Hobbes

In ten years of hosting Edinburgh’s Radio 1 (Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide) award-nominated Trouble club night (originally Trouble At The Bluenote, est. 2002) and holding down DJ spots all over Scotland and as one half of the Trouble DJs, Hobbes exposed his DJing style to some of the finest clubs and festivals all over the world. From tiny sweat-boxes and after-hours affairs in London to super-clubs in Shanghai and Beijing, Rob Da Bank’s massive Big Top tent at Bestival to wee hot-spots in Tokyo, Warsaw, Sardinia, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Derry, Ghent, Zadar (Soundwave) and Belgrade, not to mention other UK festivals such as the Big Chill, T in The Park, Knockengorroch and Secret Garden Party, sharing the stage with acts such as Santogold, The Human League and Chromeo, among myriad others, Hobbes’ music knows no bounds. Espousing a broad music policy that’s simply ‘future-retro’ (where future classics rub up against genuine classics), Hobbes knows exactly how to rock the party and always recognises a good groove when he hears one, no matter what musical pigeon-hole people are stuffing it into this week.