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DUBSTAR at 30: Song No.9 2026 Renovation
Now, thanks to the magic of modern technology, the 1995 recording has been carefully cleaned, enhanced, and revitalized. Thirty years on—and for the very first time—Song No.9 finally sounds exactly the way it was always meant to. Enjoy!
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
Now, thanks to the magic of modern technology, the 1995 recording has been carefully cleaned, enhanced, and revitalized. Thirty years on—and for the very first time—Song No.9 finally sounds exactly the way it was always meant to. Enjoy!
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
DUBSTAR - SONG No.9 2026 Renovation
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
DUBSTAR at 30: Song No.9 2026 Renovation
Now, thanks to the magic of modern technology, the 1995 recording has been carefully cleaned, enhanced, and revitalized. Thirty years on—and for the very first time—Song No.9 finally sounds exactly the way it was always meant to. Enjoy!
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
Now, thanks to the magic of modern technology, the 1995 recording has been carefully cleaned, enhanced, and revitalized. Thirty years on—and for the very first time—Song No.9 finally sounds exactly the way it was always meant to. Enjoy!
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
Reposted by Dubstar Official
DUBSTAR at 30: Song No.9 2026 Renovation
Originally tucked away as a humble B-side on the CD single of Not So Manic Now, Song No.9 has gone on to become one of the finest and most enduring tracks Dubstar ever released.
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
Originally tucked away as a humble B-side on the CD single of Not So Manic Now, Song No.9 has gone on to become one of the finest and most enduring tracks Dubstar ever released.
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
DUBSTAR at 30: Song No.9 2026 Renovation
Originally tucked away as a humble B-side on the CD single of Not So Manic Now, Song No.9 has gone on to become one of the finest and most enduring tracks Dubstar ever released.
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
Originally tucked away as a humble B-side on the CD single of Not So Manic Now, Song No.9 has gone on to become one of the finest and most enduring tracks Dubstar ever released.
youtu.be/jWtbA3ns8aw
DUBSTAR Archive: Coming Soon!
January 7, 2026 at 8:56 AM
DUBSTAR Archive: Coming Soon!
DUBSTAR at 30: MANIC the Blog Post!
So If you need a distraction from the Christmas afterglow and New Years Eve dread, read the story of how NOT SO MANIC NOW opened a world of opportunities for Dubstar thirty years ago!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
So If you need a distraction from the Christmas afterglow and New Years Eve dread, read the story of how NOT SO MANIC NOW opened a world of opportunities for Dubstar thirty years ago!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
Dubstar: NOT SO MANIC NOW GDR demo | Steve Hillier
Not So Manic Now , Dubstar ’s third single, was released on 27 December 1995 and entered the UK Top 40 singles chart a week later. I’d forgotten that Manic had been a Christmas single; I assumed it...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
DUBSTAR at 30: MANIC the Blog Post!
So If you need a distraction from the Christmas afterglow and New Years Eve dread, read the story of how NOT SO MANIC NOW opened a world of opportunities for Dubstar thirty years ago!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
So If you need a distraction from the Christmas afterglow and New Years Eve dread, read the story of how NOT SO MANIC NOW opened a world of opportunities for Dubstar thirty years ago!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
DUBSTAR at 30: MANIC the Blog Post!
Twixtmas isn’t just for eating leftovers and Netflix frustration, in the 1990s it was the best time for a breaking band to release their big single!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
Twixtmas isn’t just for eating leftovers and Netflix frustration, in the 1990s it was the best time for a breaking band to release their big single!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
Dubstar: NOT SO MANIC NOW GDR demo | Steve Hillier
Not So Manic Now , Dubstar ’s third single, was released on 27 December 1995 and entered the UK Top 40 singles chart a week later. I’d forgotten that Manic had been a Christmas single; I assumed it...
www.stevehillier.net
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
DUBSTAR at 30: MANIC the Blog Post!
Twixtmas isn’t just for eating leftovers and Netflix frustration, in the 1990s it was the best time for a breaking band to release their big single!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
Twixtmas isn’t just for eating leftovers and Netflix frustration, in the 1990s it was the best time for a breaking band to release their big single!
