Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts

Monday, 4 October 2021

Cosmic Bos - Virtual Normality EP (Season 3 Special Presentation)

 So friends,

As has been customary during our time as podcasters, we here at Cosmic Bos have aimed to do something special presentationey every year of our show. In year 1 we did From the Vault which was a collection of music from Cosmic Bos's hard drives, in year 2 we did From the Songbook, a collection of songs we had written and then recorded live in Nick's living room, so for year 3 we have made an EP of 5 proper recordings for you. Cosmic Bos present, Virtual Normality...


Cover Art by Gecko
Cosmic Bos - Virtual Normality EP

1. Space Babies

2. Take it Easier

3. It's Always You

4. Stay Inside (ft. Texmex Shaman)

5. Ride Another Wave

Available on Spotify Virtual Normality on Spotify

For this special presentation, Nick and Andy sit down to discuss their EP, Virtual Normality, which they recorded over the summer of 2021 with the intention of it being their summer presentation. As is customary for Bos, it got a little delayed and finally came out on the 1st October. Not a problem though, it's not like they work to deadline or anything.

Back Cover Art also by Gecko
So the 5 songs of Virtual Normality all have a story around them, and this podcast explores them, as well as containing a Tea Review, discussion on what the rest of the year has in store for Cosmic Bos (hint, it's quite a bit), chatter about our upcoming gig on November 13th at the Brunswick in Hove, shout outs for New Music Saturday with Dr. Bones and Mike5, and extra special shoutouts to Texmex Shaman for providing the slick guitar work on Stay Inside.

Check him out on Spotify here Texmex Shaman on Spotify

Also, massive shout out to Gecko for the cover and back cover, he is an awesome artist and you should check him out, search iamgecko and marvel at the wondrous, the spectacular, the unbelievable art that he does.

Please subscribe to our shenanigans, and drop us a comment, we love to know what you think of our work, even if you think it stinks and we could do better, constructive criticism is better than no feedback. 

Here is the YouTube version of Space Babies video


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

PS. Here's the record on it's own without Nick and Andy waffling between the tunes


Sunday, 26 September 2021

New 5 Track EP coming 1st October: Cosmic Bos - Virtual Normality

 Hello friends,

So we have been squirrelling away on an EP for the past few months, it started life as just a couple of singles we wanted to put out, but it evolved into the 5 track Virtual Normality that will be available to listen to on the 1st October 2021 (of course, it wouldn't be 2022 would it! that would be too far away to be announcing now).

Virtual Normality Cover by Gecko

The amazing cover was done by Gecko, check him out, he does awesome artwork for a variety of clientele, find him on instagram @i.am.gecko 

There are 5 tracks on it, opening with our reimagined version of Space Babies from our recent improvised sessions (complete with a new video coming with the EP), Take it Easier, It's Always You, Stay Inside (ft. Texmex Shaman), and finally Ride Another Wave.

Stay Inside was spun exclusively on New Music Saturday, you can hear it right here


We are really excited to share this with you, and it's been a long time since we recorded a proper record that wasn't in some way improvised. All these songs were written with pen and paper (and guitar obviously) and we hope they show you what we are capable of if given the time to make music.

We already have our next improvisation album recorded, it requires mixing and wisdoming, and that will be with you at the start of November, but for now it's time to get excited about Virtual Normality, take it away toys!

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

Words of Wisdom 8: Ram Dass (with improv music by Cosmic Bos)

 So friends, the last of the wise words from Summadelica,

Once again we invite to the stage, the one and only, Ram Dass


Taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 3: Summadelica

original Ram Dass audio from the awesome podcast Here and Now

https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-love-incarnation/

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Also we made this little snippet bit from the video, of Ram Dass explaining the incarnation process.


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Monday, 30 August 2021

Summer Beach Kalimba Jam party 2021 - Cosmic Bos go all thumb piano

 Hello friends,

I hope the summer is treating you well

We here at Cosmic Bos have been busy recording an EP (coming very soon), as well as our next Improvisation podcast, so plenty of new material coming up in the near future.

In between this though, we have been having jams on the beach with Kalimbas.

