W/ Citizen Kay, Lucy Sugarman, Seanzsound and more.

Something New EP Launch - Koebi Faumui

"Something New" is a culmination of originals written by Koebi over the past year. The songs highlight his experimentation with various sounds and tones but still maintains the musical foundations of his roots. He'll be joined throughout the evening by some of Canberra's most talented and gifted artists from a broad range of genres. 

Date: Saturday 3rd of December

Time: 7pm

Tickets: $30

Special Guests:

Citizen Kay

Lucy Sugarman, 

Seanzsound

Eshan Dean

Grant Simpson

Groovy Daughter 

Sophie Maurice

Olivia Faletoese

Koebi's Bio 

Koebi is a singer/songwriter and music producer, based in Canberra Australia. Being  born into a family of musicians allowed him to experiment with various instruments and sounds and began writing, producing and recording at the age of 8. Over the past decade, he’s performed with his two older siblings Kashia and Salale as The Faumuis and have recorded and produced 10 original and 5 cover albums in that time.

 

Possessing a passion for all kinds of music from old school to future-sounding electronic sounds, and everything in between, Koebi has produced music with various charities highlighting societal challenges. In 2019 he collaborated with eight rappers to write a song about some of their personal mental health challenges, specifically their experiences around depression, anxiety and substance abuse. "Okay" was released in October with positive reviews, the track came to the attention of the federal health minister who wrote a letter of thanks outlining how the song affected him personally.

In 2015 Koebi along with his siblings joined their dad in a music program as a producer and teacher. The aim of the Booyah Project is to provide a safe, therapeutic environment that allows young people and adults to share their stories and utilises the arts of music production, songwriting and performance as ways in which they can express themselves. Participants had their songs professionally produced, recorded and performed to their family and friends. 

Koebi has taught guitar, music performance and music production over the past five years and has produced tracks with various artists, most notably Citizen Kay, Archie, Tony Rich, Timomatic and Lucy Sugarman. 

In 2020 Koebi embarked on his solo career and released his debut single during the Covid period, "I Feel Like Shit" is a song about how he felt during the lockdown period. Whilst it was important to stay & positive during that time he wanted to acknowledge that the experience was difficult and challenging for many people, including himself. He followed that up with a song about love called “What you'd say” released in Jan 2021 and later that year he collaborated with one of Australia's most talented rappers and hip hoppers Hayds to write “A song about nothing.”

His most recent work has been a collaboration with the Year 4 Indigenous students from the Biri Gunanggu Program. The track “Wassup My Mob” was written, produced and recorded over a four month period and was released at the end of 2021. In 2022 Koebi will be releasing two more singles over the next six months culminating in an EP launch on the 3rd of December where he’ll be performing with a full band of some of Canberra’s finest musicians and other Canberra artists.