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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: INTERPRETATION Test your sample-spotting skills here. If you know your 1980s and 2000s electropop you’re in for a treat. Drop what you spot in the replies. CLUE: Liverpool. youtu.be/W9N-QadkwR8

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DUBSTAR - Interpretation

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: INTERPRETATION INTERPRETATION is another DUBSTAR song that went through several incarnations, including a trip to Malta. This is the final version and by far the best. It’s DUBSTAR saying ‘no more messing around, we’re BACK! (and this time it’s personal)’. youtu.be/W9N-QadkwR8

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DUBSTAR - Interpretation

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: INTERPRETATION I always imagined the next DUBSTAR album would open with Window Pain and then smash in with this banger. Drums hit hard, guitars are loud throughout, big chorus hook. Yes! youtu.be/W9N-QadkwR8

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DUBSTAR - Interpretation

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: INTERPRETATION Warning: this DUBSTAR song contains naughty samples. Can you spot all of them? youtu.be/W9N-QadkwR8

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DUBSTAR - Interpretation

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: new song on Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive: new never heard before song this Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns with a previously unheard song next week!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out today!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out today!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New single from Dubstar's Steve Hillier out tomorrow! open.spotify.com/playlist/1d7...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Steve from Dubstar's POLITEK: Impossible EXTENDED VERSION and instrumental out this Friday! open.spotify.com/playlist/1d7...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

DUBSTAR archive: ELEVATOR SONG hits the UK TOP 40! It's a tidy little gem, laid down on a Tascam four-track in my front room in Jesmond. Has it aged well? Let me what you think. youtu.be/ZH4XJom5DpM

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DUBSTAR - The Joans ELEVATOR SONG 1993 four track demo STEVE VOCAL

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

DUBSTAR archive: ELEVATOR SONG hits the UK TOP 40! To mark this anniversary here's a previously unheard 1993 version of the track, with Gavin Lee on bass and yours truly on vocals. It might be the last thing The Joans recorded before Sarah Blackwood joined & we became Dubstar youtu.be/ZH4XJom5DpM

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DUBSTAR - The Joans ELEVATOR SONG 1993 four track demo STEVE VOCAL

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

DUBSTAR archive: ELEVATOR SONG hits the UK TOP 40! Thirty years ago today, Dubstar's "Elevator Song" jumped into the UK Top 40. It was our fifth single in a row to achieve this amazing status. youtu.be/ZH4XJom5DpM

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DUBSTAR - The Joans ELEVATOR SONG 1993 four track demo STEVE VOCAL

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New music from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out now!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier this Friday!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New POLITEK single from Dubstar's STEVE HILLIER next week! open.spotify.com/playlist/1d7...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30 : Superstar 2008 DEMO But did you know Superstar was inspired by the infamous Big Brother TV show of 2006? And a chance visit to one of the contestant’s house? And its humble writer's quest against cynicism? Read and hear all about it here www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/sup2008

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Dubstar: Superstar 2008 DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

Claire and I started our long search for somewhere bigger to live in 2007. We'd long outgrown our apartment on Adelaide Crescent in Hove . One of the back rooms had been dedicated to music (where man...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30 : Superstar 2008 DEMO Here is the only Dubstar song written with celebrity in mind, one of three previously unheard songs that we played at the comeback show in London in 2013. That live recording has lived on YouTube for a little while… www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/sup2008

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Dubstar: Superstar 2008 DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30 : Superstar 2008 DEMO ‘Fame fame fatal fame, it can play hideous tricks on the brain’ sang The Smiths in happier times. But fame can be brilliant fun, you might get rich & you might meet your future life partner. Let’s celebrate it! www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/sup2008

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Dubstar: Superstar 2008 DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

DUBSTAR archive new song tomorrow! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns on Friday 26th June! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New single from DUBSTAR'S Steve Hillier out now!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New music from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier this Friday!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

DUBSTAR archive will return on Friday 26th June!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Touching Inside DEMO But the best thing is the unanswered questions the song provokes: Can hands speak to brains? What did your dad say? And what is Steve’s obsession with the Hawkshaw family? Work out what’s going on yourself here: www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/touchinginside

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Dubstar: Touching Inside DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