Kalimba Beach Jam #1


Kalimba Beach Jam #2


Kalimba Beach Jam #3


It has been great fun playing the Kalimba, and it makes a big appearance in our next improvised album (which we've recorded already but not mixed yet, or worded up with wisdom).

Big thanks to Joe Philogene for being such a legend, he truly has made 2021 an exciting year of musical exploration and Cosmic Bos wouldn't be the same without him.

Coming Up next: An EP, some silliness in video form, and more.

Peace and infinite love

Andy (Cosmic Bos)



Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Words of Wisdom 5: Charlie Chaplin (1940 speech from The Great Dictator)

 Hello friends,

Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 5: Charlie Chaplin


 With improvised music provided by Cosmic Bos as part of Improvisation 3: Summadelica

 The speech comes from Charlie Chaplin's film The Great Dictator (1940) and it is a zinger indeed, it's already done the rounds on the internet many times, and it was always the plan to use it as one of our Words of Wisdom series, you can find the full film on the internet and youtube etc, it's well old and the copyright on it is dubious. 

Check out our other words of wisdoms if you haven't already, and there are further ones to come from this very record including Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg and Ram Dass, it's a lot of wisdom I can tell ya.

The track and it's musical brothers can be found on Spotify 


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Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

P.S - Here is the YouTube link for if the podcast one is being an ass for some reason


Sunday, 8 August 2021

Improvisation 3: Summadelica (ft. Charlie Chaplin, Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg and Ram Dass)

 Hello dear friend,

You are looking lovely today, have you done something with your third eye? 

Well, it's August now, and time for another couple of hours of improvised music with a sprinkling of wise words from 4 very powerful speakers.


Cosmic Bos Improvisation 3: Summadelica

Tracklist:

  1. Ideas
  2. Space Babies
  3. On the Take
  4. Frantic Pedantic
  5. Precious Moments
  6. Words of Wisdom 5: Charlie Chaplin
  7. Rainbow Appearing
  8. Perfect Summer Day
  9. Words of Wisdom 6: Nelson Mandela
  10. Hold On a Little Longer
  11. The Things
  12. Words of Wisdom 7: Greta Thunberg
  13. Pleased, pleased, pleased, with what I've got
  14. Words of Wisdom 8: Ram Dass
  15. Moral Compass

All music improvised by Cosmic Bos

Joe Philogene - Percussion, Ngoni and various instruments

Nick Jackson - Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Synth and Vocals

Andy Jackson - Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Synth and Vocals

On the 5th June 2021, Cosmic Bos met at a secret location to record the third in their fully improvised series, with a book full of pre-written lyrics and plenty of snacks. It was a wonderful afternoon of musical exploration, and here for your pleasure is the whole thing, including some of the intros and outros that usually get cut off, there is about 20 mins of it, that is not present on the album version.

The words of wisdoms for this episode where lovingly borrowed from YouTube, with Charlie Chaplin's speech being from the film The Great Dictator (1940) and available on youtube many times, with music accompanying it. Nelson Mandela's speech from his release from prison in 1990 also comes from youtube and shares far to many similarities to Chaplin's speech from 50 years before. Which leads us to Greta Thunberg from December 2019 addressing the UN on Climate Change, with echos of both Chaplin and Mandela.

So as not to feel too down and out about the state of the world and the people that patrol it, the final Words of Wisdom comes from Ram Dass, an ever reliable source of great wisdom. The full Ram Dass speech can be found on the Here and Now podcast, link to the specific episode right here.

https://beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-love-incarnation/

Here are just the songs without the inbetweeny bits, courtesy of YouTube of all places!


All music and lyrics by Cosmic Bos 2021

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Podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Castbox etc. Check it out please, pretty please with a metaphorical cherry on top

Here is the youtube version of the full episode as well, should you wish to click it


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Sunday, 25 July 2021

Space Babies - Cosmic Bos (Official Music Video)

 Hello space babies,

How are you doing? Enjoying yourself? 

Well, it's time for us to all get a little bit spacey and reconnect with our inner child, or inner baby, a bit of preverbal exploration of existence.


