Keith Dobson

English musician and founder of the labels and.
Born: November 19, 1956
Died: July 13, 2025
He started as a drummer (using the pseudonym Kif Kif Le Batteur) in the psychedelic / space rock band Here & Now, which was formed in 1974. In 1979 and 1985 respectively Dobson formed the industrial / punk bands The 012 and World Domination Enterprises, in which he played the guitar.
“There is no real difference between hippy and punk” Dobson has stated. “They were both essentially about youth wising up to the charade of society being played out around them and reacting to it. There is also a lot of the essence of improvisation in World Dom and The 012. That ‘immediacy of the moment’ was something I worked with very consciously, and in a way it was a continuation of what had started in Here & Now. I wanted to take this ‘moment’ thing up to another level.”