Anthony Alexander Campbell, better known by his stage name Dobie, is a British alternative hip hop musician and producer. His nickname came about due to his resemblance to the character Dobie in the TV detective series Starsky and Hutch.
Campbell worked as a skateboarder and photographer in the early 1980s.[1] As a photographer, he photographed the skaters in South Bank, and the breakdancers in Covent Garden in the early 1980s.[2] His musical career began in 1989, when he began working on NSO Force Organization tracks for the genre-spanning label Vinyl Solution.[3] Soon afterward, he met Soul II Soul, after which Jazzie B recruited him to produce tracks on their debut album Club Classics Vol. One.[3] He has also remixed albums by Björk, DJ Premier, Massive Attack, and Tricky, as well as the London Posse song "How's Life in London".[4]
Solo career
Campbell's first solo release was an eponymous EP on Howie B.'s Pussyfoot Records in 1995.[3] His first full-length album was The Sound of One Hand Clapping, released in 1998, also on Pussyfoot.[2] It was followed by a remixed version of the album, The Sound of One Hand Clapping Version 2.5, in 2004 on BBE Records.[5] He then released two EPs in 2012: Nothing to Fear and ...But Fear Itself, both on Big Dada Records. His official second album was 2013's We Will Not Harm You, which was also released by Big Dada.[4]
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