CRAZY P/ COBBY, STEVE / FLASH ATKINS - LOOK FORWARD AND BACK

Crazy P (formerly known as Crazy Penis) have been leaving their mark on the landscape of British dance music for the last 15 years. Formed in 1995 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron, it was the era of Ataris, Akais and bedroom studios and, through their love of bending and reshaping old records from many different genres, a production partnership was born in the backstreets of Nottingham. After a couple of releases under various different monikers, the work attracted the ears of deep house label Paper Recordings based in Manchester and Crazy P was born. Their first four albums ‘A Nice Hot Bath With’ (1999), ‘The Wicked Is Music’ (2002), and ’24 Psychedelic Freakout’ (2003), and ‘A Night On Earth’ (2004), coupled with the addition of live band members Tim Davies, Matt Klose, and the vocals of the inimitable Danielle Moore saw Crazy P gain acclaim, record sales, DJ gigs, and most pertinently, live shows, across the world. Equally at home on huge outdoor festival stages in Australia or basement sweatboxes in East London, Crazy P have made their name with a unerring combination of lushly structured songs and live power, whilst never forgetting their roots on the dance floors of the late 90s’ house, disco, and soul clubs. 2008 saw Crazy P sign with 2020 Vision – a natural fit for the band with their their roots in early house and techno. Stop Space Return (2008) was the first fruit of this new label hook up, with the album’s title track becoming something of an anthem for both DJs and as part of the band’s live show. Preceding the return to fashion for disco and boogie by about two years, ‘Stop Space Return’ showed a new breed of producers that Crazy P were right on top of their game – with the ‘new school’ of Artists like Jamie Jones, Wolf and Lamb, Reboot, and KiNK on the phone for remixes, alongside pop acts such as VV Brown, Empire of the Sun, and Sam Sparro. 2011 saw them releasing ‘Crazy P presents MTS Vol.1’ a two track EP influenced by their increasingly busy DJ and Soundsystem show schedule whilst they finished off their sixth album When We On. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Steve Cobby is a British electronic musician, composer, DJ and producer, based in Hull, Yorkshire. Cobby co-founded Fila Brazillia with David McSherry in 1990. From 1990 to 1998 Fila Brazillia releases were on the Hull based Pork Recordings established by David 'Porky' Brennand and Cobby. In 1999 Cobby and McSherry set up the Yorkshire based Twentythree Records with Sim Lister. As Fila Brazillia Cobby and McSherry released 10 albums + one 'Best of' , 24 singles and EP's, and countless numbers of remixes. Following the release of their 'Retrospective' album in 2006, Fila Brazillia quietly split. In 2006 Cobby and Lister established Steel Tiger Records. Steve Cobby now works with Porky as 'The Cutler', with Rich Arthurs of Orgatronics as 'Peacecorps', with Sim Lister as one half of J*S*T*A*R*S, with Lister and Jake Harries as Heights of Abraham, with Stephen Mallinder (founding member of Cabaret Voltaire)as Hey, Rube! formerly The Light Programme, with DJ and club owner Adam Regan as Chieftain and on his own as The Solid Doctor. As 'The Cutler' Cobby has released an album (cd and download) Cutler in July 2008, and a 5 track (download only) EP entitled Black Flag in August 2009. A new album The Best Things In Life Aren't Things will be released on July 16 2012 For further information about The Cutler visit [official site]www.thecutler.com[/official site] and [official site]www.steeltiger.co.uk[/official site] The 2010 'Light Programme' mix of Billie Ray Martin's 'The Crackdown' can be found on 'The Crackdown Project - Vol.2 - Darkness Restored'. As a member of Heights of Abraham Cobby has released three albums Humidity in 1993, *Electric Hush in 1995, and Two Thousand And Six in 2005. Electric Hush was re-released in 1998 by ZTT. J*S*T*A*R*S released an album (cd and download) in 2006 entitled Put Me On A Planet. Loose Nuke Threat from this album was used in 2004 and 2005 by the John Lewis Partnership for their spring advertising campaign (including TV and cinema) - ' Spring Is Here'. For further information about J*S*T*A*R*S and Loose Nuke Threat visit [official site]www.loosenukethreat.co.uk[/official site] and [official site]www.steeltiger.co.uk[/official site] Cobby's solo project 'The Solid Doctor' released two albums How about some Ether? and Beats Means Highs in 1995 and 1996 respectively. For further information about Steve Cobby visit [official site]www.23online.co.uk[/official site] and [official site]www.steeltiger.co.uk[/official site] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Flash Atkins is a super hero who had his gravy days in the 80s saving the world with his ability to manipulate sound. Unfortunately he's fallen on hard times and can be spotted in the less salubrious parts of London, often stoned or drunk on borrowed money. To make ends meet he uses his special powers to remix and make deep tech-soul tracks for We Are Woodville and paperecordings which he also runs. The Sweetshop, a new single with 70s crooner Caspa Codina is out in spring 2009 with EPs due later in the year featuring Bajka (Bonobo), George Demure, and Danielle Moore (Crazy P). Let’s hope it gets him back on track. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.