Obi were a British

United Kingdom

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 indie-pop group

Musical ensemble

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. 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

Hugh Jones

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 in 2004. It contains material ranged from Post-Britpop

Post-Britpop

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 to folk-rock and country

Country music

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 to Gypsy

Gypsy style

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 and tex-mex

Tejano music

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/mariachi

Mariachi

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 stylisations. That year they also appeared on the Acoustic Stage at the Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival

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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.

Singles and EPs

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