This mix/performance was part of the MEG-AIMP / Réveil des Archives Sonores series: 
N.18 w/ @Cobeia (music curator of @ecoutesauvert) 11-05-23 / 18:30 - 20 in the Museum foyer

I was invited to do a vinyl DJ set at the Museum of Ethnology in Geneva (MEG) from their extensive archives. 

On that day, I was given access to dig in a Collection that belonged to Marco Botta, a foreign affairs Swiss diplomat who accumulated records (and newspapers) from all his trips around the World. 🌎 After his death, his family donated the vast Collection to the MEG. It contains folklore & modern music from all over the world up to the 80s. Several big shelves of vinyl from South America, Europe, Oceania, Africa... subdivided by countries. Around 5000 records, most in pristine condition! 

With the little time at my disposal, I decided to focus on Africa, because of my link to it, extensive travels around North and East Africa, my readings about the forging of the Portuguese 1st Global Empire, circumventing Africa on their way to India, the many documentaries I saw about the continent, and my interest in its many cultures & music. 

For 4 hours, I looked through the collection, could hear the music on a record player, and made my selection. Right after, I played a 1 hour and a half set with the records in public. The set was recorded, filmed & broadcast on WAV33.

I had 2 turntables and a Pioneer mixer at my disposal. I did spontaneously a mixed set, at times overlapping tunes and using the effects, especially in the first half hour, which features mostly tribal music and otherworldly sounds before moving towards former Portuguese colonies and Islands music.   

I started with an imaginary Ancient Egypt track from a record of a Tutankhamun exhibition in Seattle from 1976, followed by an oud song from the Ottoman Period era by a well-known Egyptian Musician. Then went into Tuareg incursions, tribalistic music, Portuguese colonies (Cabo Verde, Angola...), circumvolution of Africa passing the Cape of Good Hope, all the way to the other side through the various lands (South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia...) and Islands off the coast of Africa (Maurice, Comoros, Seychelles...) in the Indian Ocean as far as La Reunion and Zanzibar.

Thanks to all at MEG and everyone who was there to listen. 💙

This is the recorded result of which I am pretty proud! Enjoy!!! 😘

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Text from the MEG website: www.meg.ch/fr/programme-dactivites

Réveil Archives Sonores #18: @Cobeia

For a 1h30 set, the guest artists take us on a musical journey through their personal selection of sound archives.

Cobeia is a DJ and record collector from Geneva. He is also the curator/organizer of Ecoutes au vert (EAV), a series of musical events that has been running since 2006. Over the years, he has organised many concerts and evenings of electro-acoustic, African, No Wave, Electronic, Disco and Experimental music, with talented local and international artists.

Curious to explore a wide range of styles, he unearths gems through long digging sessions. Traditional and modern African music, Outernational, Jazz, Afro-Funk, Post Punk, Disco, Cosmic, Italo, Wave, Electronic, Ambient, Experimental... are just some of the genres he loves. Music that often features a mix of instruments, synths and drum machines, with an analog sound in a computerized world. ;)

Cobeia has mixed at venues & festivals in Geneva, Switzerland, Berlin, Thailand and Vietnam.

A few years ago with Ecoutes au vert, he organized a concert by the traditional Kenyan group Ogoya Nengo & the Dodo Women's Choir Group in collaboration with the MEG.

The records played during this DJ set come from the Marco Botta collection, acquired by MEG in 2011. The collection comprises almost 5,000 LPs (33rpm), released on a multitude of labels from around the world.

Cobeia - African Mix @ MEG 🌍 (Museum Ethnography Geneva)

Laura Fiore @ Aether 28.07.24

drames rurals - l'explosio (Shackleton Mix)

Schlammpeitziger from Cologne is making unique electronic music since the early '90s. His tracks are full of wordoplay and twisted melodies. 

Schlammpeitziger is releasing records on labels such as Kompakt, Bureau B and Pingipung. What is often forgotten: He is a great DJ, too. 

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two thousand dreams (ambient mix)

Soft Centre is the new album by Iko Chérie, the solo project of French-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist Marie Merlet. She blends dub-inflected textures, pop tinged vocals, reverb-drenched guitars, Casio drones, and warm experimental noises – creating her own intimate, fragile sound. 

