Just a quick blog to tell you that 'Stump the Fee!' will be the next single release by Cosmic Bos.
The debut album '7 Billion' is almost finished, just needs a last little lick of paint and a quick master up and then it will be available to all humans (all 7.4 billion of them). Until then though, the third single will be out to help ease the wait. 'Stump the Fee!' an environmental social awareness dance protest song for the new generation, stop the fracking up of the planet. 26th November 2016. It's coming.
Thanks for dropping by this little corner of the internet, it is much appreciated, please help yourself to a complementary "extra life" when you get to the end of the blog. (P.S - "extra life" is limited to the first twenty seven people that get to the end of the blog, after that you will have to wait for the next delivery and try again).
So, Cosmic Bos... what does that mean?
Cosmic means...well, cosmic! spacey, the Cosmos, you know, all that cool trippy Carl Sagan stuff.
And Bos...that is actually Dutch for Forrest. But it also sounds exactly like boss, so it means that too. It can mean both things if it wants to.
What is Cosmic Bos? And why should you care?
Good questions internet, let me answer them for you, well, Cosmic Bos is an alternative electro musical outfit from Brighton, UK. Consisting primarily of Andy Jackson & Chris Mace, Cosmic Bos attempts to explore this cosmic universe around us through music, and being the Bos.
You should care because it is in your nature to care, by showing some care and attention you are fulfilling a life long need to offer help and support to your brothers and sisters on this amazing planet.
So far there are two singles available by Cosmic Bos.
Given Half a Dance
Buy now on iTunes (just click that lovely link) and Amazon (click this lovely link too)
Lucky Lampshade
Also you can get Lucky (Lampshade) on iTunes and Amazon. (also spotify and all the other ones)
These two songs do give you an idea of what Cosmic Bos has in store, there are plenty more songs where these two came from.
So the soundcloud bit looks quite empty at the moment. But I assure you we are nearing the end of the album mixing and mastering, and another new song will drop in the upcoming week to help whet your appetite for the debut album.
Coming Friday 21st October 2016 will be 'Stump the Fee!', the third single from the upcoming album '7 Billion'. This next song is a message song, wrapped up in a banging dance floor beat, examining the state of the world/environment, and who is being asked to sort it out (quick clue, it's us!)
Okay, with that out the way, I need your help. I am trying to work out what genre and sub genre and sub sub genre (and so on) that Cosmic Bos fits into. Please comment either directly onto this very blog or on Facebook or twitter etc. What artists do you think Cosmic Bos sounds most like? Try and give me 3 if you can. Thanks, you are really helping me out. Now help yourself to an extra life (if any remain)
So here we are sitting (or standing) at the edge of greatness, about to watch a cheap as chips video about lampshades and their luck giving benefits (or lack of). This is an exciting time to be online, so without further ado I present to you, Lucky Lampshade by Cosmic Bos
This is the second single from the upcoming album '7 Billion' by Cosmic Bos, it was written by Andy Jackson, produced by Chris Mace and distributed by the good people at Treeman Productions. The video was made by Abi & Andy Jackson for a thrifty price. It's just some UV paint splashed on us and then filmed up close, pretty effective huh?
Well, we thought it was, so there you go. You can purchase the song from iTunes and Amazon and it is streamable on Spotify and Notify, and all those things I think. Have a look if you want to, maybe even buy yourself a copy for later... up to you friend.
Now some of you might be asking, 'What makes a lampshade lucky?', Well my friends, the answer is quite simple, YOU, it is you that makes something lucky. So go strap one on quick and up your luck factor or something stupid like that, I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm the idiot that wrote a song about lampshades with luck properties.
We are on track to have the album out in October, with the two singles 'Given Half a Dance' & 'Lucky Lampshade' both featured. There might be another single next month too, still deciding on that one (winky face). Thanks for listening and being a true human being (unless you are not a human in which case please accept my humble apologies for assuming that all of my readers were human, how would you classify yourself? Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Alien, Space Gas, Lampshade???? Please respond anyway you can).
It has been a long time coming, but finally here it is, please feast your ears on 'Given Half a Dance' - the first single from the upcoming Cosmic Bos album '7 Billion'.
You can buy this song from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/given-half-a-dance-single/id1130955683
or you can get it from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HYHG4XS
or loads of other places that I can't be bothered to list out for you, what ever your preferred music purchasing outlet is, if you do buy music that is, I guess some people still do (I do). If you just want to rip it for free then so be it, I can't stop you, and at least you would have taken the time to do the ripping, like some kind of serial music thief, a Jack the Ripper for the mp3 era, and I would be honoured to sit on your hard drive as evidence when the media police come knocking at your door to cart you away to download prison.
