Valerio Cosi

Valerio Cosi
Valerio Cosi
Birth name	Valerio Cosi
Born	February 7, 1985 (age 36)
Origin	Taranto, Italy
Genres	Electronic; Psychedelia; free jazz; Krautrock; Industrial music;
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Labels	Porter Records; Dreamsheep; Digitalis; Preservation; A Silent Place; Last Visible Dog; Black Horizons;
Associated acts	; My Cat Is An Alien; Julie's Haircut; ;
Website	Facebook

Valerio Cosi (February 7, 1985 in Taranto) is an Italian saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. His works have roots in the electronic music genre and contain several elements of free-jazz, krautrock, industrial music, psychedelia and ethnic music.

Biography[]

In 2006, Cosi's first record called "Immortal Attitudes" appeared on 's sub-label Foxglove. 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 (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 ("We Could For Hours" and "Thoughts Melt In The Air") on and , a split 7-inch with Italian experimental duo My Cat Is An Alien, the trilogy of "Freedom Meditation Music" on /Oneiros/ and the acclaimed work "Heavy Electronic Pacific Rock" on .^[1] He also toured Europe playing with several artists, including the Portuguese band Os Loosers, and opened shows for Caribou (musician).^[2] Cosi's musical work also gained attention from the international music press like The Wire and Pitchfork.^[3]^[4] In 2009, Cosi signed a 5-years contract with Porter Records (USA), which released his first compilation of solo material called "Collected Works".^[5]

In 2013 La Repubblica included his figure in an article about "the 10 Italian underground musicians you absolutely have to know".^[6] In 2014 he has published an LP called "Plays Popol Vuh" on .^[7]