The story behind Diablo
Diablo was the late-1990s Israeli trance project of Avihen Livne and Benny Risher. The pair worked together for roughly a year and released the album Insufficient Memory in 1999. Livne then moved on to solo production, developing the Cosma identity that became his best-known work.
Diablo therefore belongs in Cosma’s prehistory, but it has its own duo lineup and album and should not be collapsed into the later solo project. Diablo marks Avihen Livne’s pre-Cosma development and is significant as a complete earlier duo project instead of merely an alias attached retrospectively to Cosma.
Historical project; activity was concentrated around 1998–1999. Direct predecessor in Avihen Livne’s career before Cosma; Benny Risher was the project’s other member.
Origins of Diablo
Formed in Israel around 1998 by Avihen Livne and Benny Risher during Livne’s first period of music production.
The early years
The duo worked together for about a year and developed the material that became Insufficient Memory.
How the career developed
Insufficient Memory appeared in 1999; after the Diablo period Livne continued alone and established Cosma.
Diablo sound
Late-1990s Israeli Goa Trance and Psytrance, combining psychedelic sequencing, driving trance rhythms and the transitional production character of the period.
Place in psytrance history
Diablo marks Avihen Livne’s pre-Cosma development and is significant as a complete earlier duo project instead of merely an alias attached retrospectively to Cosma.
Connections and influence
Direct predecessor in Avihen Livne’s career before Cosma; Benny Risher was the project’s other member.
Diablo today
Historical project; activity was concentrated around 1998–1999.