Curbi
Tobias Curwen-Bingley (born 27 October 1998), better known by his stage name Curbi, is a British producer and musician. He is best known for the tracks "Discharge" and "Rubber", which both reached the Beatport Top 10, achieving more than 1.5 million views on Spinnin' Records YouTube Channel. He also has a monthly podcast on Soundcloud, named "Planet Curbi".
Career
2013 - 2014: Early career and first releases
In 2013, Curbi started to produce songs with Image-Line's FL Studio, and posted independently on his Soundcloud page. In October 2013, his track "Emotion" was aired on the BBC Introducing in Essex radio show. His second track "Clear" received similar airplay in January 2014. On 5 April 2014, his third track "Restate" was selected for broadcast by the same show. Subsequent tracks "Steeper" (with Ash O'Connor) and "Dime", gained notability after being released on the NoCopyrightSounds label. At the end of 2014, Curbi was signed to Spinnin' Records B.V. and with MusicAllStars Management B.V. after attracting the attention of Dutch electronic music producer, Oliver Heldens.
2015 - 2016: "Discharge" and new collaborations
On January 27, the song "Discharge" was premiered on Oliver Heldens radioshow "Heldeep Radio". On March 2, the song was officially released through Spinnin' Deep on Beatport. The song reached position 2 on the Beatport Top 100 chart. It was also supported by a music video on Spinnin' Records' YouTube channel. As of November 2015, the video has 1,623,011 views.
In April, Curbi remixed Pep & Rash's "Rumors" for the Remixes EP, officially released on April 20.
A month later, he released another remix, this time for Showtek and MC Ambush's track "90's By Nature". On May 11, the Remixes EP of the track was released on Beatport.
On June 15, Curbi released two further tracks on Beatport, "Rubber" and, his 2014 track with Ash O'Connor, "Steeper", part of the NoCopyrightSounds album "Infinity". "Rubber" reached position 12 on the Beatport Top 100 chart, and the music video has 1,207,722 views on YouTube as of November 2015. "Steeper" was not charted on Beatport.
On August 17, he released "Hoohah", a track with Fox Stevenson. The track was made during Spinnin' Writers Camp and reached position 5 on the Beatport Top 100 chart. The music video has 1,470,259 views as of November 2015.
On October 30, Curbi teamed up with the Dutch duo Bougenvilla to release "Butterfly Effect". The track reached position 15 on the Beatport Top 100 chart, and the music video has 647,547 views as of November 2015.
In December 2015, Curbi was named by Beatport as one of the breakthrough Electronic Dance Music artists of 2015. His track "Discharge" was the first of fourteen tracks to be selected for a special album.
On January 1, 2016, Curbi released on Spinnin' Premium his first Extended Play, named "Fraternité EP". The EP will be avaliable for free download on Spinnin' Records website until January 14, after this date the EP will be released on iTunes, Beatport and Spotify.
Discography
Extended Plays
Title |
Album Details |
|---|---|
Fraternité EP |
Released: January 1, 2016 Label: Spinnin' Premium Formats: Digital download |
Singles
Year |
Title |
Label |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
2015 |
Discharge |
Spinnin' Deep |
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Rubber |
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Steeper |
NoCopyrightSounds |
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Hoohah |
Spinnin' Records |
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Butterfly Effect |
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2016 |
Selection A |
Spinnin' Premium |
Fraternité EP |
100 Percent |
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Circus |
Remixes
Year |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
2015 |
Pep & Rash |
Rumors (Curbi Remix) |
Spinnin' Remixes |
Showtek feat. MC Ambush |
90's By Nature (Curbi Remix) |
Skink Records |
*Only released songs on Beatport or iTunes.
See also
- Spinnin' Records
- Oliver Heldens
- Martin Garrix
- Fox Stevenson