Currently touring Europe and just coming off the back of an 8 week live residency at DC-10 Ibiza, Christopher Coe has been delivering his sometimes blistering, sometimes deep and always innovative live sets to ever growing fans of live electronic music and, with shows coming up at Fabrik, Madrid, Toremolinos, Manchester, Leeds and in the mighty Ziggo Dome for Awakenings during ADE Coe is set to continue to grow his audience alongside his label partner Carl Cox and fellow label artists at ASW.
Dissecting time, pulling apart rhythmic structures and building them up again unexpectedly, Coe’s aesthetic is one of chaos and decay underpinned by the deep relentless throb of the ever present kick drum.
Coe’s early Digital Primate techno releases through respected underground labels Pro-Jex and Bush in the early 2000’s set him apart as an important producer.
Over the years Coe has collaborated with artists as diverse as Mad Professor, Carl Cox, Zbigniew Karkowski and Stelarc. He has always put art before commerce.
Basically, Christopher Coe loves techno and plays it live. Need we say any more?
Balance Selections 218: Christopher Coe
Tracklisting:
One entire live piece created on the spot from start to finish using a eurorack modular system, Moog DFAM, Soma Pulsar 23, LXR02 drum machine, Meris FX pedals and a Pioneer V10 mixer.
Created live at DC-10 Ibiza on August 16th 2022 by Christopher Coe.
Balance Selections Q+A
Name: Christopher Coe
Location: Currently Ibiza but based in Melbourne, Australia
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Labels affiliated with: Awesome Soundwave, Bush, Intec, Systematic, Machine
My last 3 releases:
Christopher Coe – MNTNS of SLNCE
Stephan Bodzin – Trancoso (Christopher Coe remix)
Carl Cox, Reinier Zonneveld, Coe – Inferno
What music did you listen to as a child?
Abba, Madness, The Specials, Joy Division and New Order
When was the first time that you realised that you liked electronic music?
When I heard Jean Michel Jarre‘s ‘Oxygene‘
When was the first time you saw a DJ in a club?
I used to go to Razor club in Melbourne, and it’s where I took my first pill… Got laid in the toilets… Rad! But, when I was really young and growing up in Ireland, I used to have little discos for my friends.
What was the last album that you downloaded/bought?
Chris Liebing’s new LP… It’s great. I like techno.
What is your current production and DJ set up like?
I play hardware… Lots of things…
What releases do you have on the horizon?
Got an EP coming in collaboration with Carl Cox on October 14. Cox and Coe – Mindset EP… We made it entirely live, no pre-programming, just jammed it with the boxes.
Where can we hear you perform?
September 17: Wembley Arena supporting Carl Cox
October 1: Fabrik Madrid Awesome Soundwave show
October 7, 8: Torremolinos Awesome Soundwave show
October 14: Leeds 02 Academy Awesome Soundwave show
October 15: Manchester, Victoria Warehouse, Awesome Soundwave Show
October 22: Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome, Awakenings pres. Awesome Soundwave show
Then maybe a few others…
Tell us more about the podcast you made for Balance?
I made it live, I made it at DC10 and I thought I would do something that worked for that night and also for Balance.
My Recommendations
The top track in my DJ wallet currently is:
I don’t actually have anything current cos I only play live I am sorry… But, I really adore Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Recondite, Julien Chaptal, Marc Romboy, and so many others…
If I could recommend only one of my tracks for you to listen to it would be:
Christopher Coe – Let It Go
If I could recommend only one track for you to listen to it would be:
Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
The last movie I watched that I really liked:
Bladerunner 2049
My favourite TV show:
Seinfeld… It reminds me of a more innocent time.
