Curbi

Curbi
Birth name Toby Curwen-Bingley
Also known as Curbi
Born (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998
Origin Halstead, England
Genres Electronic Music, EDM, future house, house
Occupation(s) Musician, Producer, Artist
Labels Spinnin' Records
Associated acts Preesync, Fox Stevenson, Bougenvilla, Pep & Rash, Showtek
Website www.curbimusic.com

Toby 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".[1]

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.[2] His second track "Clear" received similar airplay in January 2014.[3]

On 5 April 2014, his third track "Restate" was selected for broadcast by the same show.[4]

Subsequent tracks "Steeper" (with Ash O'Connor) and "Dime", gained notability after being released on the NoCopyrightSounds label. On that same month, he alongside another Essex-based producer Preesync banded together as OptionAvailable.[5] Their most notable track together was a collaboration with Canadian duo Kayliox "Von Deeper".[6] He then went on to become the founder of his own independent record label 'Tackle Records' later on in the year.

At the end of 2014, Curbi was signed to Spinnin' Records B.V. and with MusicAllStars Management B.V.[7] 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 podcast "Heldeep Radio".[8] On March 2, the song was officially released through Spinnin' Deep on Beatport.[9] 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 5 views.

In April, Curbi remixed Pep & Rash's "Rumors" for the Remixes EP, officially released on April 20.[10]

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.[11]

On June 15, Curbi released two further tracks on Beatport, "Rubber".[12] "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",[13] a track with Fox Stevenson. The track was made during Spinnin' Writers Camp[14] 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".[15] 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.[16]

On January 1, 2016, Curbi released on Spinnin' Premium his first Extended Play, named "Fraternité EP". The EP was available as free download on Spinnin' Records website until January 14, after this date released on iTunes, Beatport and Spotify.[17]

On February 22, 2016, Curbi released on Spinnin' Records his next solo track, entitled "51".

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 Non-album single
Rubber
Steeper

(with Ash O'Connor)

NoCopyrightSounds
Hoohah

(with Fox Stevenson)

Spinnin' Records
Butterfly Effect

(with Bougenvilla)

2016 Selection A Spinnin' Premium Fraternité EP
100 Percent
Circus
51 Spinnin' Records Non-album single

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.[18]

See also

References

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