Self-produced and largely performed by Merlet, the album grew from an introspective process, with many sketches recorded in transit between tours. The result is a deeply personal work, balancing light and dark in a Lynchian dream-pop haze. Songs such as We Smoke That Peace Pipe and Bilbao shimmer between vulnerability and resilience, while the single Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G captures the immediacy of a one-take dub bass. Some pieces retain the quality of improvised snapshots (Intelligent Women, Half a Metaphor) while others reveal her meticulous production process and songwriting craft (Tears in the Sea, Luciférine). Merlet defines Soft Centre as alive in radical tenderness, unguarded, open, and vivid.

Influenced by Clarice Lispector’s prose, Diane di Prima’s poetry and Rachel Carson’s environmentalist writing, as well as Marie’s fascination with a vintage Roland Space Echo, the album is an invitation to connection that she describes as “... hopefully a meditation into healing.” 

A versatile musician trained in classical piano, jazz, and electroacoustic composition, Merlet has long moved between different worlds of sound. She has worked with Laetitia Sadier in Monade, performs with Gina Birch (The Raincoats), Malphino, Yama Warashi, and several other groups, she recently appeared on the latest Stereolab album.  
Her debut solo LP, Dreaming On (Elefant Records, 2015), revealed her singular melodic instincts; with Soft Centre she ventures further inward, shaping her own distinctive voice in experimental pop.

“Through an unseen threshold lies a room of warmth, stitched with melodies of quiet hope"
Valentina Magaletti

“Marie Merlet aka Iko Chérie has landed new music of a divine nature. Divine because it speaks of the Ocean, it speaks of witches, it speaks of justice and things unseen, it speaks to sensitive people who know that there is importance in telling our truth and making a just noise that may find its echo in the dark, amplified by the atoms of resonance, coming to life through a song with a wholesome story.”
Laetitia Sadier

“Iko Chérie has the soundtrack for your dreams. A soft and warm embrace that invites us to navigate this world with an open heart.”
Coco Maria

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Iko Chérie: We Smoke That Peace Pipe (Pingipung 093 / LP, digital)

DarkGreenVelvet

This mix includes tracks from:
Dialog mit der Jugend
Sontag Shogun & Lau Nau
Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg
Lawrence Weiner & Dickie Landry
Dimitri Grimm
Holosud
Only Rays
Wilson Tanner
Baron Retif & Concepcion Perez
Flanger
Tied & Tickled Trio
Mike Slott
Enji
März
Misel Quitno
Elephant Château
Wasaburo Oshi

No.56 - accidentally on purpose

Trystero returns with their new album Humming Fuzz on Knekelhuis — a kaleidoscopic voyage deeper into the band’s expanding cosmos.

Built on plunging basslines, acid-drenched loops, and spiraling kraut-inspired guitar textures, the record drifts between hypnotic repetition and free-flowing, hallucinatory songwriting. It echoes the visionary spirit of Psychic TV and the genre-blurring universe of Weatherall, while carving out a raw, magnetic space of its own.

Recorded once again on a canal barge in the North of France, Humming Fuzz feels like a natural evolution from their debut Sfumare e Vedere — denser, more alive, and charged with electricity. Now expanded with Nelly on bass and Alexia on vocals, Trystero channels this expanded energy into their wild, expressive live performances, soon to ignite audiences on their upcoming tours.

Humming Fuzz

Coughing Red & Green

Trystero - Coughing Red & Green

WITH U

Vengeance in Velvet is a cinematic electronic track built around tension, memory, and emotional aftermath.
Dark orchestral textures collide with a restrained techno pulse, unfolding slowly and deliberately, without release or apology.

Designed for late-night listening, inner confrontation, and liminal states, the track moves between vulnerability and controlled power, where reflection turns into resolve.

AI-assisted production

Visuals: Nano Banana AI
Concept & Direction: Trickster Collective

Headphones recommended.

