Obi (band)

Obi
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Chamber pop Indie folk Britpop
Years active	2002–2004

Obi were a British chamber pop group. Their debut mini-album, The Magic Land of Radio, had only eight tracks and was released in 2002. They followed up with a full time album, Diceman Lopez, produced by Hugh Jones in 2004. It contains material ranged from Britpop to folk-rock and country to Gypsy and tex-mex/mariachi stylisations. That year they also appeared on the Acoustic Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.

The band's most notable single was "Somewhere Nicer", taken from The Magic Land of Radio. The track was revived in 2008, when used in a British television commercial for Haven and British Holidays.

Both the official Obi website, www.obitunes.com, and a fan-site mentioned there (www.tosomefolk.com) were unavailable by 2009. However the Diceman Lopez album was still available in some record shops.

Discography

Albums

• The Magic Land of Radio (2002)
• Diceman Lopez (2004)

Singles and EPs

• "Big Sky EP" (2002)
• "What's In A Name" (2002)
• "Somewhere Nicer" (2002)
• "To Some Folk" (2003)
• "Creatures" (2004)

References

1. The band's website as of mid-2003, at www.archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20030604040858/www.obitunes.com/news.htm
2. The band's website as of early 2004, at www.archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20030604040858/www.obitunes.com/news.htm

External links

• http://www.obitunes.com/ is a holding page as of 2009.