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Quietly Powerful (Space Opus I)
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An experimental, progressive funk instrumental.
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An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
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Genre
World New Age
Charts
#7,795 today Peak #123
#1,161 in subgenre Peak #25
Author
Lawence Wise
Rights
(c)1992
Uploaded
March 03, 2007
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MP3 7.4 MB 96 kbps 10:47
Story behind the song
One of two tracks from the "Life Is Really Strange" Cassette-Album I done in a 1986 session (the other being the instrumental to "The Savage Animal"). I was doing a 'volume/ambience experiment' with the filter on my Casio MT-400 V. Also, I 'debuted' a Yamaha 'Sampling Keyboard' on this track (the Mellotron, Bass and Drums). Just the instruments on the Keyboard, not the sampling ability--that came in a couple of LATER songs. Now, here's the scary part: Despite the obvious production, there are NO Overdubs on this track!! It is ALL One-Track, in stereo, both keyboards played at the same time--as per the arrangements. All that, plus the engineering--all at once. It was a damn good and dreamy 11 Minutes. Since I couldn't figure a "set" to put this song in, it sat patiently (I have a LOT of 'patiently waiting' tracks!!!) for some 5 1/2 years, until I added it to "The Life Is Really Strange" Cassette-Album as 'filler' (and an 'Album-Side Closer'!) in '92. People couldn't make out what I was doing, because the first couple of minutes is somewhat......quiet (but, there IS music--a very quiet organ-solo!). That is the way it was written and recorded, so DO NOT ADJUST YOUR VOLUME!! After all, the song IS Called "Quietly Powerful".
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