php Steve Cobby] performance at Harold Budd's farewell concert, Brighton Dome, 21 May 2005 * [http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.11/Pork.a.html Steve Cobby] article at Mixmag * [http://www.fabriclondon.com/press/beta/archives/90-Biography-Solid-Doctor.html Steve Cobby] biography on Fabric (club), London
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