Guest antic Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 From www.cosmosis.co.uk: So, here's an idea of what I have been cooking up in my studio for the last 18 months or so.... I'm shooting for an April 2009 release date, but still have a lot of work to do finalizing mixes, completing the last tune, deciding last details and generally bringing the whole thing together, so we'll see ... I'm really pleased with how the tunes have turned out for this one. I've been digging into the deeper corners of the Cosmosis bag (fumbling for those funky frequencies ...) so there's plenty of melody and colour interweaving and dancing between some very trippy psychoactive textured layers. Also I've been discovering vast previously untapped seams of juicy old school vibe deep in the bag, which I've enjoyed layering on in spades in some of the tracks. Plenty of light and shade, keeping it musical and pleasing to the ear but yet still a phat and pumping, raging and jumpin', feets-don't-fail-me-now, pedal to the metal, high octane, rubbery be-basslined, monster sub-bass fest... Hope you like it (I hope you buy it as well !) Billy Cosmosis :posford: Personally, I've just wet my pants... Quote
Insejn Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I can't wet pants without samples. I reckon it can suck balls... Quote
Guest antic Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 ...I reckon it can suck balls... It wouldn't be very pleasant with wet pants, would it? But I know what you mean, as the last one was pretty hit & miss also for me, with a lot of unnecessary elements and influences... Well, time will tell and the cover definitely looks promising, i.e. much better than the last one. Quote
Insejn Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Well, cover shmover I'm one of those guys who listens to everything I can get my hands of and then throw away 99.5% of it. But if it's anything like Find Your Own Divinity I'm psyched! Quote
Anoebis Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 The cover is great... But I guess that's all the positive I can say about this I say him live 2 months ago, playing his new tracks, and expect guitars everywhere... he even went ON the turning tables to "rock" on the guitar, I was so dissapointed Quote
Insejn Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Guitars you say. So I guess it goes directly to the trash can then. Quote
Guest antic Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 The cover is great... But I guess that's all the positive I can say about this I say him live 2 months ago, playing his new tracks, and expect guitars everywhere... he even went ON the turning tables to "rock" on the guitar, I was so dissapointed Damn, I was afraid of that seeing the guitars on every latest picture from his lives... WTF's wrong with those old-school guys?!? First Electric Universe, now Cosmosis... Quote
Insejn Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I don't know whats wrong really. If I wanted to hear those fucking guitars I'd just go to a rock concert. Which I wont! Quote
amphiton Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Damn, I was afraid of that seeing the guitars on every latest picture from his lives... My thoughts exactly, Billy + guitar on every picture I saw from the last few months Quote
abasio Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Guitars? That's a shame, still maybe he only does that for his live shows Quote
Jikkenteki Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 What do you expect from a guy who was basically a professional guitarist first. I suspect this is one of those things that people who haven't spent years and years studying and playing an actual instrument perhaps can't wrap their heads around so well, but the pull of blending your computer music skills with your live instrument ones is a strong, and I feel completely natural one to anyone who has actually played an instrument first. Then again I have guitars in my work too so maybe I'm just biased, but I say who the f*** cares what you use, as long as it is good music. All b.s. of "oh my god, he's using a guitar so it is crap" without even hearing one damn note is a bit rediculous especially considering the guy's had guitars in just about all of his albums in one form or another. Oh wait, this is psy trance where the only real instruments allowed are didgeridoos, or one of a hand full of "ethnic" percussion instruments. Sorry, nothing to see here folks, move along, move along... Quote
abasio Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Maybe it's because most guitars in Psytrance does sound terrible and it puts people off. But I agree, they can sound good but it takes some super awesome skill to do it. I suppose we'll see! Quote
Malevol3nt Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Anything can sound good in proper hands, but it's horrible when artists add guitars to their tracks just because guitars in psytrance are "popular". Oh wait, this is psy trance where the only real instruments allowed are didgeridoos, or one of a hand full of "ethnic" percussion instruments. Sorry, nothing to see here folks, move along, move along... No no. Didgeridoos and other instruments can sound just as bad as guitars can in the hands of anti-talents. Just like useless over-exagerations with flutes. If someone's gonna record something with a flute, well at least they could make some decent melody with it not just slap a few random long notes in there. Quote