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/nsmngdr
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
I’ll be putting up a blog post with some background gossip when I’ve cleared Christmas from my kitchen, so in the meantime sit back and enjoy this never before heard version of one of Dubstar’s seminal hits:
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
I’ll be putting up a blog post with some background gossip when I’ve cleared Christmas from my kitchen, so in the meantime sit back and enjoy this never before heard version of one of Dubstar’s seminal hits:
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR - NOT SO MANIC NOW GDR demo
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
I’ll be putting up a blog post with some background gossip when I’ve cleared Christmas from my kitchen, so in the meantime sit back and enjoy this never before heard version of one of Dubstar’s seminal hits:
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
I’ll be putting up a blog post with some background gossip when I’ve cleared Christmas from my kitchen, so in the meantime sit back and enjoy this never before heard version of one of Dubstar’s seminal hits:
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
This demo, recorded with Graeme Robinson in his back room in Darlington, is the reworked arrangement of our version of the Brick Supply song. It’s very similar to the single, and Sarah’s vocal is outstanding in all senses.
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
This demo, recorded with Graeme Robinson in his back room in Darlington, is the reworked arrangement of our version of the Brick Supply song. It’s very similar to the single, and Sarah’s vocal is outstanding in all senses.
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR - NOT SO MANIC NOW GDR demo
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
This demo, recorded with Graeme Robinson in his back room in Darlington, is the reworked arrangement of our version of the Brick Supply song. It’s very similar to the single, and Sarah’s vocal is outstanding in all senses.
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
This demo, recorded with Graeme Robinson in his back room in Darlington, is the reworked arrangement of our version of the Brick Supply song. It’s very similar to the single, and Sarah’s vocal is outstanding in all senses.
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
Merry Christmas/New Year perineum everyone! It was on this day exactly thirty years ago that we released Not So Manic Now, the song that would take us into the Top 20 for the first time and our debut on Top of the Pops just a week later
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
Merry Christmas/New Year perineum everyone! It was on this day exactly thirty years ago that we released Not So Manic Now, the song that would take us into the Top 20 for the first time and our debut on Top of the Pops just a week later
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR - NOT SO MANIC NOW GDR demo
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
DUBSTAR at 30: Not So Manic Now GDR demo
Merry Christmas/New Year perineum everyone! It was on this day exactly thirty years ago that we released Not So Manic Now, the song that would take us into the Top 20 for the first time and our debut on Top of the Pops just a week later
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
Merry Christmas/New Year perineum everyone! It was on this day exactly thirty years ago that we released Not So Manic Now, the song that would take us into the Top 20 for the first time and our debut on Top of the Pops just a week later
youtu.be/XAXhgMz6R4g
DUBSTAR Archive: Merry Christmas!
But today, it felt right to return to the most popular Dubstar release of the year: WINDOW PAIN — the song that was to mark the act’s comeback in 2013.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
With love, DUBSTAR Archive
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
But today, it felt right to return to the most popular Dubstar release of the year: WINDOW PAIN — the song that was to mark the act’s comeback in 2013.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
With love, DUBSTAR Archive
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
DUBSTAR - Window Pain 2025
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
DUBSTAR Archive: Merry Christmas!
But today, it felt right to return to the most popular Dubstar release of the year: WINDOW PAIN — the song that was to mark the act’s comeback in 2013.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
With love, DUBSTAR Archive
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
But today, it felt right to return to the most popular Dubstar release of the year: WINDOW PAIN — the song that was to mark the act’s comeback in 2013.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
With love, DUBSTAR Archive
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
plus the release of the original GDR demo of NOT SO MANIC NOW on 27th December 2025, exactly thirty years to the day since Manic first came out as a single in 1995. Watch out for that as the Boxing Day blur subsides.
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q?...
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q?...
DUBSTAR - Window Pain 2025
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
plus the release of the original GDR demo of NOT SO MANIC NOW on 27th December 2025, exactly thirty years to the day since Manic first came out as a single in 1995. Watch out for that as the Boxing Day blur subsides.
