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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 DJ set at the Museum of Ethnology in Geneva (MEG) going through their huge vinyl 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 gave the vast Collection to the MEG. It contains folklore and modern music from all over the world up to the 80s. Several huge 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 to explore it, 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 First Global Empire circumventing Africa, the many documentaries about the continent I saw, and my love for its many cultures & music. 😊

For 4 hours, I searched through the collection, could hear the music and make a selection. Right after, I played a 1 hour and a half set with the records in public. The set was recorded, filmed & broadcasted on WAV33.

I had 2 turntables and a Pioneer mixer at my disposal. I created spontaneously a mixed set, at times overlapping tunes and using effects, especially in the first half hour which features more tribalistic music and sounds sometimes otherworldly.   

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 of 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 that was there to listen & support. 💙

This is the result of which I am pretty proud of. Hope you'll enjoy it!!! 😘

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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/orga 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 analogue sound in a computerised world ;)

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

A few years ago, with Ecoutes au vert, he organised 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 of Ethnology Geneva) 11-05-2023

Live from Opium club 009: Manfredas

New mix comes courtesy of french pioneer https://soundcloud.com/alexfromtokyo !

Paris-born, Tokyo-raised, producer and sound designer. world famous label owner, Alex lived in Berlin & New-York before coming back recently to Paris.

He just released the first volume of "Japan Vibrations", a tribute to his adoption country where you can hear some of his biggest influences from the land of the rising sun such as  Ryuichi Sakamoto,  Yasuaki Shimizu, Silent Poets, Haruomi Hosono, or T.P.O.

Enjoy the ride !

LYO#237 / Alex From Tokyo

= La Negra Sounds Nº 35 x Kubebe =

Les compartimos la memorial musical de la visita de Nicola Kubebe a la guarida tropical, divertido productor y curador de música en Francia, con lanzamientos en algunas de nuestras disqueras favoritas como @calypsorecs @FeinesTier @HardFist @Faunareve  & @Sonidomoderna

Gracias @nicolakubebe por regalarnos este bello recuerdo musical.

La Negra Sounds

Dinner w/ Kubebe [Recorded Live]

Saulty, a man behind Downtown Party Network project, has been djing since 1998 and touring the world for the last 15 years, from Japan to US, Australia to Asia and Europe as well as organising his own parties at the legendary clubs in Vilnius – Gravity, Woo and Opium Club. As Downtown Party Network he has released music on labels like Futureboogie, Dirt Crew, Best Kept Secret, Silence Music and Eskimo Recordings to name a few. Saulty was also a part of Potato Head family in Hong Kong where he was doing all things music alongside Johnny Hiller. Now he is residing in Vilnius, Lithuania and is a part of an extended Opium Club family.

Follow artist - https://soundcloud.com/dpn
Follow Opium - https://soundcloud.com/opiumclub

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Club / Hotel Autarkic @TEDER.FM 15/2/24

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"Hailing from London, Statues is fronted by Bradley Lucke and Mark Crooks and occasionally joined by a wide range of artists for spot-on collaborations. take a stroll through their previous appearances on Claremont 56, eclectics, Is It Balearic…?, and MM Discos.

Statues have a new 5 tack EP ‘Night Runner’ out now here - https://mmdiscos.bandcamp.com/album/night-runner"

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Statues | 114

OLE mixtape series serves as a gentle reminder of the upcoming summer season.

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Ugne Sync

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What's the creative process and the message behind this mixtape?

It’s a sound that reminds me the rebirth of mother nature.

OLE mixtape 006: Ugne Sync

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Club / Hotel Autarkic @TEDER.FM 29/4/24

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Itinerante, rave familiar esporádico_ 

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Dinner w/ Kubebe [Recorded Live]

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