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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 30/08/2026

Started preserving releases from my music collection onto archive.org! If I can't find an official way to purchase from the original label or artist, I'll assume they aren't making any money from the release anymore and as such I'll preserve it I'll post all my uploads here as comments to this post

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 09/06/2026

I was supposed to just build this one specific simple modular generative patch that I was gonna use for a project but ended up accidentally making drum n bass

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 29/05/2026

I've just released this as a single! Bandcamp: cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com/album/climb-... Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrSG... #eurobeat #musicproduction

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MowtenDoo @mowtendoo.com · 28/05/2026

I dont fw gen ai

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 15/05/2026

Hi! I'm Tommy. I'm a musician, producer, DJ, and a photographer, among some other hobbies! If you like what I do and want to support, here are some links! Bandcamp: cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Cobalt_music_ Throne: throne.com/tommyswanson Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/tommyswanson

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 14/05/2026

hey does this sound like eurobeat to you?

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 04/05/2026

@deck.blue bug report, clicking on the "replies" when viewing someone's profile won't show their replies if their latest post is a boost

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 01/05/2026

it's bandcamp friday! I recently released an old school style dubstep track titled Claw Finger. everything on my bandcamp is pay what you want, so even if you don't want to support you can still download if you want!

cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com

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Music Website: https://cobaltmusic.fi Social media: - Fedi: https://musicians.today/@cobalt - Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/cobaltmusic.fi

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 01/05/2026

cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com

Cobalt

Music Website: https://cobaltmusic.fi Social media: - Fedi: https://musicians.today/@cobalt - Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/cobaltmusic.fi

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 22/03/2026

new musical song!! dubstep!! cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com/track/claw-f...

cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com

Claw Finger, by Cobalt

track by Cobalt

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 22/03/2026

new musical song!! dubstep!! cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com/track/claw-f...

cobalt-fi.bandcamp.com

Claw Finger, by Cobalt

track by Cobalt

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 19/03/2026

starting tomorrow, it's the Yks Mesta ry DJ Marathon! 42 hours of bangers, streamed live to your favourite screen I'll be playing dubstep at 10am on sunday, 22.3. (Finland time, convert that to your own time zone accordingly™️) www.twitch.tv/yksmesta

the flier for the dj marathon, featuring DJs such as akizEh, Jay Crystal, JeJo, DSM, and many others

The same image as previously, this time listing more DJs

The timetable for the marathon, too much info to properly alt

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 20/03/2026

the stream has started!

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 04/03/2026

Started working on this on stream today

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 28/02/2026

finnish culture (ostakaa makkaraa) meets indian culture (the bansuri flute)

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 27/02/2026

anyway here's Alpha by Vangelis

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 26/01/2026

wow I haven't touched fl since february of 2025 lol anyway here's a 30 minute rough sketch of some 303 acid rally house

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 05/01/2026

may have some exciting news coming in the next two weeks or so

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 29/12/2025

bought this Mackie 1642 VLZ3 mixer for 50€. seller said it keeps burning fuses. here's hoping it's just an obviously-bad blown capacitor or something, because I don't really have the know-how of how to troubleshoot electrical stuff

the aforementioned mixer. looks like any other mixer. lots of knobs and buttons

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 21/12/2025

oh yeah, since we're on the topic of guitars, I might as well fix up my old Landola. Landola is a finnish guitar manufacturer started in 1942. my specific one is from 1987. it hasn't been played much ever since I got it, and it's always been stored in a room temperature, dry place

an acoustic guitar on the floor. the body is brown

the headstock reads "Landola" and it has two long vertical holes in it to accomodate the tuning heads

the strings are attached to the bridge by just tying them in a knot

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 20/12/2025

picked up this Fender Squier SA-105 for free. the bridge has started coming off. reckon it could be fixed with just some wood glue?

a shiny black acoustic guitar on the floor

the bridge (the part at the bottom of the guitar that holds the strings) has started coming loose from the body

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 12/12/2025

bought this Boss BX-80 for 10€. I don't think the seller knew what they had and just looked at its small size and thought "oh it's probably not worth a lot". little did they know they just sold me a 90-100€ mixer haha granted it's in a disgusting condition but nothing that a bit of wiping can't fix

a Boss BX-80 mixer. it is a small compact 8 track mixer with only a pan knob, an effect knob, a bass and treble EQ knobs, and a gain knob for every channel, along with the channel volume slider

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

These are just my musings as someone who has been involved in electronic music in one way or another for more than a decade now. I'm curious what other folks think.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It's what I love about the VR rave space. That you always have space to move. That you can exist in public without all the danger or logistics or the capitalism. Most importantly, it's a stepping stone to living without the shame of existing authentically, in the virtual or the physical world.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

What I've found is that as you let that movement flow through you there is such relief of the pain and the suffering and the hopelessness and the trauma that has been stored up in you for years. That's what I've discovered and why I'm still so drawn to spaces of sound, music, movement, people.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Some of the best clubs and raves out there make people put stickers on their phones or lock them up in lockers! When you don't have your phone to distract you or even know the time, when you're not worried about being photo'd, you start to realize what being present actually means.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It will be scary. The world around you has conditioned you to believe that you have to look 'cool' at all times. That if you in any way act different you will be shamed and ostracized. It's become especially shitty in a world of cell phone cameras and instant uploads to social media.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Move until you are sweaty and dripping and releasing. That's where the healing happens. That's where the magic is. We've been doing this as humans for millenniums, by the way. A rave is just a modern drum circle around the fire.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I'd implore everyone who's interested in electronic music and raves: go find something small and independent and actually move. Move your body. Don't worry about how it looks, just move in whatever way feels good.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Current mainstream "raves" can lose that feeling. Being packed into an oversold space staring at a (probably cishet white male) star DJ that is designed to extract money and promote capitalism harms the healing potential. You can still find the healing there, but it's tainted and harder to grasp.

