Cheapo, leftfield, electronic music inspired by weird stuff from the 1980s (DIY, Darkwave, cheesy Italo-Disco, Minimal wave, etc). Based in both North America and the Middle East. I'm also terrible at singing, so not much of that is gonna be happening.
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All cover art (excluding the Victorian era photographs) is by me.
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Featured in Flemming Dalum's Out Of This World mix (Wish, Is Not Enough).

Main account: @cobeia
More mixes > www.mixcloud.com/cobeia
Bookings/Promos > cobeia@gmx.net 

DJ, Record Collector & Music Curator w/ wide tastes across the sound spectrum 🌏 Running @ecoutesauvert (EAV) + MFI Mix series:
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Cobeia has always been a sound enthusiast. Keen to explore an array of styles, he digs up gems that hold a sincere musical quality to him. Music w/ instruments, synths, drum machines & a warm analog sound in a computer world. :)

Cobeia plays Cosmic * Italo * Wave * Acid * Disco * Edits w/ a pinch of Afro & Oriental spices

He also spins from his large record collection spawning across a variety of genres:

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

💄 DJING 💄

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

Cobeia's part of the Wet Delights cosmic crew 12 hours underground Parties w/ Albion @big-muffle, @Hysteric, Rune Lindbæk, @Chris_Korda, @soFAholic...

In 2019, he djed at a Festival in Koh Phangan Thailand & @theobservatory-hcmc in Vietnam

SWITZERLAND / Geneva underground spaces (Duplex, Walden, Cave12, Artamis, Falaises…); Festivals (Fête de la Musique, Electron...), Clubs (@motelcampo, @le-zoo-usine, 360° LGBTQ+ Party) and around the country: @zukunft, Le Bourg, Dachstock, Fri-Son, Case à Choc, Mouton Noir, @kashemezurich, Bad Bonn, @klubkegelbahn...

💄 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 lived in London from 96 to 99 before regular stays in Berlin in the '00s. He's been passionately exploring the underground roaming alternative scenes. Since 2001 he's been a DJ, a cultural actor & promoter.

Among other journeys, he traveled extensively throughout Eastern Europe, North & East Africa, and Southeast Asia, further expanding his music appreciation.

💄 PROMOTING CONCERTS & PARTIES 💄

Since 2001 Cobeia has organized many electro-acoustic, folk-rock, experimental, and electronic music events... before focusing on his project:

💄 ECOUTES AU VERT (Est. 2006) 💄

EAV originated as an outdoor summer series with great music in parks & by lakes/riversides + indoor parties. 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:

LIVE: Shackleton, @Legowelt-official, @BlackMeteoricStar, @theEmperorMachine, OVAL, Mapstation, @LuckyDragons, Tevo Howard, Jan Jelinek & Masayoshi Fujita, Lichens/Robert Lowe, @JuliaHolter, @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, 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...

💄 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, Volcano the Bear, @colleenplays, @co_la, @glasscandy, Desire, @chromaticsofficial...

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