RIP SENSATIONAL
(Colin Julius Bobb)
October 18, 1974 • August 11, 2026
Cult New York experimentalist Colin Julius Bobb, AKA Sensational, has died aged 51.
Regular collaborator Madteo broke the news on Instagram yesterday, August 11th. No cause of death was disclosed.
Bobb was a cult hero of the underground whose music occupied a singular space between hip-hop, noise and experimental electronics. Born in Guyana in 1974 and raised in Brooklyn, he was initially a dancer who performed as Torture, before moving to the microphone and appearing with the Jungle Brothers. Producer Bill Laswell subsequently introduced him to Spectre and the New York underground label WordSound, where Torture became Sensational—also recording as Perfection.
His 1997 debut album Loaded With Power, made largely with a four-track and drum machine, established his distinctive style of fractured beats, found sounds and unconventional flows—but his collaborations extended well beyond hip-hop...Read more on RA
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