Colin OOOD Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Ah, the good old open-minded psytrance scene! Accusations of Bill adding guitars because it's 'fashionable' are way off the mark; I've got footage of a party OOOD and Cosmosis/Laughing Buddha both played live at in 1997 and Bill's rocking it properly - and the dancefloor does seem to love it. He does it because he's good at it; guitar is just as valid a texture for psytrance as the kick drum and it all depends on what he's actually doing with the instrument. Writing off an entire album because you've heard it might have guitar on it is just... stupid. Personally I'm waiting to hear the music before I decide whether or not I like it... and just because he plays guitar in his live shows doesn't mean there's that much guitar on the album! $0.02 Quote
Vempy Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 i understand what you guys are all saying here, pro's and con's included blending guitars in goatracks has shown us many times how bad it can be... so its kinda hard for some people to expect the oposite... however, cosmosis has shown us already he's got the brain and the feeling for making music, so i'm always interested in what he's got to offer us But unfortunatly, as an oldskool freak, i was not impressed by his live act a few months ago. Mostly because its fullon and not necesarly because its with guitars. I'm pretty sure people can make very nice oldskool minded goatracks with a guitar, but some artists don't believe in the oldskool sound anymore... While it is people like me who have lost their belief in the fullon sound. So what i'm saying here, is that its not necesarly the guitars thats gonna bother me about this album, but its the fullon sound that i'm really affraid of... But I have found artists who made fullon sound like butterflies, lets just hope i find some more! €0,02 Quote
technosomy Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 come on you guys give him a break!!! this aint chico we are talking about, this is bilbo, one of the pioneers of this genre. if there are guitars on this album they will fit. think of some of the best guitar tracks over the last 12 years or so??? he has composed some of the best imo of course. live is different, easy to go a little over the top and red light the amps. personally i can't wait for this, good or bad, this is integral at keeping this scene alive and kicking good on you billy, kick out the jammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmms :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: Quote
Melancholyman Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Listened to the sample track on his myspace. really not my cup of tea. Quote
Go-Goa Trancer Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I found his track on MySpace (thanks Melancholyman ) not that bad. Seems like a sort of breakbeat if I'm not mistaking. I just find that the structure of the track is a bit chaotic... But I'll have to listen to it more. I'm a bit afraid of the guitars if there were to be any, but we'll see. Quote
Insejn Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Writing off an entire album because you've heard it might have guitar on it is just... stupid. Personally I'm waiting to hear the music before I decide whether or not I like it... and just because he plays guitar in his live shows doesn't mean there's that much guitar on the album! $0.02 You're right, that is stupid. It just automatically sat of my "crap alarm" since I've never really heard a good electric guitar in a full on track to this date. Oh, no wait... The Delta - Travelling At The Speed of Thought (that is a guitar right?) is good. Also, Artifakt - No Present Quote
Guest antic Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 SAMPLES ...and damn, they sound really good! His individual style is still there, with unmistakeable sounds & tricks, but this time - compared to Psychedelica Melodica - it seems less full-onish and more goa/psy-ish (last two tracks!). Would kill for 4-min samples, though Quote
Stevo Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 If he throw out fullon basslines and fullon things we could have one of the best goa trance albums of whole time .... according to samples ofcourse , but still sounds very good , im hardly waiting for this Quote
Go-Goa Trancer Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Yes, samples sound promising. I'm looking to hearing 1, 5, 6, 7. Yet I'm afraid I'll get bored/annoyed by the basslines. Let's hope not. Quote
Imba Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Not 90's but perfect tracks. Good bass lines, good kicks/hats and sure good ACIDs! Some tracks have old school spirit. So keep rockin' Billy Quote
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