Space Babies! The first single from our upcoming album Cosmic Bos Improvisation 3: Summadelica

Music improvised by Joe Philogene (Percussion), Nick Jackson (Electric Guitar and Synth) and Andy Jackson (Acoustic Guitar and Vocals)

Video starring Theodore Jackson as Space Baby and Andrea Jackson as Space Baby Momma 

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Season 3 podcast cover starring Theo 'Space Baby' Jackson
Space Babies - lyrics by Andy Jackson


Flying through space

Feel no air at my waist

The pressures are gone

Freedom swims along

Imagination

Mental elevation

Whole worlds shall dissolve

New empires unfold


It’s a game, we’re just playing

It’s a laugh, we’re all staying

These dragons all need slaying

We need truth, I’m just saying


Flying through space

Like a babies first taste

No sense letting the pressure

Stop exploring together

Imaginations

Create greater nations

Cooperating peacefully

Will be achieved eventually


It’s a game, we the players

It’s quite hard, entertain us

These dragons sent for slaying

Are our reason for staying


Space, need plenty of space

Babies gotta taste

For that infinite space

...

No Babies or Cows were adversely affected during the making of this video, however, one of the cows did spontaneously turn inside out yesterday, but that was nothing to do with the video, purely coincidental.

The idea for this video had been bouncing around the Cosmic Bos camp for a little while, originally it was to have been adults swimming in space, but when Theo came along and melted our hearts with his theodorableness it became a no brainer to get him to be our test subject for green screen based space flight, somewhat cheaper then Bezos, Branson and Musk, we managed to send Theo in to space without a rocket or a suit, and judging by his reactions he was loving his time floating round the cosmos meeting cows and aliens and just generally having a little swim in space.

The deeper meaning behind all this lovely babies in space stuff has to do with our very own entry points to this reality, could we all just be space babies that have plugged in to this 3D spectrum to have a human experience for a bit, before we return to space babiedom and find another playground to have an existential experience in? Maybe baby. Worth some pondering for sure.

As a baby, the possibilities remain infinite, it is only time and interactions that shape the infinite into the finite, crushing the language paradigm, the visual realm, the mental capability to do literally whatever you can imagine, all slowly moulded out of us. But, a Baby shows you this, and for a brief moment you can remember what it is like to be free of all pressure.

Find your inner space baby and go on an adventure, share this experience far and wide so that all can be reminded how amazing we all are really.

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos








Also sub our podcast for some light finger exercise. 


Also also, here is the YouTube link if the podcast one up above was giving you problems. Have a happy existence.

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Clearly Designed & Pinata of Troy (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections tracks 12&13)

 So friends,

The conclusion of the Sunrise Reflections comes in the form of 2 songs, the penultimate track being Clearly Designed, and the final song being Pinata of Troy.


Clearly Designed - Cosmic Bos Improvisation

 Ngoni - Joe Philogene

 Electric Guitar - Nick Jackson

 Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

 After the deep thinking soul soothing antics of Ram Dass, it is time for the smokey wisdom of Cosmic Bos, with Joe using his Hunters Harp to hold the song together, Andy and Nick help build the tapestry. At the end of our musical/visual journey we are at our most burnt out, and beautiful colourful smoke carries our almost final musical opus away, the sun sets and the day is done, after the next one (Piñata of Troy).

 The entire visual presentation is available on our YouTube page (please sub us, we Lub a good Sub)

 https://www.youtube.com/cosmicbos

 Here are the lyrics which were written prior to the musical improv.

 Clearly Designed - by Andy Jackson


 Waiting out another cycle Too many layers to this trifle Clearly designed and built to shine But socially easy to stifle

 Wear the honour like a hat There really is no shame in that Clearly designed and made to shine You’re the hipster coolest cat

 Normally the normal me Would embrace all that I can see The signs are all designed clearly Proving this ain’t reality

 Save your memories in a chest One day it will be all that’s left Clearly refined preserved design Testament to your dying breath

 Normally the normal me Gets swept up in catastrophe Of late though I’ve designed clearly A proclaimed self sufficiency

 Systems trotted out and barely tested Propping up the failed reinvested A clear design fault finally been bested Medal goes to third, the hairy chested

 Normally the normal me Gets glitched out by bad latency On this occasion I’ll agree To check this was designed clearly

...

and finally...


Pinata of Troy - Cosmic Bos

The final track from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections sees the sun setting on our adventure and the Pinata being gifted to Troy.