The awesome video that accompanies the song was directed by Nick Jackson, starred myself (Andy Jackson) as the idiot in the coat, Chris Mace as Treeman and Abi Jackson & Mel Pellatt as the dancing fairies. Also, K-Dog carried loads of gear around while we danced. It was an awesome Treeman Productions production. Visit http://treemanproductions.co.uk for all your treeman needs.
So who is 'Cosmic Bos' I hear you all asking (I have exceptional hearing, I can hear a whole load of stuff that other people can't, I can hear stuff that other people didn't even actually say! that's how great my hearing is). Well, Cosmic Bos is a new musical collective, or band (as they were called in the olden days) consisting of Andy Jackson and Chris Mace, it's mainly electronica in nature, with singing and instruments and all that jazz (it isn't Jazz though). Well, 'Given Half a Dance' is the first single, so that gives you an idea. Coming very soon will be the second single 'Lucky Lampshade' with another video. Gosh we don't half spoil you when we finally get round to it.
Later this year we will drop the full album, current working title '7 Billion' (which is an estimate of how many copies we are likely to sell, give or take a few billion). In the meantime just enjoy the current single. Here it is again just in case you missed the first two links above to listen to it.
Thanks for stopping by, you are doing great work here, the internet needs people like you to look at it otherwise it's whole existence is meaningless. Keep it up. If you want to go the extra mile and prove your dedication to procrastination, then please leave a comment or subscribe, OR to be the ultimate devoted time waster (and money waster) then buy a copy of 'Given Half a Dance' by Cosmic Bos, you will be increasing your universal influence by a whopping 3.6% (that is science, I promise you from the bottom of my trousers).
Peace and infinite love
Andy Jackson - Cosmic Bos
single cover, please buy a copy and help change the world (?!)
So 2016 has begun, and it's time for an announcement. Ah hem (just clearing my blog throat), this year will be the first year of Cosmic Bos.
What is Cosmic Bos? I hear you asking (I have exceptional hearing before you ask how that was possible). Well, it is a new musical experience helmed by myself (Mr. Jackson) and my good friend Chris Mace. I can't really tell you much more right now, but it's safe to say it is exciting and sandwich inducing. There is a big crew of awesome talented people involved as well, this is going to be something that exists and hopefully will entertain a noteworthy percentage of the 7.5 billion people that live on this planet.
We have already got in place a lot of things, but more things need doing before things can be shown to people who might want to see aforementioned things, so sit tight, have a snack, or don't, it all depends on when you last ate.
There shall be a podcast, and music videos, and related albums and singles and doubles and maybe if you are really lucky a blooming triple, as well as acoustic shows, reviews, recommendations and related space stations, rhymes, times, chimes, maybe even some petty crimes involving divine limes, and of course there will be plenty of extra special content plucked from the creative ether (we recently acquired an antique plucking device from a passing traveller).
In this video you can hear the first line of the song 'Lucky Lampshade', just one of the amazing deep and meaningful songs about lampshades that Cosmic Bos has to offer.
You can visit the special Cosmic Bos blog that is devoted to all things Cosmic (and all things Bos of course) it can be found by clicking here, have fun
More things to come soon, but until then, stay warm and healthy, have a banana if you like bananas
You can now get your virtual hands on a copy of the re:mastered, re:tweeked, re:twiddled first album by Donny Stax & Mr. Jackson which was originally called 'Fine', so the re:done version is called 'Re:fine' (get it?! How clever is that!, not very, but still, it's done now).
The re:done cover to Re:fine
With that overload of punctuation out of the way, we can delve into the record and find out some fun facts. Firstly, originally Mr. Jackson was known as [adj]. The original release of Fine had that as his name, but in the years that have passed since then it has become itunes policy to not accept square brackets in artist names, so to be able to even re:release this record the [adj] had to be changed, so Mr. Jackson it is now. Donny Stax has always been an acceptable name as far as itunes is concerned, so that didn't need to be changed.
The last time this album was released it had some skits scattered amongst the songs, they have been removed because they were silly. The re:issue contains only the songs.
The remastering process took a few months and was not overseen by Phil Collins.
So to tempt you into purchasing at least one copy of Donny Stax & Mr. Jackson Re:fine (from itunes, or amazon, or spotify, or where ever you like buying music) I present to you 'Live Up There' from the very record. This song is about going and living in space, also aliens and stuff, you know, the usual song themes.
When we released Fine the first time, this song was played on radio quite a few times, it never made us rich though, or famous, or indeed anything, it didn't even make us a cake or biscuit. With your help though (and money) it could one day.
