Biography
CobSOn is an indie band from Montpellier, France formed by Anna Muchin, Yannick Gomez and Laurent Bencharif.
Drums and two guitars (and a piano), that’s CobSOn, and at the beginning the “no bass player” concept seemed weird but little by little it became one of the band’s characteristic trumps.
2005
WM Recordings releases CobSOn’s first EP “Wasted?” (Anna’s solo project).
Anna meets Yannick G. and Laurent B, who join her. The band keeps the name CobSOn.
Dead Bees Records brings out its Sampler#4 with CobSOn and The Brianjonestown Massacre, amongst others.
2006
After some recording sessions, “Here We Come” (2nd EP) is released and distributed by Believe on all the major music download sites (iTunes, Virginmega, Fnacmusic, etc.) and WM Recordings brings
out two bonus tracks on iTunes.
“The Man Who Knows” and “Tears and TV” (from Anna’s EP “Wasted?”) form part of the soundtrack of Katerina Evaggelakou’s movie (best filmaker 2002), shortlisted for the 2006 edition of the cinematic
festival of Thessalonique.
Dead Bees Records release Sampler#5 the band’s song “Social Disaster”.
2007
The trio records the single “Like A Bike Without Brakes”.
CobSOn plays next to international bands (The Bishops, Ilenes Barne, …) and is short-listed during the 2008 edition of the Printemps de Bourges contest.
On the occasion of Victoire 2’s 20th birthday (one of the main concert halls in Montpellier), CobSOn is invited to play unplugged on 7LTV.
Meanwhile, the band launches a new concept on ebay: the "whenever, wherever show". The best bidder chooses when and where he/she wants to see the band perform.
Dead Bees Records chooses “Love Without A View” to be on its new sampler, also featuring The Black Angels.
2008
Gigs in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, …
Short-listed by the Fnac contest, CobSOn shares the stage with Armand Meliès and other national artists.
On Dead Bees Sampler#7, CobSon is this time next to the December Sound with “The Thing”.
Works of Rinôçérôse and also The Chase feature Anna.
The Addm 34 team (a departmental organisation supporting music) chooses CobSOn for its 2008 edition.