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Synth - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson


PIÑATA Of TROY - lyrics by Andy Jackson


Slow cooking up a cluster duck 

Shredded, pancaked, out of luck

From pond to plate 

Best not to wait

Or moral issues surface 


Go Derek on the little things

Kindness floats on angel wings

From start to end

The great pretend

Will barely scratch the surface 


Back end of the convoy 

First to see the decoy

But treated like a chew toy

Piñata given to Troy


It’s animal to instinct

Not capable of deep think

But baby, bath and the sink

Don’t deserve discarding


It’s human to be lazy

It’s chaos wrapped in crazy 

memory is some what hazy

Unless directed by Scorcese 


Back end of the convoy

First to see the decoy

Treated like a chew toy

Pinata given to Troy

...

At the end we have our toy horse full of treats, ready to be given to someone who will hopefully enjoy it and get something positive from it, we are not enemies, but friends who haven't met yet, so here's a piñata. Our journey concludes.

What a journey it has been, from the early twinklings of Time is Now, through the ups and downs of Sunrises, Intentions, Bad Decisions, World Feelings worth staying for, wise wise Ram Dass, Being in the now, Now, reflecting, reflective...to the end, where the oversized Pinata is gifted to the enemy, so we may all be friends and solve this riddle of existence together, for together is always better.

The sun sets on this journey, the second of our fully improvised album releases, utilising the sunsets filmed after the session from our window, we close this book. But fear not, for the story is far from over, and Improvisation 3: Summadelica is already in the bag and itching to get out.

Sunrise Reflections was a truly wonderful project to work on, and Joe Philogene brought so much love, energy and talent to the core of this work which gave Nick and Andy such a rich space to explore musically, it was an honour. 

Also Ram Dass, what can be said about Ram Dass?! 

Mainly for what we were using him for it was rhythm, Ram Dass speaks with such flow and rhythm that combining his voice with our improvised music just worked so well, so well in fact that we used him for all of the improvised Words of Wisdom sections, as well as the song that bore his books title 'Be Here Now'.

Check out the Here and Now podcast to hear lots of awesome mind opening speeches by Ram Dass

https://beherenownetwork.com/ 

Also check out our podcast for plenty of improvised musical shenanigans and visual funfoolery, we love you dearly and have something special to share with you, it's in our podcast somewhere, go have a look.

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos






Saturday, 10 July 2021

Words of Wisdom 4: Ram Dass (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections tracks 10&11)

 So friends, time for more Ram Dass


Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 4: Ram Dass

Music improvised by Joe Philogene, Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson. 

This is an excerpt from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections

Video by Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson, 

ft. footage of Cosmic Bos improvising the music that goes with this very song.

Words of Wisdom by Ram Dass taken from the Here and Now podcast, link to episode below

https://beherenownetwork.com/confusion/ 

Please support the Here and Now foundation, and listen to many many amazing talks by Ram Dass on that awesome podcast. 

P.S - The audio only version of this is on our album and in our podcast feed.


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Sunday, 4 July 2021

Stayed Here for the Feeling - Cosmic Bos Sunrise Reflections (track 9 of 13)

 So friends,

We came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling


Track 9 on Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Video by Nick and Andy Jackson

After a couple of sets of wise words from the almighty Ram Dass, Cosmic Bos come back to their musical roots and serve up a somewhat simple singer songwriter kinda song. With lyrics by Andy, the chaps came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling.


Stayed Here for the Feeling - Lyrics by Andy Jackson


Spread across the bed

While the mower’s in the shed

Gets dustier and rustier

Use paving stones instead


Lazy built an empire

And then slept through the day

Generations greatest gifts



Casually thrown away

But fun is what we came for

The feelings’ why we stayed

We’ll decimate the buffet

And likely misbehave 


Yonder window sunset

Yesterday was better

Except for the pain we felt

So easy to forget her


Tomorrow could be easy

Or is that simply dreaming

Came here for the fun

But stayed here for the feeling


Today is all okay

This is time worth stealing

Came here for the fun

Stayed here for the feeling


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Sunday, 27 June 2021

Be Here Now ft. Ram Dass (Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections track 8)

 So friends, part 8


After the Words of Wisdom 3 Ram Dass, the musical adventuring just didn't want to leave the wise guy alone, so for the next song, Ram Dass continues to dish out the tasty wisdom treats while the Bos chaps noodle away in a musical fashion.

