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Pyramid Groove (Electric Egypt)
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A 'proto-OSMOSIS' Cosmic Funk Orchestra cassette-single from December 1988, about an 'ancient Egypt' we only WISH it could've been--or WAS it?!
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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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Peak #2,684
Peak in subgenre #456
Author
Lawrence Wise
Rights
(c)1988, 1989
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March 18, 2007
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MP3 3.1 MB 128 kbps 3:22
Story behind the song
The SECOND of my 'Egyptian-funk' tracks, but the FIRST on to be issued (simply because it was f*** ing badass!!). First off, "Pyramid Groove" is LOUD--let me get that out of the way. Second, there's a 'filter-effect' on the vocals making them sound like they are 'static'--"Electric Egypt", get it? Finally, there's this wild and loud "fuzz-guitar/synth" that steals the show. Even though this is the edited single, there's a lot of BANG in this track. (oh, I forgot to mention the strange 'percussion' and 'handclaps', and the fact that this song was part of the "Night Of The Living Funk"-sessions, and NEARLY made it on that album. Nearly.)
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