mary anne hobbs - c or d

classic. no one else says things like 'pure fire' or 'happy birthday baby' or 'man like....' in that 'i just had sex with everyone from dubstep' voice of hers.

An enclosure where the Nineties never stopped happening.

– simon reynolds on my record collection the breezeblock (rip)

Am I right in thinking that she was totally grebo when she used to write for Sounds?

classic in that the amazing period when the breezeblock was on 4 nights a week, had chris morris and a younger ricky gervais and played varied amazing music (to my 16 year old ears). dud when it was decided she was a touring dubstep DJ

Am I right in thinking that she was totally grebo when she used to write for Sounds?

I had no idea she was married to Miles Hunt in the early 90s.

breezeblock 97-99 was unimpeachably classic

She was!? xp

never listened to her once before she got into dubstep/grime. what did she play in the late 90s? idm?

What did she even play in the late 90s other than big beat and the Beastie Boys? I listened to the show quite a lot and I can't remember. It feels a bit more ahead of the curve now (going on who does mixes for it etc - pretty much don't listen to the radio tbh)

ha xp

What did she even play in the late 90s other than big beat and the Beastie Boys?

what else was there???! er......but no she did play d&b and rock music like spiritualized and regular fries and also the beta band

shes lucky dubstep came around then

Jon Carter was on every week as far as I remember.

Hunt married the late-night/early-morning BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs in April 1990, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. She was working for the NME at the time. They were married for five years. from lolwikipedia.

theres a seriously indulgent interview with her on theartsdesk website. cant say ive ever found her quite as intoxicating or fascinating as that journalist seemed to.

I love how no matter what song she plays, she presents it as the best song ever.

just like Zane Lowe in that respect.

"What did she even play in the late 90s other than big beat and the Beastie Boys?"

Uh garage.

sorry that was actually in response to "what else was there???!" I have no idea what she played.

she did play d&b and rock music like spiritualized and regular fries and also the beta band

― jabba hands, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

shes lucky dubstep came around then

― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

er yeaaaah

xp

her and zane both basically have the same sort of approach to presenting/fawning/annoying, just at total opp sides of the spectrum.

She had Royal Trux on her show in '98 or so.

she was very "eclectic" back then, which was seen as a good thing to be, in 1998. david holmes n shit.

I love how no matter what song she plays, she presents it as the best song ever.

If you were married to the Wonder stuff for 5 years, any music after 1995 would sound like the best thing ever.

Total Classic.

anyone who says it was all bigbeat needs to get a clue.

Hunt married the late-night/early-morning BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs in April 1990, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. She was working for the NME at the time. They were married for five years

Those were really not the years of prime Wonder Stuff either, were they? The 'Size of a Cow' years.

Never Loved Elvis is their best album, Size Of A Cow is the worst song on it by quite a distance.

I'm willing to admit that my knowledge of the Stuffies is probably as deep as a cowpat.

yah early 90s was p much the stuff supremacy

Okay okay, I have been both rumbled and humbled.

I had no idea she was married to Miles Hunt in the early 90s.

not only that, but he pinched her from Clint Poppie. "Wot you doin' calling my missus pre-Raphaelite?" was how Miles characterised his best mate's suspicions regarding Hunt's intentions.

Oh wow, more than just a little grebo then.

LEAVING THE BBC...

Yesterday i resigned from BBC Radio1, after an amazing multi-dimensional 14 year career.

The great freedoms the BBC have given in me as a broadcaster, have allowed me to help break so many confrontational artists as diverse as Slipknot and Skream, and of course, the whole genre of Dubstep in recent times.

My current Experimental show is in peak condition, it’s never been stronger. And although it’s a very emotional decision to leave the show that I love so much, it’s also an optimum moment to bow out, at the very top of my game.

My work for Radio1 on the Breezeblock, Rock Show, many fascinating documentaries about everything from David Bowie to Dubstep, on daytime, at festivals and award ceremonies, has been exceptionally rewarding. These have been glory days not just for me, but for all the artists who have shared my BBC platform, and of course, the listeners everywhere from Beijing to Berlin, Baltimore to Blackpool, who shared a great passion for future sound.

I will continue to DJ live, work in film, and curate at Sonar festival in Barcelona.

I have also accepted a new job mentoring and teaching students at the University of Sheffield’s Union Of Students radio station, TV station and the newspaper that operate out of their superb Forge Media Hub, which presents me with a really exciting new challenge.

My last show on BBC Radio1 will be broadcast:
September 8th>>9th … Wednesday night >> Thursday morning… 2-4am
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs

Thank you so much for listening..

http://www.myspace.com/maryannehobbs

14yrs!

