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...

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...

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...

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...

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! /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

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

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

DUBSTAR Archive: new release tomorrow! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

DUBSTAR Archive: new release this Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

DUBSTAR Archive: new release this Friday! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out tomorrow!

new single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier this week!

New release from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier next week

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful GDR demo Don't forget you can hear all of the songs and answer to questions on the DUBSTAR archive right now! And don't forget to subscribe to be the first to hear new releases from thew archive every month /end www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful GDR demo So what did we sound like thirty-one years ago? And just how cheap can a microphone be before Sarah doesn’t sound good? Find out here: 3/4 www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/d...

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful GDR demo The sessions took place in the front room of Graeme’s terraced house in Darlington — cramped, occasionally tense, but charged with possibility. We didn’t realise it, but those recordings marked a turning point for us. 2/4 www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/d...

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful GDR demo In the spring of 1994, Dubstar recorded a set of demos with Graeme Robinson that would go on to form our debut album, Disgraceful. 1/4 www.stevehillier.net/dubstar-25/d...

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

DUBSTAR archive returns this Friday 24th October! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

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

Disgraceful is 30 years old today! Here's DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier discussing the album...

New POLITEK version of the Dubstar classic STARS!!!

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful Now with correct link! Dubstar’s debut album Disgraceful turns 30 tomorrow. Founder/ songwriter Steve Hillier reflects on the record’s creation, explains why it remains Dubstar’s finest work & pays tribute to the unsung heroes who brought it to life youtu.be/HMFrX-GZ0hs

DUBSTAR at 30: Disgraceful Dubstar’s debut album Disgraceful turns thirty tomorrow. Founder and songwriter Steve Hillier reflects on the record’s creation, explains why it remains Dubstar’s finest work, and pays tribute to the unsung heroes who helped bring it to life. youtu.be/HUEw5EDkRXs

Steve shows off his Yamaha DX100 synthesiser featured in Dubstar songs Stars, St Swithin's Day, Disgraceful and the new POLITEK single 'forever'

New single from Dubstar's Steve Hillier out now! Yes!!

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out tomorrow!

My new POLITEK single is out tomorrow! open.spotify.com/artist/2mNmA...

New single from Dubstar's Steve Hillier this Friday!

DUBSTAR: It's another week of Q&A videos celebrating 30 years of Dubstar. New videos out each week day at 5pm BST! youtu.be/qQtAu-0eqKI?...

New single from DUBSTAR's Steve Hillier out today!

Which are the POLITEK synths?

New single from Dubstar's STEVE HILLIER out this Friday! open.spotify.com/artist/2mNmA...

An update!

DUBSTAR at 30: Q&A sessions Excited to let you know that starting today, a new 30th Anniversary Q&A video will be live on the Dubstar Archive YouTube channel every weekday at 17:00 BST Be sure to subscribe to the Dubstar Archive channel so you don’t miss a thing! www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

Dubstar Q&A coming very soon!

New single from POLITEK by Dubstar’s Steve Hillier out this Friday!

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts And don't forget if you want to discover more about Dubstar and the vast amount of music we released (and hid away) you could always do worse than visiting the Dubstar Archive right here. you might surprised at what you'll find /end youtube.com/playlist?lis...

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts If you’ve ever wondered what a songwriter looks like in that exact situation… it’s all here: 5/6 www.dubstar.com/stars

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts I also recorded a few thoughts about this peculiar little milestone. Appropriately done in my garden — squinting into the sun, hay fever kicking off, and sunblock working its way south into my eyes. 4/6 www.dubstar.com/stars

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts But anniversaries have a way of dragging you down memory lane whether you fancy it or not. So I’ve made a page about Stars, the most successful song Dubstar ever released. 3/6 www.dubstar.com/stars

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts Thirty years is a long time. Too long, really, to start listing all the things that have changed since then. Some better, some worse, and quite a few now completely untraceable. 2/6 www.dubstar.com/stars

DUBSTAR at 30: Stars hits the charts On this day in 1995, Dubstar crept into the UK Top 40 for the first time. Our first appearance in any chart, anywhere. The start of a path that led to an album called Disgraceful, and somewhat improbably, seven more hits after that. 1/6 www.dubstar.com/stars

DUBSTAR at 30: Q&A Yesterday marked thirty years since we released Stars, the very first Dubstar single. To celebrate the occasion, I’m doing a Q&A. If there’s anything you’ve ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask or couldn't be bothered to email, now’s the time! youtu.be/Mb8XiGZnL44

DUBSTAR at 30 Thanks for sticking with us all these years. Here’s to the stories we can tell… and the ones we probably shouldn’t. [email protected] 6/6

DUBSTAR at 30 I’m recording a new series of Q&A sessions. Would love to hear your questions — about Disgraceful, Stars, Manic, the wild old days, or anything else you’ve wanted to ask. I’ll answer them over on the Dubstar Archive YouTube channel 5/6 www.youtube.com/@stevehillie...

DUBSTAR at 30 Name a topic, and there’s probably a Dubstar story attached to it. Whether it’s one I can actually repeat in public is another thing entirely… 4/6 www.stevehillier.net/dubstar