KOBE BAND - Music Made Of The Heart, Listen And Never Forget 🖤
🎙️ know the band first.
KOBE is an Alternative Pop Rock band from Thailand that has been around for 10 years. There are 2 members.
• Bain Chompoowong - lead vocals + guitar 🎸
• Elder Age (Ayu Charuburana) - Drum + vocals 🥁
What sets KOBE apart from other bands is that they choose to "express their feelings" instead of "explain it." In a world where everything is said to be completely clear, KOBE creates a space for the listener to sit with their own indecision, through music that slowly seeps in with sincerity and calm, in no hurry, in no force.
Most of the songs are in English, not to look cool, but because Ben said that what he wanted to convey was more real in English, and all the songs proved.
📀 Past works
Every song of KOBE speaks about human feelings at a time when it's arranged according to emotion.
💛 Love - Before It Hurts
By My Side (EP Here, 2013)
The warmest song on the EP speaks to the feeling that someone is by their side and then feels that life is enough; the music is light and soft, but the meaning is heavier than it seems.
"Just as long as I can have you here by my side."
- Happiness for wanting nothing more.
🔑 Songs for people who are grateful to have someone with them.
Cause You (Sing)
Romantic music in a way that knows time is precious. Not over sweet, but real and deep.
"Before tomorrow turns today, let me be here with you."
- Love the way you know every day is important.
🔑 Songs for those who love who live and want to tell without being honest.
🩶 Suspicion - starting to be uncertain.
Here (EP Here, 2013)
The title track, which is like a declaration of the band's identity, speaks of standing by someone who is lost. The vocals of elder Ben are very powerful.
"Although it may seem all is lost, but you're foundation."
- Said it wasn't too late. Without much talk.
🔑 A song for someone who is waiting by someone.
Maya (Sing)
The only Thai song sung in Thai, talking about opening your eyes out of illusion. The music is heavier than others, but the content is very sharp.
"Don't fool yourself when what you see is not what it is."
- Remind every time you read it.
🔑 A song for someone who is questioning something in life.
🖤 The pain - after everything's over.
Discarded Memories (EP Here, 2013)
The only song on the EP in Thai speaks of memories that still exist even after people have left.
"That I thought we loved each other..."
- It hurts most not to know if love exists.
🔑 Songs for people who still carry memories that do not know where to put them.
The Ballad of a Man and his Sorrows (EP Here, 2013)
The most prominent song on the folk-rock EP speaks of a man carrying sadness alone without anyone knowing; the music and lyrics promote each other so clearly that it feels its weight.
"Where do we go from here? Is the answer in my tears?"
- Questions without answers, and that's the truth.
🔑 Songs for people who are sad, alone and don't know which way to go.
Mora (Sing)
A song that talks about a relationship that already knows is broken, but still loves. Ben's singing voice is both calm pain and anger that presses inside, not drama, but heavier because it's too quiet.
"A fool I've turned into for lovin" you. "
- The only sentence that says everything.
🔑 Love Knowing Broken But Still Loving · Hurt Cry Without Crying · Smooth But Very Heavy Music
▶️ youtu.be/4TLgGiRqIdw
🩵 Tiredness - with life and all around.
Jives (EP Here, 2013)
A song whose energy is different is most obvious on the EP, more upbeat and raw, but the material speaks to being so forced by his surroundings that he feels exhausted; the conflict between the scolded music and the tired material makes this song hit a lot.
"If I only knew what I was getting myself into."
- A sentence that everyone thought of but never said.
🔑 Songs for people who are tired of what they choose.
Gibberish (Sing)
Questioning what society tells us to do: forgiveness, letting go, having hope, sheer music and having space to breathe, giving us full meaning.
"Gibberish hoax is what it seems."
- Sounds hopeless, but truer than most consolations.
🔑 A song that speaks for someone who tries but can't fight · Listen and feel not alone · The title of one song says everything.
▶️ youtu.be/14YW4QKkYRw
🤍 Accept. - And move on.
Signature (Single from Debut Album "POWER")
The first single from the long-awaited debut album speaks of acknowledging that life has both a beginning and an end, but more importantly, how we choose to live in between. Music is bigger and more open than previous songs. Feel that the band is growing in the way it still is.
"Life begins with an end, but how we live it all depends."
- Sounds like a quote, but it's a very heavy truth.
🔑 Songs for people who are restarting and ready to move on.
💡 Why listen to KOBE?
KOBE's signature is a quiet conversation that speaks to the inside. No rush, no force. They do not make music for the flow, but do it because they really love music. Every note, every word, every texture of the sound is attentive. Some songs are as soft as a hug inside. Some songs are so heavy that they want to sit quietly alone. But every song makes them feel like someone understands what we've been through.
Over 10 years in the industry, just two members grew up with real music fans - and I can tell you that they do this because of love.
🎧 Listen to that.
• Spotify → open.spotify.com/artist/30PaQt3M364NsQfZhrEmXM
• Apple Music → music.apple.com/th/artist/kobe/1825797760
• YouTube → youtube.com / @ kobethailand
📲 Follow at
• Instagram band: @ kobethailand
• Facebook: facebook.com/kobethailand
• IG elder Ben: @ bainkobe
• IG Elder Age: @ a.y.u _ r.e.a.d.y
If you like music that you listen to and feel that it speaks for your heart, makes music with attention, and doesn't make it for the stream, KOBE is the band you're looking for. 🎧🖤
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