Fare thee well, Mary Anne Hobgoblin

8(

that said, the show is currently quite odd - there are 3x15 minute mixes in every one, which kinda breaks things up (in a bad way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKXAtq3k-BY

MISS U BOO (BEFORE THE TIME U SUCKED THAT IS)

shutting up shop as we speak. having not listened to this show for @ least 5 years i'm amazed how soft-spoken and late-night-radio she sounds. she used to scream and shout all over the place like a mad woman! sad for her to be leaving either way. 2000-2002 her show was just amazing.

they rebroadcast the dubstep wars show at the weekend. think i still have it recorded from the first time but was nice to hear it again.

um, will listen to last show later. do i spoiler it for myself and look up who the secret guest mix was by?

this relates to my first ever thread on ilm: DJs you love to hate

i randomly tuned in to Radio 1 last night. first late night shows i've heard on the station in some years. caught the last 20 mins of Nihal's show - seemed like a fawning idiot - who mentioned it was gonna be Hobbs' last show. so i'd thought i'd stay up and listen for old time's sake, as i haven't heard her show since the Breezeblock around 98. i knew she was into dubstep n that, but when i realised it didn't start til 2, i thought i'd have a flick around. there was some crazy african stuff on a pirate station across the dial and something on Resonance. and i was temporarily distracted by the sound of the creepy voice-over like dude on Radio 3. he was playing dated and twee scandinavian electronica in between bits of classical, so it must have been Late Junction. then there was a banger on Heart FM, after which i sacked it off and went to sleep.

after which i sacked it off

tmi

http://createdigitalmusic.com/images/2010/07/mah_sonar.jpg

This is a bummer, I really liked her enthusiasm.

I remember being knocked out by her punctuality.

first episode of new show on xfm - http://www.maryannehobbs.com/

I bring this up because of one of my pet hates, Mary-Anne Hobbs... The show's format is great with an excellent selection of music, but Miss Hobbs manages to spoil it all by gushing all over the records saying things like "I've got written down that this record is a repetitive beat... but it's a wonderful one at that" or "Now stop what you're doing and sit down because i can guarantee you this is the best thing you've ever heard"
Obviously there are many more dj's i could rant about (Jamie Theakston, Chris Moyles) but they're far too obvious.

So who do you love to hate?

― Charlie Frame, Wednesday, 21 March 2001 01:00 (10 years ago) Bookmark

^^^ My first post on ILM.

oh i said that already. huh.

shes basically like the female/quieter zane lowe.

i think he (if not him who?) might be to blame when it comes to hyperbolic radio DJs, esp on radio 1.

Except at least MAH can stomach a synth sound. Zane Lowe is now officially my least favourite radio DJ by a country mile.

that xfm stream is of a low quality, everything sounds like it's being played off wax cylinder, even MAH.

plus adverts, ick.

I enjoy MAH's enthusiasm even if it is often ridiculous.

i love how on her website she talks about sourcing artists for the club scenes in black swan and calls them all 'her guys'. still, i suppose its better than being all corporate. from what i remember the music in those scenes was pretty anonymous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfXTZHjZZE

never forget.

Let's play MARY ANNE HOBBS Blind Items!

Tonight though, in the adjacent studio, the boy who is best known as the kid who sets the scene, in a sort of sonic sense, at (REDACTED); he’s recently been described by DJ magazine as having, and I quote, ‘a pioneering take on breakbeat science,’ and, er, I recommend that you partake of his exquisite new mix album...

Who is this boy who is the kid?

Goldie.

Toddla T? Nah...

There must be few phrases that sum up the mid-late '90s more effortlessly than "breakbeat science".

Hints: examples of the pioneering take on breakbeat science in the subsequent mix include "A Day In The Life with a breakbeat under it," "Bittersweet Symphony with a breakbeat under it," and "Tribe's Oh My God cut up on one turntable

http://www.dummymag.com/lists/mary-anne-hobbs-10-favourite-album-tracks-of-2013

love that she writes like she speaks:

Hobbs: "Peerless and utterly visceral.. this band are actually redefining womanhood."

Hobbs: "Nils has quite literally taken some of the complex textures of what I imagine love could be and transposed them into sound."

Hobbs: "I was a judge at the Mercury Music Prize this year and I made an impassioned case for James to win, on this very evidence."

THE MIGHTY........ arab strap

THE MIGHTY........ arab strap
--r|t|c

HA exactly. Circa 1998.

She's like the modern Annie Nightingale say?

She bigged up Monkey Mafia a lot back in the day too. And played that fucking Kevin Shields mix of Primal Scream every 10 minutes.

ah yes the sun ra one. sounded like a furious jaguar wandered into the studio halfway in. good times

b-b-but monkey mafia is grate!