Vengeance in Velvet

DJ, Record Collector, Music Curator & Promoter 
w/ wide tastes across the sound spectrum 🪐 
⇣ Others: @cobeia-listening

SC hides most mixes when not paying anymore... 🙄
ALL MY MIXES (Cosmic, Disco, Italo, Wave, Edits, Balearic, African...)  www.mixcloud.com/cobeia + www.mixcloud.com/cobeia_2

Bookings / Promos: cobeia@gmx.net 

Running @ecoutesauvert (EAV) + Music for Indoors (MFI) MFI Mix series:  www.tinyurl.com/43ndn5ef 

@Cobeia is a sonic enthusiast with an extensive Vinyl & Digital collection. Exploring an array of genres, he digs up timeless high-quality gems. 💎 Music w/ instruments, synths, drum machines w/ a warm Analog sound in a computer world. :)

ON THE DANCEFLOOR:

💋 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜/ 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨/ 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞/ 𝐀𝐜𝐢𝐝/ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨/ 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 

LISTENING SETS: 
Mix Series, Radios, Spaces, Bars, Museums...

💋 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳/ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥/ 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤/ 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜/ 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧/ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐞/𝐃𝐮𝐛 / 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥/ 𝐀𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐩/ 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤/ 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤/ 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤/𝐍𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞 / 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜/ 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭/ 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥... 

Enjoying my Mixes & Playlists? Please TIP my Selector/DJ work! It takes much time, money & effort to dig, listen & create quality vinyl mixes. Paypal link in box above 👆🏼 (Send as Friends & Family). ❤️

2026

💄 Mo 30-11 Cave12 (Geneva)

2025

💄 Sa 22-11 BONGO JOE (Geneva) Post-Punk/No Wave Mix / Film + Q&A w/ legend Don Letts (UK)
💄 Sa 15-11 OTB (Berlin) b2b @naga_music
💄 Je 30-10 CANAL54 (Geneva)
💄 Sa 15-08 DISCOBESTIALE Festival (Sardinia)
💄 Sa 14-06 L'ORANGERIE (Geneva)
💄 RADIO RAHEEM (Milano) Postponed 2026
💄 Sa 10-05 UNDEAD (Regio Calabria) Postponed
💄 Sa 29-03 90mil (Berlin) MFI/@ecoutesauvert Night 
  w/ 4 Live & 6 DJ/Record Collectors
💄 Fr 14-03 @RefugeWorldwide Radio (Berlin)
💄 Th 06-03 CANAL54 (Geneva)
💄 Sa 07-02 @Sameheads (Berlin) Ayo Ke Disco Release Party! w/ @Norsicaa & @Renavolvo
💄 Sa 01-02 HEINERS (Berlin)

2024

💄 SA 07-12 OTB (Berlin) b2b Marvin @BalearicBanana
💄 FR 16-11 HEINERS (Berlin)
💄 SA 09-11 SCHANKI (Berlin)
💄 SA 22-06 HEINERS 
💄 FR 19-04 SCHANKI 
💄 FR 12-04 HEINERS 
💄 FR 23-02 HEINERS 
💄 FR 08-03 PETITE REINE (Geneva) 
💄 SU 18-02 Berlinale Film Premiere Party (Berlin)
💄 TH 15-02 8MM Bar (Berlin) w/ @bandit-voyage (@cheptel-records - Geneva) Live! www.banditvoyage.bandcamp.com

🚨 PAST REPRESENTS THE FUTURE 🚨

BERLIN / Griessmühle, Homopatik, @about-blank-berlin, Schrippe Hawaïi, @Sameheads, Zw/Heiners, Rummelsbucht, Atelier, Jonny Knüppel, OTB, Loophole, ACUD, Trickster, @menschmeier_berlin, Klunkerkranisch, Antje Oeklesund, 8mm, Paloma, Bar 25 & more... 

GENEVA / Underground spaces (Duplex, Walden, Cave12, Artamis, Falaises…); Bars (Canal 54, La Petite Reine...), Special Places (Bains des Pâquis, L'Orangerie, A la Pointe...); Clubs (@motelcampo, @le-zoo-usine, La Gravière, KZRN, La Jonquille, 360° LGBTQ+ Party) 

Around SWITZERLAND / @zukunft, Le Bourg, Dachstock, Fri-Son, Case à Choc, Mouton Noir, @kashemezurich, Bad Bonn, @klubkegelbahn, Neubad, @trnstnradio ... Festivals (Fête de la Musique, Electron, Festival de la Cité, Montreux Jazz Festival...)

