Album Mind Journey : https://hypeddit.com/coocmusic/mindjourney
Cooc was born in the late 80's with the sound of Johnny Clegg, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Jean Jacques Goldman and Celine Dion in his ears. He started playing piano at the age of 4 and the first tunes he wanted to play at that time were bluesy tunes.
Then he entered the music academy at the age of 8 to learn music theory in addition to piano. He first encountered classical music with Beethoven, Czerny (hard on the fingers), Hanon (pianists know this private joke), Debussy, Bach (and all his sons (another private joke for classical musicians)), Chopin and many artists of that period.
Then he started to play the guitar at 14 (mostly because it was easier to carry than the piano and for the girls you know...). During this period, he discovered funk and soul music with Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, Aretha Franklin, and for the French part -M- (Matthieu Chedid) who inspired him a lot. Then (at the end of the 90's) the drums entered his life among many other musical instruments (Rock period for him with Muse, Blink 182, Linkin Park, System of a down, Rage against the machine, Nirvana etc.). It was at this time that he started to compose his own songs, mainly with French lyrics. He had a lot to tell about life and a lot to complain about too :).
In 2006 he started creating electronic music and a huge world opened up for him: all the possibilities he could (and still can) offer to transform the sound and make it groove so that people tap their feet in their shoes. At that time, he also fell in love with Fender Rhodes keyboards! (seriously, that sound is just amazing)
For a few years, he listened to electronic music and rap music coming mainly from France and the United States (for rap: Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, Dr. Dree, Snoop dog, Eminem, 50 cents, NTM, Iam, Assassins, Future Close, Booba; for electronic music: Robert Miles, The Wiseguys, Skillex, Above & Beyond, Tritonal, Anjunadeep artists).
In 2016, he decided to devote much of his "free time" to composing orchestral music and to leave aside writing lyrics. He realized that he could express what was/is in his mind without words and that he needed to clear his mind (sort of).
The last musical event that changed his approach to music was in 2018 when he discovered a guy he considers a musical genius - Tom Misch.
Now here he is, in 2020, starting his electronic career...
