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The first single from my second 1989 Cassette-Album, 'Industrial Strength'----a culmination of almost an entire decade of 'Cosmic Funk'.
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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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Charts
#107 today Peak #82
#30 in subgenre Peak #14
Author
Lawrence Wise
Rights
1989, 2009
Uploaded
July 17, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.7 MB 128 kbps 7:16
Story behind the song
The highlight of this track, outside of that kickass "They Call Me 'Cosmic Funk'" chorus, is the use of a OBERHIEM Synthesizer during the opening and breaks. It belonged to my younger brother, Pat, so I gave it a workout. The 'harmonic' organ, Synth-bass and 'guitar plucks' were done on my Casio MT-400-V, with the percussion on my Casio MT-200--with the 'guitar plucks' being the ONLY instrumental overdub; the Oberheim, Bass, Percussion and Organ were all done simutaneously (LIVE!!)--in my Basement!! (mixing the guitar plucks to match the sound was not too hard!!). As for the lyrics and vocals---all that came nearly 3 years later (the instrumental was October 1988!!!). Lyrically, "Secrets" is about THAT--the secrets all of us hide. In this case, it's a game of 'how well do you know your neighbor?'.
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