Mary Anne Hobbs
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Mary Anne Hobbs (born May 16, 1963 in Garstang, Lancashire, England) is an English DJ and music journalist from Garstang, Lancashire. In the 1980s, at the age of 19, she worked as a journalist for Sounds Magazine. She later went to work for the NME, before going on to help found Loaded Magazine. She got her break in radio at BBC GLR, working alongside Mark Lamarr. She then worked at XFM before going to BBC Radio 1. She shot a TV series about global biker culture 'Mary Anne's Bikes' in Japan, America, Russia, India, and Europe for BBC Choice & BBC World in 2003, and presented the World Superbikes series 2005 for British Eurosport.
A fan of rock, heavy metal and motorbikes from an early age, she fronted the Radio1 Rock Show and the experimental / electronic Breezeblock on BBC Radio 1 for a number of years. In September 2006 the Breezeblock name was dropped for the title 'Experimental', but the show retained the name of its host in the title. Most recently, Hobbs has been a notable champion of the dubstep and grime genres. Her 2 hour special 'Dubstep Warz' on BBC Radio1 in January 2006 is widely regarded as the show that broke the dubstep sound globally. She released a groundbreaking dark electronic compilation album on Planet Mu records entitled Warrior Dubz in October 2006, drawing the sonic parallels between dubstep, grime, dark dancefloor, techno, d&b and hip hop. In June 2007, Hobbs curated the UK Dubstep showcase at the Sónar festival with Skream, Oris Jay and Kode 9, taking the sound out of club environments and onto an international festival stage in front of 8,500 people for the very first time. On February 7th 2008 the Dubstep Documentary she had made for BBC Radio 1 aired at 9pm inside Pete Tong's In New Music We Trust show [1]. There is a new compilation album, Evangeline, due out on Planet Mu in June 2008 to coincide with her second Sonar Festival Stage [2].
[edit] External links
- Biography at Radio 1
- Mary Anne Hobbs Radio 1 Show
- Mary Anne's MySpace profile
- Mary Anne Hobbs Archive
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