Mary Anne Hobbs

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Mary Anne Hobbs
Hobbs DJing in 2008
Born (1964-05-16) 16 May 1964 (age 59)
Preston, Lancashire, England
SpouseMiles Hunt (1990–95)
Career
ShowMary Anne Hobbs
StationBBC Radio 6 Music
Time slot10:30–13:00 Monday–Friday
StyleDJ (experimental)
CountryUnited Kingdom

Mary Anne Hobbs (born 16 May 1964) is an English

BBC Prom with Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory for the Sullen
in 2015. She performs as a live DJ internationally, at events such as the opening of Switch House at TATE Modern and the TATE Britain re-hang celebrations in 2023.

Early life

Hobbs was born in

BBC GLR
.

Career

Hobbs then worked at

CBBC science series Why 5.[4]

Radio shows

Hobbs first joined Radio 1 in January 1996, as co-presenter of the weekly Clingfilm movie review show with

genres
and hosted the legendary 'Dubstep Warz' special on BBC Radio 1 in January 2006.

On 23 July 2010, Hobbs announced on her MySpace page that she was leaving

University of Sheffield Union of Students
.

On 9 July 2011, Hobbs returned to radio in the primetime slot (7 – 10 pm Saturdays) she had always coveted for electronic music, broadcasting from XFM in Manchester. In September 2011 she began hosting the relaunched "Music:Response" evening show across the

XFM network. On 31 October 2012, she announced live on-air and on her Facebook page that she was leaving XFM the following day.[6]

On 3 December 2012, the BBC announced that Hobbs was to become the new Weekend Breakfast presenter for BBC Radio 6 Music.[7]

In 2013 and 2014 she made documentaries for BBC Radio 4,[8] and hosted Saturday Classics programmes for BBC Radio 3 making the connections between contemporary and classical music.[9]

On 9 August 2018, the BBC announced that Hobbs was moving to weekday mid-mornings, replacing Lauren Laverne.[10] Hobbs' first show in this slot was on 7 January 2019.

Live DJing

Hobbs has toured as a live DJ and curated events internationally since 2006. In June 2007, Hobbs curated the UK Dubstep showcase at the

Joker, The Gaslamp Killer and Martyn, and in 2010 again with Flying Lotus and also with new British producers/DJs Roska and Joy Orbison. In 2011 she played solo to her biggest ever audience of 15,000 people at Sonar, and in 2012 she created a one-off collaborative Descent into Darkness performance with techno producer Blawan
. She returned solo in 2013 for the festival's 20th anniversary.

Other

Hobbs owns an original Banksy, gifted to her personally by the artist for her birthday in the year 2000. It is an early prototype of his piece ‘Love Is In The Air’ and is currently on display at Manchester Art Gallery.[11]

Discography

Hobbs released a 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. She followed this with two more compilations: Evangeline in June 2008 and Wild Angels in September 2009.[12]

Soundtracks

Grammy Award
nominated.

Hobbs is mentioned in the

Trouble Over Bridgwater.[13]

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0261-3077. Archived
    from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. ^ Muggs, Joe (12 December 2009). "Mary Anne Hobbs". Veryverymuch.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ Muggs, Joe (21 November 2009). "DJ Mary Anne Hobbs". Theartsdesk.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Why 5". LocateTV. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 1 People - Mary Anne Hobbs". Radio Rewind. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Mary Anne Hobbs - I have some news.. I've resigned from..." Facebook. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  7. ^ Mary Anne Hobbs. "Mary Anne Hobbs joins BBC Radio 6 Music as the new host of Weekend Breakfast - Media Centre". BBC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. ^ Mary Anne Hobbs. "BBC Radio 4 - A Mortal Work of Art". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  9. ^ Mary Anne Hobbs. "Saturday Classics - what time is it on TV". RadioTimes. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  10. ^ "BBC - BBC Radio 6 Music announces schedule changes for January 2019 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Mary Ann Hobbs Interview at The Journalix". www.TheJournalix.com. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Planet Mu Records". Planet-mu.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  13. ^ Chris Rand. ""Nove on the Sly" by Half Man Half Biscuit - Lyrics and Videos". Chrisrand.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

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