ASIA / DJed in 2019 at a Festival in Koh Phangan Thailand & @theobservatory-hcmc Vietnam

@Cobeia was part of the Wet Delights cosmic crew 12 hours underground Parties in Berlin w/ guests like Albion @big-muffle, @Hysteric, Rune Lindbæk, @Chris_Korda, @soFAholic... 

💄 SHORT BIO 💄

Since his teens, Cobeia's been an avid listener collecting music on Vinyl, CDs, MDs, Tapes & Digital. Growing up in Geneva in a multicultural family & environment, he enjoyed the vibrant 90s local squats and Swiss alternative scenes, studied filmmaking in London from 96 to 99 before living between Geneva and Berlin 

Among other trips, he travelled extensively throughout Eastern and Southern Europe, North & East Africa, as well as Southeast Asia, further expanding his music appreciation. ✨

He's always been curious about life and various art forms and has been passionately exploring underground culture ever since. Since 2001, Cobeia's been a dedicated DJ, record collector, cultural actor, music curator & organiser. 

🚨 PROMOTING CONCERTS & PARTIES 🚨

Since 2001 he organised many electro-acoustic, alt-pop, indie-rock and electronic music events... before conceptualising his main project:

💄 ECOUTES AU VERT (Est. 2006) 💄 

EAV originated as an outdoor summer series with great music in parks & by lakes/riversides + indoor parties in Geneva. Soon enough, events with Concerts & DJs also took place throughout the year. 

2009 - 2015, EAV put up parties at @motelcampo with ace international & local guests. 

Events also took place in BERLIN since 2015 at Urban Spree, @klunkerkranich, @sameheads, Internet Explorer, Ziegra11, gART.n, Zenner, Loophole, Heiners...

Among many, COBEIA booked these great artists and often DJed along them:

LIVE: Shackleton, @Legowelt-official, @BlackMeteoricStar, @theEmperorMachine, Konono Nº1, OVAL, Mapstation, @LuckyDragons, Tevo Howard, Jan Jelinek & Masayoshi Fujita, Lichens/Robert Lowe, @JuliaHolter, Volcano the Bear, @colleenplays, @co_la, @LucreciaDalt, Rhys Chatham, @Hyperculte, Massicot, @JohnMoods, @CV-Vision, @bandit-voyage, @world_wild_web, @marlais, @killy44... 

AFRICAN & OUTERNATIONAL BANDS: Les Filles d'illighadad, @DeryaYildirimofficial & Grup Simsek, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, @MdouMoctar, @MeridianBrothers, Hailu Mergia, BKO Quintet, Nahawa Doumbia, ROB, Orchestra of Spheres, The Pyramids, Sahra Halgan, Fendika, Les Pythons de la Fournaise, OTPMD, @Cyril-Cyril-Music, L'Eclair, Onom Agemo & @AhmedAgKaedy...

DJs: I-F, @PrinsThomas, @Solarsf, @Helena-hauff, @Analog-Africa, Darshan Jesrani (Metro Area), ATA, @BeautifulSwimmers, @Svengalisghost, @AwesomeTapesFromAfrica, @Appleblim, @HodgeBristol, @AndrePahl, Daniel Wang, @Franz-Scala, @mark-grusane...

🚨 EARLY DAYS 🚨
 
2001 - 06: Part of a collective, Cobeia ran ace Underground Art Space DUPLEX in Geneva, where he booked electronic, experimental pop & folk-rock live acts: SO (Oval), Goodiepal, @planningtorock, Hermann Düne, Julie Doiron, @modeselektor... + DJs of various genres, while working in 2003 & 04 at FORDE Art Space at L'Usine. 

During the 2010s, he put up the JUKEBOX nights at @MotelCampo, Letage, Artamis, Falaises... w/ @andrew-weatherall, Mr. Ties, @Boris, @tevohowardrecordings, @kodenine, @djrupture, @thebugofficial, Shadetek, @glasscandy, Desire, @chromaticsofficial...