Cosmic Bos improved the music, and they are:

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson


This song is track 8 in the Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections album, which is available from all good music streaming venues, please take your pick

This song is a direct follow on from Words of Wisdom 3, as the music began to swell a vocal called out 'Be Here Now', and the whirlwind swirled us all in, and Ram Dass had to stop talking so the music could take over, and that is how this song was born. 


Here is our embedded podcast page from Spotify, please follow us till the end of time.


Be Here Now is one of Ram Dass's central thesis's, and truly a reflection of what we have been doing here at Cosmic Bos with our improvisation podcast project. 

Ram Dass samples taken from Here and Now podcast, full episode link here 


Also check out our podcast

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Saturday, 19 June 2021

Words of Wisdom 3: Ram Dass - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 7 of 13)

 Dear friends,

We have reached the words of wisdom part of this visual presentation, and for your enlightenment we present to you Ram Dass


Cosmic Bos presents Words of Wisdom 3: Ram Dass

Music improvised by Joe Philogene, Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson, this is an excerpt from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, it is track 7 and marks the start of the second section of the album. 

Original Audio of Ram Dass taken from the Here and Now podcast


Go visit their awesome website https://beherenownetwork.com/

For lots and lots of Ram Dass wisdom you should check it out, it's an amazing website with lots of podcasts and collections of great talks by Ram Dass, well worth your time.

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Also, our podcast is a place yo can go

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos


Feel the World - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 6 of 13)

 Hello friends,

Track 6 of our Sunrise Reflections is the magical Feel the World


The 6th outing from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections is the beautiful song Feel the World, accompanied by some stunning nature photography.

Percussion and Vocals - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocals - Andy Jackson


Feel the World - lyrics by Joe Philogene

One Heart,

One Soul,

One Mind

Feel the World

Utilising a selection of percussive instruments (including the spinny round the head wwoooooo making thing) Joe leads the chant to Mother Earth, and we spend some time in the relaxing forest making sweet fairy music for all of the wonders that surround us.

Cosmic Bos are big fans of the World, it's pretty neat, and we think that it deserves more attention, some more songs about it, especially after all it's done for us. We are somewhat ungrateful children to the Earth, and it really is time we tidied our room before the threat of no dinner becomes an actuality.

Spend time outside, go and feel the world in your lungs, let the bird song enrich your soul, let the breeze tickle your senses, and remember that we are all part of the same thing, we are all in this together (cough, Mr Bezos!).

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We also have a podcast where the improvised musical adventure takes place every month. 

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com 


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

Sunday, 13 June 2021

Intentionally - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 5 of 13)

 So friends, intentionally,


The fifth track from Improv 2 finds us back with a set of lyrics to contemplate existence and some trippy visuals to sooth the eyes.


Percussions - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson


Intentionally - lyrics by Andy Jackson


Intentionally slowing down

Potentially turn this frown

Upside down and inside out

See what this is all about


Trickery came thick at me 

Distorted all reality

But truth wins eventually 

Tunnelling through intentionally 


Intentionally freaking out

Sucking juice from seeds of doubt

Drafting up the backless gown

Mooning the entire town


Trickery comes down the line

Causing shifts in fickle time 

But truth will win the vintage wine

Intentionally solving the crime 


Intentionally, Potentially, Intentionally


On a simple chord sequence, the Bos chaps present a haunting tale of intentions, facing the trickery that we face daily, not being afraid to stand up for ourselves, be questioning, don't just accept apathy, be present in the moment so you can live your life with intention, intentionally.

Joe beats the frame drums to the rhythm of our souls, while Nick wails the woes with the electric and Andy teaches his acoustic a lesson in strumming. Fun stuff indeed. This song, like all the previous songs in this presentation has begun it's journey as an improvisation, come up with there and then, with the pre-written lyrics serving as a guide for some thoughtful rhymes and vibes, when the lyrics are left to also be improvised they tend to lean towards the silly side of the spectrum rather then the profound.

