Live from Berlin: Cosmo Vitelli is at the studio!

Exploring the fringes betwixt indie/prog-rock-infused melodic soundscapes and daringly off-kilter electronics, French disc jockey and producer Cosmo Vitelli's name has become synonymous with deep, no-holds-barred forays into uncharted territories and full body-&-soul sonic immersion. Schooled by the sound of guitars, it’s when confronted to a 4-track tape recorder that young Cosmo experienced an epiphany, which resulted in him dabbling in production as French Touch was soaring towards worldwide popular acclaim. Released in 1998, his eponymous debut for Etienne de Crécy’s Disques Solid launched his career, soon followed by an array of extended players and remixes that established him as one of the spearheads of the French electronic scene on an international scale.
 
Taking a sharp turn back to the leftfield after a ruthless stint in the arcane world of the majors, Cosmo Vitelli created his record label I’m a Cliché in 2004. Always a step ahead of his time and contemporaries, the Frenchman’s made it his signature to scout artists on the rise - Simian Mobile Disco, Azari & III, Yuksek, Moscoman, Red Axes to name but a few - offering them bespoke support and assistance to climb the ladder towards wider recognition. In parallel to his label-running venture, Cosmo went back to the basics with Bot’Ox, his joint project with Tekel’s Julien Briffaz. Merging alternative pop harmonics with a rock sensibility of varying scale and synth-heavy precision mechanics, the duo’s graced the grooves of labels as diverse and highly regarded as DFA and DC Recordings, eventually landing a gig at the legendary Olympia in Paris.
 
Now working from his Berlin studio, Cosmo Vitelli immerses himself in the heart of the vibrant European electronic music scene. Over recent years, he has left his mark with noteworthy releases and remixes on labels such as I’m a Cliché, Edit Service, Les Disques de la Mort. Among his standout releases are the two EPs 'Holiday In Panikstrasse' on Malka Tuti. Rather than conforming to formulaic and DJ-friendly beats, Cosmo's focus is on sound, deeply immersing himself in production, working towards aesthetic unity in each release, and refining his craft with each new record. 
 
In 2020, he curated a triple-LP VA compilation entitled 'Bongo Beats & Bankruptcy: The Sound of I’m A Cliché', released during the peak of European lockdowns, before releasing another EP under his name, 'As She Rolled Another’.
 
In 2022 he finally delivered his third album, 'Medhead', featuring eight cuts, five of them with vocalist Truus de Groot from the Dutch new/no-wave outfit Plus Instruments, 'Medhead' saw Cosmo liberated from conventional confines and arbitrary labels, effortlessly traversing various genres—from slow-drip kraut to intoxicating disco, murky motel-pop, neo-kosmische, hip-hop, industrial, and revamped indie-rock elements. This was followed the next year by an album of Medhead remixes by up-and-coming and well-established producers, including Krikor, Froid Dub or Khidja's Andrei Rusu.
 
In 2024, Cosmo Vitelli will have a busy year with the release of two collaborative albums. 
'Dopamine Dreams', set for release in March, renews his creative partnership with Truus de Groot, through a full collaboration authored equally by both artists. The dream-like soundscapes, enhanced by de Groot's vocals, evoke moods reminiscent of the 70s and 80s, with a timeless, debonair, and almost sardonic attitude. The next step in Cosmo Vitelli’s focus on high production values, Dopamine Dreams invites listeners to delve into its melodic and emotional depths.
 
This will be followed in September 2024 by a brand new album created with his Bot’Ox partner in crime Julien Briffaz after the project was left on standby for almost a decade.

Cosmo Vitelli [26.08.25]

1st episode of new show by Sacha Mambo, al around Leftfield from Ambient to downtempo, to dub and more...

Courtesy Of Choice w/ Sacha Mambo: 24th September '25

“We slowly rot” was originally a tag that Front de Cadeaux found on a chair in the botanic garden in Rome. It refers to the necessary and permanent epistemological breakdown that music creation and its evolution requires. The show is helmed by Dj Athome.

We Slowly Rot w/ DJ Athome @ Kiosk Radio 19.09.2025

Live Recording from Zmar Festival 2025 (Listening Tent - Saturday Night) - Picture by Andrea Zucca

Earl Orlog - Live at ZMAR 2025

„Ostend Journals" starts into its first season. The aim is to invite cool people playing music from the outer rings of our universe (or just around the corner).

For issue #1 we have @gazzagazzza hailing from the streets beyond Boddinstraße/Neukölln.
This broadcast features all sorts of exiting-quirky-dreamy-tape-tracks filled with synths, voices and rhythms. Enjoy „getting away with tape music" - thx!

P.S. also check out the Osterinsel-YT-Channel & listenlisten Berlin (links below)

### Fotocredits / Artistcredits Show Picture
- @relikto_phuturo 

### Links
- soundcloud.com/gazzagazzza
- instagram.com/gazzagazzza
- youtube.com/c/osterinsel
- instagram.com/listenlistenberlin/

Ostend Journals 1 w/ Gazza

This 2 parter is all about the "Key Side" & the "Jazz Side" --- Ondula, a Sameheads resident for 10 + years is probably one of the foremost pioneers of the K-Jazz sound.....