Touching Inside was a song we recorded as part of the second demo session for the third Dubstar album, Make It Better . It’s a tiny little thing and ticks all the boxes of classic Dubstar tropes fr...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Touching Inside DEMO How do we know this? The dummy lyrics that survived all the way to the A&R process, the shrieking guitars and the most recognisable sample ever to feature on a Dubstar tune. www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/touchinginside

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Dubstar: Touching Inside DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Touching Inside DEMO Dubstar do Britpop! Kind of. Touching Inside is a demo recorded in 1998 that encapsulates a side of the act rarely heard: three people not taking themselves terribly seriously. www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/touchinginside

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Dubstar: Touching Inside DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns this Friday!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New single from Dubstar's Steve Hillier this Friday!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New music from Dubstar's Steve Hillier next week!

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New music from Dubstar's Steve Hillier

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: YOU’RE MINE demo And then one night deep in the bowels of VATs Bar in Hove a wizard wheeze emerged: what’s stopping us doing our own version of Blur’s Song 2? Nothing, nothing at all. Stop thinking, start drinking and fire up the samplers! www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/youremine

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Dubstar: You’re Mine DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

You're Mine was one of the earliest songs written and recorded for Dubstar 's third album. Third albums are often moments of reinvention. Maybe you're trying to break through to fame and fortune ...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: YOU’RE MINE demo The writing for the 3rd Dubstar album was underway, a new direction for the act was being explored. There were Hip Hop Beats, synths the Chemical Brothers would be proud of, a toughening of sound with everything to play for www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/youremine

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Dubstar: You’re Mine DEMO | STEVE HILLIER

You're Mine was one of the earliest songs written and recorded for Dubstar 's third album. Third albums are often moments of reinvention. Maybe you're trying to break through to fame and fortune ...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns this Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns this Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

DUBSTAR archive returns next week! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: SPECIAL BONUS bonus! Here it is with my guide vocal that I recorded for Sarah to sing along to. In this case I was clearly channeling the original vocal part from Country Joe himself. Luckily Sarah completely ignored that aspect of my performance youtu.be/AlfHE_nn7rM

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'DUBSTAR' - JANIS demo STEVE GUIDE VOCAL

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: SPECIAL BONUS bonus! Having mentioned that I'd found my vocal part for the DUBSTAR version of JANIS, a few people got in touch wanting to hear it. So.... youtu.be/AlfHE_nn7rM

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'DUBSTAR' - JANIS demo STEVE GUIDE VOCAL

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars back in the UK TOP 40 I took a look through my notes from those heady days and made this short video where I reflect on how the difficulties we face today are similar in nature to those of 30 years ago. & finish on a word of hope in these difficult times youtu.be/GqFV-zuW9bE

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DUBSTAR: STARS hits the UK Top 40 again ...Steve Hillier reflects on how little has changed in 30yrs

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars back in the UK TOP 40 On this day in 1996, the DUBSTAR song Stars returned to the UK Top 40 singles chart and was the highest placing the act achieved. youtu.be/GqFV-zuW9bE

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DUBSTAR: STARS hits the UK Top 40 again ...Steve Hillier reflects on how little has changed in 30yrs

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Janis demo 2026 Reprint So as the act was falling apart maybe Janis was, if not a perfect circle, a kind of homage to where it all began. Does Janis work as a Dubstar song though? Discover here... youtu.be/1elrRpL6B34

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DUBSTAR - JANIS demo 2026 Reprint

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Janis demo 2026 Reprint What might seem a wilfully obtuse endeavour was actually a reference to the very early days of Dubstar. Sarah would soundcheck with her version of Joplin’s ‘Mercedes Benz’ and occasionally sing it as an encore. youtu.be/1elrRpL6B34

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DUBSTAR - JANIS demo 2026 Reprint

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Janis demo 2026 Reprint How about making a cover of an obscure song about Janis Joplin from an even more obscure psychedelic band called Country Joe and the Fish? How much time can we occupy with that? youtu.be/1elrRpL6B34

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DUBSTAR - JANIS demo 2026 Reprint

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Dubstar Official @dubstaruk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

DUBSTAR at 30: Janis demo 2026 Reprint How should an act from the 1990s spend their time between finishing an album and releasing it a whole year later? youtu.be/1elrRpL6B34

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DUBSTAR - JANIS demo 2026 Reprint

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