The full episode and album are available.

Our podcast feed is a fun place, come check it out


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Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Monday, 7 June 2021

Apparently - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 4 of 13)

 So Apparently,


We reached it, it's here, apparently.

The fourth song from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, and the next instalment in our audio/visual presentation.

Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

The lyrics for this song were improvised on the spot, just like the rest of the song. There was a collection of jars sat behind Nick on a shelf, they acted as the launching point for the lyrical wonder that is 'Apparently'.

We decided on a colourful moving image palette to go with this song, and sunflowers. Hopefully a visual feast for your eyes while the music is a treat for your ears. Imagine the smell of beautiful flowers to complete the sensory experience (we are not yet capable of releasing the smell version of our jams)

For the full improv session visit our podcast site and download the 2 hour meditative improvised musical experience. The full version features some wonderful words of wisdom by Ram Dass, it's embedded right below these very words in fact.


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos



Sunday, 6 June 2021

Sunrise Reflections - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 3 of 13)

 Oh glorious sunrise, we worship thee,


This is the title track from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, and the third song in this audio/visual presentation.

Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson


Sunrise Reflections lyrics by Andy Jackson

Nothing beats a sunrise

Party up a surprise

Cameras are our new eyes

Ones that never use lies


Changing of perspective 

Replace what’s now defective 

Of life we be protective 

Let’s avalanche collective


Together we have powers

To topple ancient towers

To overthrow in hours

The corner dwelling cowards


But best just to avoid it

Let them sleep in their own shit

We’ll come in for a refit 

Once this old horse has bolted


All the steps we’ve counted

And failures we’ve dismounted 

Why was it ever doubted?

Nature just gets rerouted 


Humans are just a blip

Missing one obvious trick

Harmony with Mother Nature 

Doesn’t require legislature 


What we take we must replace 

There can’t be losers in this race

It’s every planet, species, life form 

Winning all the time we’ll reform

A dream that we can wake to

A dream that we can wake to


...

Reflecting on the world near the start of the day can be a healthy way to approach the challenges that the hours are likely to bring your way. Always remember the clouds are there to bring colour and flair to the sky.

Joe leads with a beautiful Ngoni rhythm, which Nick and Andy meander around.

For the visuals we searched for sunrises and epic skylines from around the world, and then over-layed it on us playing.

Please check out our podcast for full sessions of improvised music for meditation and mental ruminations. https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com 

Full episode right here right now for you


#meditationmusic #improvisedmusic #cosmicbos

Also Spotify carries all our albums, check it out right here


Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Bad Decisions - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (Track 2 of 13)

 So friends,

The first proper thing after sunrise, we have to start making decisions.


Wow, not sure we made such good decisions there...

Cover for the full album
Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar, Synth and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson

Video by Nick Jackson and Andy Jackson


Lyrics - Bad Decisions by Andy Jackson

The teacher is having a breakdown

Technology dulled all the skills

Always on a digital playground

Hormones regulated by pills

It’s just a ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba

Mosaic by Abi Jackson
Bad decisions,

It’s a ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba,ba

Bad decisions

It’s a natural disaster in progress

Slowly robotising us all

We’re more like an app on an tablet

Rather then a brick in a wall

CHORUS

Actions reduced to just pixels 

Emotions switched out for a meme

All the thumbs up on a status

Seduced by the notes on the screen

CHORUS

The doctor is having a break now, she’s been on her feet for a week

While pompous pricks go on a pow-wow, Continue the causing the bleak

CHORUS

- So there you have it, the first full step into the great wide musical world of Cosmic Bos, the sun has risen and we are exploring what there is to offer out in the great wide world.

Joe provides an awesome Ngoni rhythm for Nick and Andy to noodle over, and reflecting on the times in which we now live, the teachers and doctors are given the spotlight for a moment, let's hope we listen to them and don't just go and do some stupid nonsense instead...

Drones galore in this one, coming out of buildings, zooming through forests, over beaches and towns, while the Bos crew try and make semblance out of the chaos gifted us by the World.

