MP3 Cosmo D - Plantastic Joyage

electronic, electro-acoustic, classical, progressive, experimental, improvisational, experimental hip-hop, break beats/breaks, cello

9 MP3 Songs
ELECTRONIC: Breakbeat/Breaks, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



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"This is the best music of any variety that I've heard in years! Exceptional work. Extremely captivating and entertaining arranging and composition, its dense, but it has enough of a light sensibility to still be perfect for fun."
Deltasleep
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"The feel is loose over such a tight structure. It just creates this awesome experience. plus, it helps that the music is just beautiful."
Mixedtape
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Cosmo D creates ever-evolving electronic beatscapes using computers, synths and various acoustic instruments. Since Cosmo D is primarily a cellist, cello is one of the main ingredients in his stew, but his music has a whole bunch of different textures. Cosmo D's songs have unique arcs that are constantly evolving. His melodies and themes are always soulful and memorable. Songs like âSecret Councilâ mix two-cello counterpoint with Kanye-esque beats, Latin auxilliary percussion and max/msp processing, all while carrying Cosmo's soaring melodies and snaking bass lines. âTime For Some Eyesâ is a fast-paced scream of tightly controlled autoharps, musique-concrete, and distorted organ that gives way to a quiet, lofty cello and piano duet slowly enveloped by foggy synths. âSix Contestantsâ starts out quiet and contemplative, with a relaxed cello theme, but half-way through it twists into a series of ear-tingling rhythm and string edits, as well as an increasingly stretched tonality. Subtle elements and textures in âPlantastic Joyageâ reveal themselves over time and repeated listens offer further rewards from D's detailed soundscapes.

Cosmo has been influenced by electronic artists like the Books, Matmos, Fennesz, and Mouse on Mars. He has also been influenced by composers in the classical world, like Reich, Debussy and Alfred Schnittke. D's a jazz musician, too, so Miles, Coltrane and Monk, along with contemporary improvisers like Erik Friedlander and Ralph Alessi, have seeped into his musical bloodstream. Hip-hop new and old has never been far from D's CD player, either.

The first in a series of constantly evolving creative works, âPlantastic Joyageâ channels Cosmo's musical and life influences into a unique 45-minute whole.