Valerio Cosi (February 7, 1985 in

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) is an Italian

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. His works have roots in the

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genre and contain several elements of

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and

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Biography

In 2006, Cosi's first record called "Immortal Attitudes" appeared on Digitalis Industries's sub-label

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. Between the years 2006-2009 he had many of his solo and collaborative works released on CD-R, CD and LP: "Pulga Loves You" on Fire Museum Records (a collaboration with Vanessa Rossetto, called Pulga), "The Three Faces Of Moongod" (Ruralfaune), "Conference Of The Aquarians" (recorded with Enzo Franchini) on Last Visible Dog, two albums with the Italian electronic musician

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("We Could For Hours" and "Thoughts Melt In The Air") on A Silent Place and

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, a split 7-inch with Italian

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duo My Cat Is An Alien, the trilogy of "Freedom Meditation Music" on Ruby Red Editora/

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/ Students Of Decay and the acclaimed work "Heavy Electronic Pacific Rock" on Digitalis Industries. He also toured Europe playing with several artists, including the Portuguese band Os Loosers, and opened shows for

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. Cosi's musical work also gained attention from the international music press like ''

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'' and

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. In 2009, Cosi signed a 5-years contract with Porter Records (USA), which released his first compilation of solo material called "Collected Works". In 2013 ''

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'' included his figure in an article about "the 10 Italian underground musicians you absolutely have to know". In 2014 he has published an LP called "Plays Popol Vuh" on Dreamsheep.

References

External links

Valerio Cosi
on Myspace
Interview (2007)Discography at Discogs
Italian electronic musicians Living people 1985 births {{italy-musician-stub