But to clear things up for the uninitiated, she has recorded a live split set at Sameheads in early October 2025 during Oscar der Winzige's party

Enjoy x

Ondula - My Friend Calls it Key Jazz (JAZZ) - LIVE @ Sameheads - 02.10.25

After having her on our bucket-list for quite a while now, we're super happy to welcome Alicia Carrera for a soothing selection of lush ambient and laid-back TripHop grooves. Alicia is a mainstay in Berlins outsider dance scene and the driving force behind the label LÍO Press which caught our attention right from the first release.

More info can be found here:

https://www.instagram.com/aliciacarrera___/

@aliciacarrera
@liopress

Hosted by @hendrik_stein

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

The Past Forward radio show is hosted and aired on Cashmere Radio. Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/



Past Forward #107 with Alicia Carrera

combining a couple of upcoming own projects & remixes w. old and new, you know the drill. trouble on

Benedikt Frey - Troubled Funk MixX #6

Berlin-based DJ and collector @will-spliff-one joined the latest edition of Past Forward on Cashmere Radio with a laid-back set full of flowing textures and subtle rhythms. 

Hosted by @menqui

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

The Past Forward radio show is hosted and aired on Cashmere Radio. Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/



Past Forward #108 with Will Spliff

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Created by Lyon based DJ, producer, edit magician and devoted vinyl collector, @guillaumedesbois, mix № 98 features 100 minutes of pre-internet sounds including hard-to-find dystopian acid, downbeat, techno, trance, trip-hop gems, and other electronic music oddities from '92-'97.

To read the full interview, visit https://edwin-europe.com

№ 98 - Guillaume Des Bois

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1/3 @pastforward
1/3 Dolphins - https://pinkman.bandcamp.com/album/40g

◆ 2026 ⇣

17.01 - Past Forward at Cashmereradio
31.01 - OTB w/ Aki Aki, Berlin

◆ 2025 ⇣

25.01 - Past Forward at Cashmereradio
01.02 - Tendance, Prag
21.02 - Bruit Rose, Fribourg
22.02 - Kegelbahn, Luzern
28.02 - OTB, Berlin
22.03 - Past Forward #100 at Cashmereradio
29.03 - 90mil, Berlin
11.04 - OTB, Berlin
29.04 - Mutant Radio
09.05 - 10 Years Cashmere Radio Party
15.05 - Heiner’s, Berlin
17.05 - Past Forward at Cashmereradio
23.05 - Sameheads, Berlin
01.06 - KuH Festival, Bad Wildbad
06.06 - 90mil, Berlin
12.06 - Zweiners, Berlin
29.06 - Fusion Festival, Lärz
12.07 - Past Forward #104 at Cashmereradio
26.07 - 90mil, Berlin
09.08 - Listen Listen Festival, Zempow
30.08 - Arkaoda, Berlin
24.10 - Aktionshaus, Berlin
25.10 - OTB, Berlin
01.11 - Past Forward at Cashmereradio
20.11 - R.i.O. at Sameheads, Berlin
22.11 - Past Forward at Cashmereradio
28.11 - OTB, Berlin

◆ 2024 ⇣

26.01 - R.i.O. at Sameheads, Berlin
23.03 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
31.03 - Listen Listen, Schrippe 
12.04 - OTB, Berlin
04.05 - Libken Werkschau, Uckermark
31.05 - Arkaoda, Berlin
15.06  - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
27.06 - Fusion Festival, Dubstation
13.07 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
19.07 - Nation Of Gondwana
26.07 - Phantom Bar, Berlin
03.08 - Cosmic Gathering
16.08 - Bulvikis, Neringa LT
30.08 - tba
07.09 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
19.09 - Sameheads, Berlin
28.09 - OTB, Berlin
02.10 - Schanki, Berlin
05.10 - R.i.O. Release Party, Sameheads
02.11 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
29.11 - HAKEN, Hamburg
15.12 - Cosmic Tiki, Cashmere HQ
20.12 - OTB, Berlin


◇ 2023

11.02 - OTB w Lars Noll, Berlin
25.02 - w Sally Evans at Cashmere Radio
03.03 - OTB w Cid Hohner, Berlin
10.03 - Sameheads, Berlin
16.03 - Arkaoda upstairs w/ CV Vision
25.03 - w Hendrik Stein at Cashmere Radio
01.05 - Malka Tuti at Ziegra11, Berlin
04.05 - OTB, Berlin
13.05 - 10 Jahre Humboldthain, Berlin
17.05 - Crack Bellmer, Berlin
20.05 - 10 Jahre KAOS, Berlin
27.05 - Past Forward at Arkaoda, Berlin
02.07 - Fusion Festival, Lärz
15.07 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
21.07 - Nation Of Gondwana
04.08 - Klunkerkranich, Berlin
11.08 - Zmar Festival, CZ
23.08 - Tanzhaus West (Dolphins DJ), Frankfurt
25.08 - Sameheads, Berlin
27.08 - Palais Palett, Dresden
28.08 - Warning, Berlin
01.09 - Phantom Bar
08.09 - R.i.O. at Arkaoda, Berlin
14.09 - Haus 1, Berlin
03.11 - Sameheads, Berlin
04.11 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
25.11 - Lisa, Lissabon
02.12 - Past Forward at Cashmere Radio
06.12 - 8mm, Berlin
08.12 - OTB, Berlin
31.12 - NYE at Sameheads, Berlin

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