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One of the earliest artists and musical activists in the Brighton scene that has spawned so many great bands of recent years, including several he has played in, it’s actually amazing that Monster Bobby has only just completed his debut album! It’s called Gaps and you can read more about it on our news page! It is a full-blown studio experience far beyond that which fans of his solo shows or singles are used to. Expect the same endearing humour, dry wit, willfully obtuse song titles, unruly samples, emotional directness and of course catchy melodies, except done in a proper studio (OK, so it was mainly done in his mate’s bedroom...). There was actually some time in a real studio with a multitudinous array of instruments including tuba, piccolo, you name it! Anyway, it's a really sensational record and we can't wait until you hear it!

Monster Bobby was able to help breathe some badly-needed life into the Brighton music scene, beginning in the late 90's with a series of DIY club nights called Totally Bored or "TB", Monster Bobby bristles at the idea of being tagged as a Promoter in any sort of pejorative sense: "TB started with a bunch of people in bands in Brighton being pissed off with the local music scene-- in particular, the current state of the local indie radio show 'Totally Wired' (hence - Totally Bored)-- and one or two local promoters."

The bands that were initially involved in TB were The Feltro Media (who soon changed their name to the Electric Soft Parade), British Sea Power, The Tenderfoot, No Bardot (who after some changes in line-up and sound became Restless List), The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and my old band Ice-Nine, and all these bands crystallised around a studio called Mockin' Bird Studio, which was like our clubhouse." Run by Marc Beatty, bassist in Ice-Nine and keyboardist in Tenderfoot (and later, member of the Brakes, who is also heard playing a bit of bass on Gaps), the nights eventually spread along with Monster Bobby's considerable academic interests to London's New Cross where it grew into a zine and a radio show.

Monster Bobby is starting his own label called Little Other Records, which will be available exclusively though Hypnote Recording Concern.

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Monster Bobby's influences, as cited on his myspace page:

Disco Inferno, Wreckless Eric, Arthur Russell, Leonard Cohen, Charlie Chaplin, Negativland, Pierre Schaeffer, Edgard Varese, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Thomas Truax, Soft Cell, Chris T-T, Terry Riley, Bark Psychosis, Magnetic Fields, Steward, Cybotron, Hood, Destiny's Child, Bobby Darin, Slavoj Zizek, Buster Keaton, Kid606, Harry Partch, Cex, Noel Coward, People Like Us, Pierre Henry, Joe Meek, Link Wray, Ohio Express, Human League, Scritti Politti, Gilles Deleuze, Elvis Presley, Aaliyah, Phil Spector, Annie, the Pastels, Girls Aloud, 2Live Crew, Salt 'n' Pepa, Drexciya, Matthew Dear, Ariel Pink, Alain Badiou, Steve Reich and Stan Laurel.