Lobe (band)

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Lobe
Lobe live at the ICA, London
Background information
Birth name	Ian Hartley
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre(s)	Electronic
Years active	1994 to Current Day
Label(s)	swim ~
Website	Lobe on posteverything

Lobe is an Edinburgh based musician on Colin Newman & Malka Spigel's swim ~ label. He is notable in that despite not having released a record since 1999 his music continues to be used in quite high profile places. He remixed the Pet Shop Boys 2006 single "Minimal" after having been featured on their 2006 Back to Mine compilation. Lobe's music has also been used in both series of BBC Three's Ideal comedy written by Graham Duff and starring Johnny Vegas.