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About Me


1995, and Dubstar first appeared as Steve Hillier, Chris Wilkie and Sarah Blackwood. Born of smoky bars, seedy basements clubs and debauched house parties, Dubstar released their debut album 'Disgraceful' to amazing critical and commercial success across the world. There were tours, television, top of the pops and many tantrums...

...And suddenly it was 2000. Nine hit singles, three hit albums, and a belated 'Best of...' compilation later, Dubstar paused for an extended break. Nothing happened for a long, long time.

But now, in 2008, Dubstar is returning with something new. But it's not about nostalgia, nor sexless posturing, not even about the synthesizers and keyboards that dominated the 1990s and sound so tired now. Instead, Dubstar have done something else, something fresh, something...very Dubstar. So standby, this is going to be interesting…

DUBSTAR
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
February 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2006
Band Website: www.dubstar.com
Band Members:Sarah Blackwood, Steve Hillier, Chris Wilkie
Influences: Air, Album Leaf, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Architecture in Helsinki, Art Brut, Augustus Pablo, Bat for Lashes, Billy Bragg, Bird and the Bee, Black Uhuru, Blur, Boards of Canada, Charles Aznavour, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, DJ Shadow, Dreadzone, Durutti Column, Easy Star All stars, Editors, Elbow, Eminem, Egg, Fennesz, Fiat Lux, Fields , Fila Brazillia, Fiona Apple, Frazier Chorus, Fun Boy Three Future Sound of London, Fuzzbox, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp, Goldie Lookin Chain, Gotan Project, Grandaddy, Human League, Idiot Pilot, Imogen Heap, Interpol, Ivor Cutler, Jane Bartholomew, Joan as Police Woman, John Cleese, John Foxx, Kaiser Chiefs, Karl Pilkington, Kate Nash, Keane, Killing Joke, King Tubby, Ladytron, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Low, Lush, M83, Madonna, Massive Attack, Mew, Michael Franti, Morrissey, Mum, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, New Musik, Nightmares on Wax, Nouvelle Vague, One Dove, Peaches, Pendulum, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Cook, Plaid, Red House Painters, Richard Ashcroft, Ricky Gervais, Saint Etienne, Shriekback, Sigur Ros, Slowdive, Snow Patrol, Spiritualized, Steve Hillier, Tackhead, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, The House of Love, The Pipettes, The Police The Postal Service, The Presets, The Smiths, The Streets, This Mortal Coil, Toasca, Trash Can Sinatras, Tunng, TV on the Radio, Ulrich Schnauss, William Shatner, Zero 7
Sounds Like: everything was played by human beings
Record Label: food
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Redirected Male

Redirected Male was part of the last release by Dubstar, The Self Same Thing EP back in 2000. Due to the prevailing eligibility rules, the EP did not qualify for a place in the UK singles chart; as a...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:30:00 GMT

New Dubstar Website

We're honoured and very pleased to announce that Kenickie has launched a fantastic new Dubstar website entitled DisgracefulYou can find an excellent collection of Dubstar images and videos over at Ken...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:35:00 GMT

Dubstar now on Facebook

First day of a new season and all that, so what better time than to announce that to tie in with the upcoming Dubstar activity, we have a new Facebook group: Dubstar on FacebookWe will of course be ma...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:24:00 GMT

Secrets

With recordings for the fourth Dubstar album nearly complete and an exciting announcement coming shortly, it's a good time to retrace our steps and hear something fresh from the bountiful Dubstar arch...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:08:00 GMT

Song No 9

In advance of the news of the new Dubstar material, here's another chance to hear Song No 9, part of the 'Not So Manic Now' EP.This song was written in 1989 on a piano bought from a second hand dealer...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:32:00 GMT

Janis

It's a rainy May day in Brighton, so what better reason to add another Dubstar song to the profile?Janis was recorded in 2000 as a potential B-side for either the single 'I (Friday Night)" or "Self Sa...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:53:00 GMT