Record label | DJ collective | Mix series

South London via the universe, from Celtic Iraqi brothers @duvet-dave (Bavaria-based) & @joeginho (London-based) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇶

Bookings/inquiries/guest mixes/demos: 
dustdownrecords@gmail.com

🗓️ 2024:
14 September: HiT bar, Haus Im Tal (7-10pm, Munich)
18 August: Bricks, Brixton (London)
21 June: Orbit Beers Brewery & Taproom (London)
6-10 June: Westival (Pembrokeshire)
6 May: Fox & Firkin, The Big Market (London)
10 April: Mezcaleria, El Pastor Soho (London)
3 March: Fox & Firkin, The Big Market (London)

🗓️ 2023:
10 November: Alena Arpels, Rotation Policy @ Grow, Hackney, London
13 October: Dust Down Records with friends @ Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London

@tropicalthundervienna / Lo-ve-Fi Parties in Vienna.

music enthusiast
co-founder ALALA
Hotel 727

DJ, Record Collector & Music Curator w/ wide tastes across the sound spectrum 🌏 Running @ecoutesauvert (EAV) + MFI Mix series: 
https://tinyurl.com/43ndn5ef 

ALL MIXES > www.mixcloud.com/cobeia
SC hides mixes 🤬 Tired paying PRO account...

Bookings & Promos: cobeia@gmx.net 

If you enjoy my Mixes & Playlists, please consider SUPPORTING my DJ/Selector work. Paypal link in box above (Send as Friends & Family). 👆🏼❤️

@Cobeia is a sonic enthusiast with an extensive Vinyl, CD, Digi... collection. 💥 Keen to explore an array of genres, he digs up high-quality gems. Music w/ instruments, synths, drum machines & a warm analog sound in a computer world. :)

FOR THE DANCEFLOOR 

Cosmic * Italo * Wave * Acid * Disco * Edits 

@Cobeia also crafts SPECIAL SETS for: 

Mix Series, Radios, Bars, Spaces, Museums and Festivals from his 25+ years multi-genres collection:

Jazz * Soul * Funk * Boogie * Balearic * African * Reggae/Dub * Oriental * Bass * Alt Pop * Indie Rock * Psych * Folk * Post-Punk/No Wave * Electronic * Ambient * Contemporary * Experimental... 

BERLIN 2024

💄 FR 02-07 HEINERS 9pm
💄 SA 22-06 HEINERS 9pm
💄 FR 19-04 OTB 2 9pm
💄 FR 12-04 HEINERS 9pm
💄 FR 23-02 HEINERS 9pm
💄 FR 08-03 PETITE REINE (Geneva) 10pm
💄 SU 18-02 Berlinale Film Premiere Party
💄 TH 15-02 EAV & 8MM Live! 8pm
8MM Bar - 177 B Schönhauser Allee 
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, Atelier, Rummelsbucht, 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/ 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 a multicultural family & environment in Geneva, he enjoyed the vibrant local squats and Swiss alternative scenes; studied filmmaking in London from 96 to 99 before regular stays in Berlin during the 00s. 

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

He has been continuously curious about life & art, passionately exploring underground culture ever since. Since 2001 he's been a dedicated DJ, record collector, cultural actor & curator/promoter. 

🚨 PROMOTING CONCERTS & PARTIES 🚨

Since 2001 Cobeia has organized many electro-acoustic, alt-pop, indie rock and electronic music events... before focusing on 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. Nowadays, events with Concerts & DJs take also 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, gART.n, Zenner, Loophole, Heiners...

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

LIVE: Shackleton, @Legowelt-official, @BlackMeteoricStar, @theEmperorMachine, 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...

🚨 IN THE PAST 🚨
 
2001 - 06: Part of a collective, Cobeia ran the wonderful alternative art space DUPLEX in Geneva, where he booked electronic & folk-rock live acts: SO (Oval), Hermann Düne, Julie Doiron, Goodiepal, @planningtorock, @modeselektor... & DJs of various genres, while also working in 2003 & 04 at FORDE Art Space. 

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

- Resident host @GATEKEEPER_RADIO
- Monthly show "Delikatessen auf Plattentellern" @rdl.de (Radio Dreyeckland)

Upcoming
31.08. Cosmo Opening Delphi/Frederics
04.09. 8PM: GATEKEEPER RADIO
07.09. HakunaMatata SummerParty
11.09. 9PM: "Delikatessen auf Plattentellern" - Rdl.de RadioDreyeckland
31.10. Laut x Gatekeeper

Solair Music 
Salah is a DJ based in Nice & Puerto Escondido, he draws inspiration from his North African heritage and 80s disco funk growing up as a child. Throughout his set, it will take you on a journey blending soulful Detroit house with zouk, Italo disco, and African grooves. 

His career started in 2015, in that time Salah traveled, lived, and performed in Central America, Europe, and Australia. His eclectic sound continues to expand and be influenced from all over the world

not an artist but a space

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my mixes reflect my past and present: digging for vinyl in thrift shops, selecting music for listening sessions, building an underground radio station, organizing free open air raves, playing live at clubs & festivals
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come as u are, listen closely, leave your bullsh*t in the past

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