Peace be the journey,

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Peace and infinite love




PS - Check out our podcast Cosmic Bos Improv-revisation for the full sessions from which these videos are taken

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Sunday, 30 May 2021

Time is Now - Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections (track 1 of 13)

 Hello lovely friends,

Welcome to the introductory part of our special presentation

Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2 : Sunrise Reflections

We start at the beginning, as everything must, the Time is Now


Cover for Improvisation 2
Sunrise is such a wonderful time of the day, 

Time is Now - Cosmic Bos Improvisation

Percussion - Joe Philogene

Electric Guitar & Vocals - Nick Jackson

Acoustic, Synth & Vocals - Andy Jackson

When we begin one of our improvised journeys we have to set the levels of the microphones and things, you know, technical stuff, but the music starts before we can sort out all that. This song is us testing out the recording levels, and it came out alright, so it opens this journey.

Letting the music decide the course of the journey is exciting, and utilising a little bit of editing trickery, we have been able to project sunrises all around us. So our journey begins with Sunrise, the time is now, and our journey will be full of reflections of this opening moment, it's time to come get lost with Cosmic Bos.

Our music makes good meditation music, or just general chilling out, it's relaxing not taxing, thank you for taking the time to explore these awesome creative realms with us, sharing and commenting helps spread the peace and rhythm, we do this for the music.

Check out the full playlist of our improvised musical musings right here courtesy of YouTube (it's this little video site, you might of heard of it)


Thanks for your time, we love you

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

Thursday, 27 May 2021

Words of Wisdom 2 with Robert Anton Wilson (Improvised Music by Cosmic Bos)

 So friends,

Here we present to you the second in our Words of Wisdom series, the one and only Mr. Robert Anton Wilson.


Cosmic Bos improvised some music, then put this sample of RAW on top.

The Robert Anton Wilson clip is taken from the Psychedelic Salon, link to the unmusical version here

https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-636-raws-politics/


WoW 2 is taken from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 1: Soundscapes in the Moment

Available everywhere at the moment, you can even find the whole thing right here on youtube, but the best place to hear it without adverts and such is in our podcast feed

https://cosmicbos.libsyn.com

And it's right here to, so you don't have to actually go looking anywhere, how nice of us.


Please like, share and subscribe, ding the bell etc.

Also comment, let's get a discussion going over the topics that Wilson was discussing all those years ago, and how relevant they still are to this day.

Also big plug for Prometheus Rising, the book RAW talks about early on in the piece. It's an amazing book and well worth your time.

Church of the subgenus, Praise Bob! Hail Eris!

Beware the Fnords, they are everywhere

#Wordsofwisdom #RobertAntonWilson #CosmicBos 


We hope that our musical fusion with these words of wisdom help to make some of the ideas more palatable to the mind, when you stimulate multiple parts of the brain at the same time you can have some truly astounding effects, building new neural pathways and strengthening your ability to think.

So be wise and watch the whole thing, it may have a profound effect.

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos

Friday, 21 May 2021

Words of Wisdom 1: Terence McKenna and Mark Pesce with improvised music by Cosmic Bos

 So friends,

Here we present to you an idea that has been banging around for quite a while now, an improvised musical journey with a wise speaker over the top, and where better to start such an idea then with the one and only Terence McKenna.

So for your wisdom today, Cosmic Bos Improvisation presents

Words of Wisdom 1: Terence McKenna and Mark Pesce


Terence McKenna ladies and gentlemen, what a legend.

The Terence and Mark sample is taken from an awesome podcast called the Psychedelic Salon, which has been around for a long time, putting out amazing talks by some brilliant and insightful minds.

Link to the full talk here https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-116-techno-pagans-at-the-end-of-history/

Humanity stands at a pivotal point in history, the now moment is changing so rapidly that it appears impossible to have a grasp on reality, we have all been hoodwinked and are stumbling around dazed and confused, but not to worry, for clarity comes once dust settles and calm befalls us all, for the storm can not rage forever, and hate eventually gets tired and goes to sleep for a bit.

Thank you for spending some of your time with us here at the Cosmic Blog, you are wonderful and great things will happen for you, so go get it Tiger (I am obviously assuming that the main audience base for this blog is large cat based, skewing towards Lions, Tigers, Panthers etc. as well as domesticated felines of course, this is for the cats).

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Good things for your ears

Peace and infinite love

Cosmic Bos