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q?...
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q?...
DUBSTAR Archive: Merry Christmas!
It’s been a busy year at the Dubstar Archive and 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. We’ve got another dozen previously unheard Dubstar songs on the way,
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
It’s been a busy year at the Dubstar Archive and 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. We’ve got another dozen previously unheard Dubstar songs on the way,
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
DUBSTAR - Window Pain 2025
YouTube video by Dubstar Archive
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
DUBSTAR Archive: Merry Christmas!
It’s been a busy year at the Dubstar Archive and 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. We’ve got another dozen previously unheard Dubstar songs on the way,
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
It’s been a busy year at the Dubstar Archive and 2026 is shaping up to be even bigger. We’ve got another dozen previously unheard Dubstar songs on the way,
youtu.be/EHorA_8az_Q
DUBSTAR Archive will return with NOT SO MANIC NOW on Saturday December 27th!
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
DUBSTAR Archive will return with NOT SO MANIC NOW on Saturday December 27th!
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
Reposted by Dubstar Official
POLITEK: ISLAND
Thanks so much for your support this year, it really does mean a lot. It's been a crazy one, here's hoping we can see it out with a friendly bang!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas & a peaceful start to 2026. See you on the other side.
STEVE
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Thanks so much for your support this year, it really does mean a lot. It's been a crazy one, here's hoping we can see it out with a friendly bang!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas & a peaceful start to 2026. See you on the other side.
STEVE
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Island
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
POLITEK: ISLAND
Thanks so much for your support this year, it really does mean a lot. It's been a crazy one, here's hoping we can see it out with a friendly bang!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas & a peaceful start to 2026. See you on the other side.
STEVE
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Thanks so much for your support this year, it really does mean a lot. It's been a crazy one, here's hoping we can see it out with a friendly bang!
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas & a peaceful start to 2026. See you on the other side.
STEVE
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Reposted by Dubstar Official
POLITEK: ISLAND
I held it back to ride the wave of Christmas parties, late nights and last-minute shopping chaos. It’s a euphoric, head-in-the-clouds rush that lifts you way up.
There’s an instrumental version for those of you who prefer your beats straight-up.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
I held it back to ride the wave of Christmas parties, late nights and last-minute shopping chaos. It’s a euphoric, head-in-the-clouds rush that lifts you way up.
There’s an instrumental version for those of you who prefer your beats straight-up.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Island
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
POLITEK: ISLAND
I held it back to ride the wave of Christmas parties, late nights and last-minute shopping chaos. It’s a euphoric, head-in-the-clouds rush that lifts you way up.
There’s an instrumental version for those of you who prefer your beats straight-up.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
I held it back to ride the wave of Christmas parties, late nights and last-minute shopping chaos. It’s a euphoric, head-in-the-clouds rush that lifts you way up.
There’s an instrumental version for those of you who prefer your beats straight-up.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Reposted by Dubstar Official
POLITEK: ISLAND
It kicked off the burst of writing, producing and releasing that’s shaped my year, and it still feels special to me
ISLAND is built for the dance floor.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
It kicked off the burst of writing, producing and releasing that’s shaped my year, and it still feels special to me
ISLAND is built for the dance floor.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Island
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
POLITEK: ISLAND
It kicked off the burst of writing, producing and releasing that’s shaped my year, and it still feels special to me
ISLAND is built for the dance floor.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
It kicked off the burst of writing, producing and releasing that’s shaped my year, and it still feels special to me
ISLAND is built for the dance floor.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Reposted by Dubstar Official
POLITEK: ISLAND
Hi everyone — hope you’re enjoying the run-up to Christmas.
Today I’m putting out my final release of 2025, and it’s a proper banger! ISLAND was the first Trance track I wrote as POLITEK, way back in early summer.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Hi everyone — hope you’re enjoying the run-up to Christmas.
Today I’m putting out my final release of 2025, and it’s a proper banger! ISLAND was the first Trance track I wrote as POLITEK, way back in early summer.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Island
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
POLITEK: ISLAND
Hi everyone — hope you’re enjoying the run-up to Christmas.
