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BIO

Ivan Sashev Shopov (Cooh) Started playing bass guitar in a hardcore-metal band when at 16 and got involved with creating electronic music at the age of 18.

Producing Drum And Bass for 6 years, now at the age of 25, he has 15 vinyl and 8 CD releases.

Together with Valery Sholevski (Ogonek), in 2002 he began intense promotion of drum and bass in the boarders of Bulgaria, sending"patriotic" messages to the young generation and playing a lot in the busiest clubs in Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria), mainly with the H.M.S.U. crew .As time passed by, his style improved significantly until finally he adopted the contemporary hard and dark dnb sound.

With a lot of hard work behind his back, Cooh is now releasing for some of the well known and respected drum and bass labels : Position Chrome, Offkey, Obsessions, LB, Sinuous, TOV, G2, Bass Rejects and more.

His energetic author tracks are often played by leading artists in the genre: Raiden,The Panacea, Dylan, Limewax, Gain, Audio, BSE,Tech itch,Future Prophecies, Evol Intent , Counterstrike, Vengeanze , The Sect, Infiltrata, EBK, etc.

Cooh has had appearances in many parts of the world. So far he has played in Russia, France, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, Germany,Holland and Romania, and is booked for performing in England , Ukraine and Portogal . He has a special knowledge of how to make the crowds go crazy and loves to share his own emotions with the people on the dance floor.

In the meantime Cooh has also been working in the field of soft & atmospheric dnb, as well as in dubstep, breakbeat , IDM and downtempo, and last but not least - jazz music. He has played at some of the biggest jazz festivals in Bulgaria as part of The Stoyan Yankuolov Quintete also with one the best Bulgarian jazz musicans - Theodosii Spassov.

Paralel with making music , he is also active in the sphere of fine arts, studying and drawing graphic prints and has created a remarkable collection of artworks.

Has played as support to : Raiden; Dylan; The Panacea; Audio; RobynChaos; The Sect; Dom&Roland; Gridlok; Tech Itch; Teebee;Curent Value,Evol Intent ; Fanu,Dieselboy,Dillinja,Aaron Spectre,Noisia, Infiltrata;Pendulum; Bad Company;Spor;Adam F, Shy Fx;Future Prophecies; DJ SS; Goldie; Killa Kella; Psychofreud; MC Jamalski; Zen; Twisted Individual;Hoodlum;Spree; Ez Rollerz; JFB;Deekline & Dona Dee; Ed Solo; Ragga Twins;Sunchase; Bryan Gee; Ray Keith; Transglobal Underground; JimiTenor and many more