Established in 2013, Hobbes Music is the Edinburgh label run by Hobbes that grew out of his Trouble club events. 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 (Cabaret Voltaire, Bongo Club, The Voodoo Rooms and the Jazz Bar/Blue Note in Edinburgh; La Cheetah/Glasgow (for Slabs Of The Tabernacle); Snafu/Aberdeen; The Reading Rooms/Dundee) 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. He has worked with countless names from across the soul/dance spectrum: Candi Staton, Marlena Shaw, Horace Andy, Arrested Development, Ashely Beedle, Norman Jay, Jazzie B (Soul II Soul), Daddy G (Massive Attack), Dego (4hero), Fat Freddys Drop, The Black Seeds, Shapeshifter, Roy Ayers, The Headhunters, Mr Scruff, Greg Wilson, Gilles Peterson, Rainer Truby, The Unabombers, Mark Rae, Jazzanova, Crazy P, The Nextmen, Quantic, Alice Russell, Mim Suleiman, Horse Meat Disco, The Herbaliser, Aim, Ben Westbeech, Dixon, Ame, The Revenge, Bugz In The Attic, DJ Vadim, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Domu, Mark Pritchard, Neil Landstrumm, JD Twitch (Optimo), Kirk Degiorgio, Ian O’Brien, The Bays, Patife, Drumagick, Fernanda Porto, Craig Smith/6th Borough Project, Gareth Sommerville, Hudson Mohawke, LuckyMe, Eclair FiFi, Linkwood, Quarion, Silver Columns, Auntie Flo, Fudge Fingas, Lone, Mount Kimbie, Creep, Redinho, Actress, among others… Espousing a broad music policy that’s simply ‘future-retro’ (where future classics rub up against genuine classics), Hobbes knows 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. Hobbes DJ mixes are archived on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/hobbes LABEL 2010-2012 saw the development of the Hobbes Music label, to release a unique remix series marking the tenth anniversary of Trouble (partially funded by Creative Scotland), Leonidas & Hobbes productions and more. Releases have picked up support from the likes of Avalon Emerson, Daniel Avery, Andrew Weatherall, Erol Alkan, Groove Armada, Laurent Garnier, Bill Brewster, Justin Robertson, Ivan Smagghe, XDB, MCDE, KiNK, TEED, Kiki, Maceo Plex, OOFT!, Domenic (Subculture), Auntie Flo, Tony Humphries, Greg Wilson, Tim Sweeney, Leo Mas, Alfredo, Horse Meat Disco, Crazy P, The Revenge, Hugh Herrera, JD Twitch/Optimo, Joe Morris/Clandestino, Yogi Haughton (SSW), The Ransom Note, Music For Dreams, DJ Mag, Mixmag, The Skinny, Sonica Ibiza, Ibiza Voice, Resident Advisor, The Ransom Note, Tom Ravenscroft, Nemone, Gideon Coe and Rob Da Bank & Ally McCrae (ex-BBC Radio 1), Stuart Maconie (BBC 6Music), Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland) and many, many more… In 2017, the 'Voynich / 'STCFTHOTA' 12" (HM007) was an underground hit in the house & techno scene for new artist DALI, while Leonidas & Hobbes's 'Rags Of Time' EP (HM008) was big on the Balearic scene and consequently voted Release Of The Year by DJs on Bill Brewster's 'DJ History' podcast. Each release adds weight to a label becoming more broadly recognised for espousing a consistent level of quality while not following any trends. Label releases can be sampled in full on Bandcamp: https://hobbesmusicon.bandcamp.com More info: http://hobbesmusic.co.uk/about