Dobie (musician)

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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 .

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Early career

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]

Personal life

Due to Campbell's shy nature, Gilles Peterson has described Campbell as "the Ghost Dog of Stoke Newington". [2]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

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