{"product_id":"dobie-but-fear-itself","title":"Dobie - ...But Fear Itself","description":"\u003cp\u003eTony Campbell aka \u003cstrong\u003eDobie\u003c\/strong\u003e returns with his second EP for \u003cstrong\u003eBig Dada\u003c\/strong\u003e, leading up to the release early next year of his new album, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Will Not Harm You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. As with his debut EP for the label, \u003cstrong\u003eDobie\u003c\/strong\u003e uses a background in hip hop and soul as a leaping off point for a full-on journey into sound that shows his ear for a catchy melody as much as his taste in raw, aggressive beats and an epic sensibility that owes as much to \u003cstrong\u003eSun-Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e as \u003cstrong\u003eDJ Premier\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e as \u003cstrong\u003eCarl Craig\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eI-Anomaly\u003c\/strong\u003e\" leads things out - fast, aggressive and catchy-as-fuck, \u003cstrong\u003eDobie \u003c\/strong\u003ethreads bleep back through crate culture and reminds us once again that he likes a b-line - and why we do, too. \"\u003cstrong\u003eProzac\u003c\/strong\u003e\" is more of a straight hip hip hop shuffle, with enough bottom for any drunk brosteppa, but half way through the berimbau explodes out of the gates and the whole thing ends like \u003cstrong\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/strong\u003e going latin at an end of the world party. \"\u003cstrong\u003eSectioned\u003c\/strong\u003e\", which follows, is hard as nails, all punishing bass and crazy polyrythms, drums to be abducted by aliens to - or sectioned by. \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\" is perhaps the most remarkable piece of music here - running at 165bpm with a wobbling, manic bassline, the whole thing skitters along until a topline comes in which makes it feel as if the top of your head's been removed (trepanning can be very liberating…). \"\u003cstrong\u003eDay Release\u003c\/strong\u003e\" takes us back to hip hop, the kind of off-centre groove that almost demands a \u003cstrong\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/strong\u003e revox and which develops a strange logic all its own, the warmth of its bass sound atttesting to \u003cstrong\u003eDobie\u003c\/strong\u003e's knowledge of dub. Again and again Campbell makes instrumental music with a depth and originality, a belief in groove and grit, unmatched right now. The package is rounded out by a remix of \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\" from French labelmates \u003cstrong\u003eVISION\u003c\/strong\u003e, who give the original a very nice technoid groove and show why \u003cstrong\u003eDobie\u003c\/strong\u003e recognised fellow spirits when he heard their recent EP. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDobie\u003c\/strong\u003e is a legendary figure in British bass music and beyond. From working on the first two \u003cstrong\u003eSoul II Soul\u003c\/strong\u003e albums, he went on to produce \u003cstrong\u003eLondon Posse\u003c\/strong\u003e's all-time classic \"\u003cstrong\u003eHow's Life In London?\u003c\/strong\u003e\" before recording a solo LP for Pussyfoot, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sound Of One Hand Clapping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, which went some way to defining the \"trip hop\" sound now enjoying something of a rebirth. In between he has remixed everyone from \u003cstrong\u003eBjork\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMassive Attack\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLes Negress Vertes\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTricky\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eGangstarr\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWooky\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eWiley\u003c\/strong\u003e and recorded for a host of labels including \u003cstrong\u003eGilles Peterson\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cstrong\u003eBrownswood\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBBE\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as producing and mixing for the aforementioned \u003cstrong\u003eRoots Manuva\u003c\/strong\u003e. And that's before you even get into his time as a legendary skateboarder and a photographer of that crowd as well as the nascent UK hip hop scene. A truly amazing figure, his role in Black British culture from the '90s onward is a story waiting to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"Download (MP3)","offer_id":62903566729375,"sku":"BDDNL217","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download (WAV)","offer_id":62903566762143,"sku":"BDDNL217W","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/files\/but-fear-itself-main.jpg?v=1793913204","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/dobie-but-fear-itself","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}