Today I’m putting out my final release of 2025, and it’s a proper banger! ISLAND was the first Trance track I wrote as POLITEK, way back in early summer.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Hi everyone — hope you’re enjoying the run-up to Christmas.
Today I’m putting out my final release of 2025, and it’s a proper banger! ISLAND was the first Trance track I wrote as POLITEK, way back in early summer.
open.spotify.com/track/1Na1r7...
Christmas tune from Steve of DUBSTAR out now!
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Christmas tune from Steve of DUBSTAR out now!
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Don’t forget you can access the whole DUBSTAR archive right here right now!
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www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
Don’t forget you can access the whole DUBSTAR archive right here right now!
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www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
Dubstar Archive
This channel is all about Dubstar, the 1990s dreampop act from Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.
This channel features unreleased and previous unheard material from Dubstar, spanning our entire career t...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Don’t forget you can access the whole DUBSTAR archive right here right now!
/end
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
Don’t forget you can access the whole DUBSTAR archive right here right now!
/end
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Hear one of the very first Dubstar recordings, and discover where that snare sound came from. You do want to know where that snare sound came from, right?
3/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Hear one of the very first Dubstar recordings, and discover where that snare sound came from. You do want to know where that snare sound came from, right?
3/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Dubstar: WEEK IN WEEK OUT JESMOND DEMO | Steve Hillier
Week in Week Out is one of Dubstar ’s first and oldest songs. This demo was among the earliest recordings I made in my flat in Jesmond , Newcastle upon Tyne, on a tiny Tascam PortaOne cassette ma...
www.stevehillier.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Hear one of the very first Dubstar recordings, and discover where that snare sound came from. You do want to know where that snare sound came from, right?
3/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Hear one of the very first Dubstar recordings, and discover where that snare sound came from. You do want to know where that snare sound came from, right?
3/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
One of those happy accidents where the glue between the parts becomes the magic. A small moment in a chilly Tyneside flat. A future track six being quietly born
2/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
One of those happy accidents where the glue between the parts becomes the magic. A small moment in a chilly Tyneside flat. A future track six being quietly born
2/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Dubstar: WEEK IN WEEK OUT JESMOND DEMO | Steve Hillier
Week in Week Out is one of Dubstar ’s first and oldest songs. This demo was among the earliest recordings I made in my flat in Jesmond , Newcastle upon Tyne, on a tiny Tascam PortaOne cassette ma...
www.stevehillier.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
One of those happy accidents where the glue between the parts becomes the magic. A small moment in a chilly Tyneside flat. A future track six being quietly born
2/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
One of those happy accidents where the glue between the parts becomes the magic. A small moment in a chilly Tyneside flat. A future track six being quietly born
2/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Week In Week Out - the great Dubstar collage. A verse drafted in a different band, a chorus scribbled on the back of a school note book, a pinch of poetry, a beat from somewhere else, suddenly it worked.
1/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Week In Week Out - the great Dubstar collage. A verse drafted in a different band, a chorus scribbled on the back of a school note book, a pinch of poetry, a beat from somewhere else, suddenly it worked.
1/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Dubstar: WEEK IN WEEK OUT JESMOND DEMO | Steve Hillier
Week in Week Out is one of Dubstar ’s first and oldest songs. This demo was among the earliest recordings I made in my flat in Jesmond , Newcastle upon Tyne, on a tiny Tascam PortaOne cassette ma...
www.stevehillier.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Dubstar at 30: WEEK IN WEEK OUT Jesmond Demo
Week In Week Out - the great Dubstar collage. A verse drafted in a different band, a chorus scribbled on the back of a school note book, a pinch of poetry, a beat from somewhere else, suddenly it worked.
1/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
Week In Week Out - the great Dubstar collage. A verse drafted in a different band, a chorus scribbled on the back of a school note book, a pinch of poetry, a beat from somewhere else, suddenly it worked.
1/4
www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/wiwo
DUBSTAR Archive: new release tomorrow!
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
DUBSTAR Archive: new release tomorrow!
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM