QUBE…who?
After being on the road as frontman of Swiss Indie/Rock/Pop band FAQ www.faq-music.com for over a decade, releasing 5 Albums, playing over 350 shows in Europe and USA, collaborating with renowned names like Norwegian Electro-EBM pioneers Apoptygma Berzerk, Russian star producer DJ RAM, German blockbuster band Unheilig, Adult Superstar Jenna Jameson and Burlesque queen Dita von Teese, Philip Noirjean (aka: Philter) felt the time was right for a new challenge. A new project, which takes him back to the roots and passion of his musical creativity; the electronic music.
Inspired by electronic music legends like Moby, Underworld, Kraftwerk and cult DJs from the 90s like Paul Oakenfold and Laurent Garnier, QUBE is bringing the vibrant, pulsing and original Progressive Techno back on stage, wrapped in a modern, vivid and unique live show. Mastermind Philter is promising „a trip to the moon and back“ while his live setlist is a fluent mix of different electronica genres and crosses borders from Progressive to Ambient to Deep House.
After the successful debut 2016/17 tour „Electronica Shaken & Stirred“, launched with two sold out back-to-back shows in Philter’s hometown Bern and several shows in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France, QUBE hit the road again for the „Do DJs Dream Of Electronic Beats?“ tour 2018 – a homage to the classic science-fiction novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, which celebrated its 50th anniversary the same year. The Progressive-Ambient DJ Tour 2018/19 setlist contained QUBE tracks and mixes as well as QUBE remixes from a variety of well-established and lesser-known electronica artists.
In 2020/21, QUBE focused on a close-to-heart project: SpectrElectro: The James Bond Tribute Show, the new full-length show and homage to the spy we love since more than 60 years. The anniversary release of the 25th Bond movie No Time To Die marked the perfect moment for a club show all based on James Bond. In 2021, QUBE was also resident DJ at the EXPO DUBAI 2020 (postponed to 2021 due to Corona) and performed for 5 weeks exclusively at the Swiss Pavilion.
By the end of 2025, QUBE teased a tranformation with the short music clip „Dehumanized“ and shows with the 2026 released track and music video „Tears In Rain“ the new musical journey QUBE is about to embark. It’s a cover version of Vangelis‘ legendary soundtrack for Ridley Scott’s cult Sci-Fi movie Blade Runner from 1982. The very elaborately filmed music video pays tribute to the great legacy of Ridley Scott and Vangelis. 2026, QUBE will focus on the biggest project to date: a brand new live show which will hit the stage in 2027. More about this ambitious project will be revealed soon…
Electronica…what?
„Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a board group of electronic-based styles such as Techno, Ambient, Drum’n’Bass, Jungle and Industrial Dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also for concentrated listening.“
(taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)