ABOUT
"The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future."
- Sun Ra , Jazz Composer
"Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones"
- Keith Richards, singer, songwriter
Chris ‘Sese’ Cobb
Chris Cobb's earliest introduction to music came from listening to his uncles playing local PNG music in a string band back in his hometown of Bulolo in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
Fresh out of highschool while living in Kokopo in East New Britain, PNG, he connected with Donald Lessy who was the sound engineer for CHM Studios and a member of the popular Barike Band. With very little previous musical exploration previous to this connection, Cobb credits Lessy for his first foray into the musical world as a singer, introducing him as a band member for the Barike Band and helping to produce his first ever album under the CHM label titled ‘Chris Cobb’ (2010).
Since then, the rising musical talent has enjoyed creating music alongside some of PNG’s greatest artists, including Anslom Nakkikus, Pati Pots Doi, George Telek, Sean Rii and Emmanual Muganaua aka DJ Toxic Mahn.
Cobb and Muganaua met on the set of Digicel Stars back in 2011 when Muganaua was the Musical Director and Cobb one of the competitors. Since then the pair have continued to combine their musical talents to create a diverse range of originals, contemporary remixes of local and traditional songs and produce music for corporate and commercial clients.
The duo are considered to be amongst the top of PNG’s musical talent, whose musical skills and talent not only span careers of more than 20+ years, but a range of musical diversity that is second to none. You cannot put this kind of talent in a box.
The self confessed 'bush boy' from Bulolo is now based in Port Moresby and continues to broaden his musical repertoire with his range covering traditional PNG sounds to more contemporary tunes, including rock, RnB and soul. He is a coveted cover artist as well as a producer of original content.
He is a songwriter, singer and guitarist, but you'll find the talented artist dabbling in other instruments and musical productions.
Chris Cobb has largely been behind the scene in the PNG music industry for the past 10 years but is slowly surfacing the market as a solo artist. Chris aspires to connect with people through his music.