Jetpilot Music Reviews

Tom Cosm (the last name is an acronym for Certified Organic Sound Machine), is an up and coming live psy DJ from Christchurch, New Zealand. I love a bit of psy and the fact he does all his acts live is even more impressive. What’s more, he gives his music away for free and actively asks for people to share the love! He’s an awesomely nice guy in person too.

The best way to experience his genius (short of seeing him perform) is to listen to one of his live mixes. Since I know some my referred readers are mostly electro inclined, I suggest the Fetish Ball set, as it is very electro-ey but also psy:

Tom Cosm Live At The Fetish Ball, New Zealand, 2006 [ 58:16 - 53.3 MB ]

For others that like a slower build up with more of a dubby aspect (but still definately psy), try on his Uprising set for size:

Tom Cosm Live At Uprising, New Zealand, 2007 [ 1:39:47 - 91.3 MB ]

So once you’ve had a listen to those, go check out more about him at his website. He’s apparently doing some international gigs this year, including Burning Man in the US! Also keep tuned, as I have some of his unmixed tracks which I’ll post in the near future.

Lastly, since you might be curious, he’s done a video about how he performs:
Tom Cosm on Live Electronic Music

Also available in seperate parts on YouTube:

Part 1 – An introduction, a little about me and my music style.

Part 2 – a basic introduction to my live set canvas and how I go about layering loops and samples to create music on the fly.

Part 3 – The first of three “tricks” which I use when performing

Part 4 – The second “trick”

Part 5 – The third trick, followed by a short montage of clips and my conclusion to the video.