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Movement and rhythm help people feel embodied, present, connected. I've personally found raves and festivals to be a source of trauma healing through movement and physical vibrations of sound. I've experienced this while completely sober. I've experienced this while under the influence of substances

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Schlick 🏳️‍🌈 @schlick-music.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Musing on raves (1/?) People who think that raves are just a bunch of weirdos doing drugs and lurching around are ignoring the very real, studied, peer reviewed and practiced field of somatic therapy and healing.

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 07/12/2025

was fun! we ended up cutting the stream right before I played because of no viewers, but oh well. if you want to listen to my set, it can be found on: mixcloud and youtube

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 06/12/2025

oh yeah by the way I'm doing a DJ gig in a few hours (5h15min from now), and we're streaming the whole party. you can listen here if you'd like: www.twitch.tv/yksmesta

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 05/12/2025

check it out I bought this Alto Live 1604 mixer for 20€ seller said one of the channels is dead so they didn't want to use it for gigs anymore. if I can get it fixed up I should be able to get around 250€ for it

an Alto Live 1604 mixer. it has 16 channels and 4 buses. it looks like pretty much any other mixer ever. loads of knobs and sliders, you know

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 28/11/2025

they also gave me this Yamaha MD8 8-track minidisc recorder which happened to have their old recordings on it haha

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 24/11/2025

as much as I like fixing up old mixers, there doesn't really seem to be a whole lot of money in them. people just aren't buying them even if I put them up for sale for way less than what they're actually worth. factor into that the time investment and spare parts and I'm more or less breaking even

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 23/11/2025

Behringer Xenyx 1204FX maintenance thread ✨ externally it's in pretty good shape, apart from the broken pot shaft and its missing knob

the aforementioned mixer, turned on. all the sliders are at zero

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ravarcheon @ravarcheon.com · 21/11/2025

the hydraulic press technique

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 07/11/2025

here's something cool: I went to Helsinki to pick up this Yamaha MV1602 plus the rack shown here for 100€ total. pretty good score already, the case alone is worth around 50€! not to even mention the mixer once I've serviced it. but it gets even better...

a yamaha MV1602 rack mountable mixer mounted in a rack that is on wheels

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 05/11/2025

oh wow so I serviced this Boss BX-8 that I bought for TEN EUROS with PSU. took me only a couple of hours to clean everything and treat the pots. works perfectly again. listed it for sale online, and right after I had listed it on the second (out of 4) site, it insta-sold on the first for 110€ lol

a very clean looking Boss BX-8 laying on the floor. it's a very minimalistic design for a mixer, its knobs and faders are small

the back of the Boss BX-8 - left and right 1/4" outputs, left and right RCA outputs, output level selector, 2 effects sections (send and return left and right), and 8 1/4" phone jacks for inputs

the mixer, its power supply unit, and the owner's manual laid out on the floor

a close-up of the power supply, showing the input- and output voltages and currents, along with the plug pinout which connects to the mixer

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 11/10/2025

thread about fixing up two Midas Venice 320 mixers that I bought for a total of 200€! I also have an investor who's agreed to put 100€ towards it. if I get these in good working condition and can sell them for a good price, we'll split the profits

two Midas Venice 320 mixing consoles on the floor, there are an uncountable (slight exaggeration) amount of knobs and sliders

a close-up shot of the rows of knobs, there are white-ish ones with gray tops, white with green top, white with red top, and many other kinds of colours

a close-up of the faders. many are missing, but these shouldn't be too hard to source online

the back of the mixing console. there are a total of 144 connectors (unless I lost count somewhere which is somewhat likely)

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 18/09/2025

if you'd like to read through the thread I made for this on my main account, see this post the account is NSFW but nothing in the thread is NSFW. also, if you're OK with NSFW content, feel free to follow me on there! I only use this account for posting about music nowadays

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 18/09/2025

the finger lift of the ortofon concorde club mk2 glows under UV light!

a concorde club mk2 being lit by a UV light. the cartridge is bathed in purple light

the same photo as previously, but this time zoomed out so the shine on the finger lift and the reflected light are more evident

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 18/09/2025

oh hey! haven't posted here in a while. what have I been up to the past few months regarding music? getting my hands on a vinyl DJing setup, that's what! not much else... but check it out, here's my first vinyl transition!

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Cobalt @cobaltmusic.fi · 18/09/2025

Hi! I'm Tommy. I'm a musician, producer, DJ, and a photographer, among some other hobbies! If you like what I do, please consider supporting me by buying my music or getting me something from my Throne wishlist! #introduction

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