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No I didn't But someone did https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=411811348882550&set=a.290626367667716.72864.101243219939366&type=1&theater&notif_t=photo_reply Its not available just yet though AFAIK Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hi guys, I met Björn and Brent backstage at Lost Theory a couple of hours before we played the set mentioned above. While we were chatting, we all agreed how much more fun it is to play electronic music sets when there's a live or improvisational element involved. When Björn told me they were due to play at the chill out in an hour's time, I suggested that I join them being as I had my guitar and pedals with me... To their huge credit, both Björn and Brent were immediately up for the idea As I hadn't heard the tunes before Brent called out the keys before each tune, and off we went... Improvising as we went. Big Kudos to the Psygasus boys for being up for taking a risk and being spontaneous - it's often the space out of which magical music comes... Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Thanks for the positive feedback Stylistically I'd guess the more uptempo tunes I'd describe as like old school funk grooves crossed with wah-wah guitars from a 70's porn movie soundtrack blended with modern sequenced basslines and electronic synth squelch and bleepery... The more downtempo stuff is on a more recognizably trippy electronic chillout vibe but with the acoustic instruments lending a more bluesy, cinematic flavour... Ajja and I are mixing the multitracks down currently. Once that's completed The album should be ready to be queued for release this coming March. Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

http-~~-//vimeo.com/32753291 More info: http://cosmosis.co.u...ve-giger-museum Ajja and Billy are currently mixing down the multitrack recorded at the gig for release as a double live CD album.

Hi Guys, Just for a change here's some focus on the composition rather than the production aspect of creating music: http://cosmosis.co.uk/blog/polyphony-simultaneous-melodies Cheers, Billy Cosmosis p.s. you can link by RSS so you'll be updated of any new blogs I post.

Another chill bootleg from the Peaking Goddess Collective with Cosmosis sessions. This time mixdown by Master Margherita: http://thepeakinggoddesscollective.bandcamp.com/track/amazonia-in-dub-mm-mix-5 Enjoy, Billy Cosmosis

@Antic I've been a bit slack on the new Cosmosis album front, what between my gigs and some of my other music projects going on. Consequently another Cosmosis album won't be for quite some time yet. Basically when it gets around to being mixed. Tunes and parts are in the bag. As everyone also has individual music projects, it's a matter of scheduling - getting everyone together in one place for a while to do the mixing. I would imagine later this year. @Basilisk: Glad you liked the blog Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hello OM, Cheers matey, glad you like it Billy Cosmosis

Not Trance as we know it Jim, but I thought some may find the recording process interesting... http://cosmosis.co.uk/blog/peaking-goddess-collective-recording-sessions-may-2011 Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hi Guys, bit of a shameless plug: http://cosmosis.co.uk/video-courses/creating-killer-leads-video-workshop Note: this one is for intermediate level so it may not be appropriate for any advanced tweakers among yourselves. However, intermediate level tweakers as well as people getting started should find it boosts their sound design skill level by several degrees. Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hello Guys, Here's the edited video version from Tweaking The Tunage 4 session which was recorded a while ago ago. It's in two parts. Part 1 is Billy Cosmosis answering general questions about Psytrance production. Part 2 features Wouter from Zen Mechanics answering questions about some of his favourite plug-ins, studio tricks and about the music that inspires him. My apologies for the lousy sound quality, the net link up software's recording quality is grim, plus Wouter's mic didn't work. (He's actually using his headphones plugged into his laptop's mic input as a makeshift mic ) They're quite long, so if you click on the vimeo link, there's also a download link for you to watch them on your iPod at your leisure. Enjoy, bagginz Part 1: http://www.vimeo.com/14078974 Part 2: http://www.vimeo.com/14079049

So I'm curious, was it a video or an audio recording? And to whom did the original poster pay money to for it? Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hi Guys, here's part 1 of the recording of Tweaking The Tunage 3 which is a general psytrance production discussion hosted by Cosmosis. And synthesizing 909 style kick drums Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Hi Guys, here's Part 1 of the recording of Tweaking The Tunage 3 If you're into the production side, I recommend you check it out. Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

***Announcement*** Hi Guys, unfortunately something's come up that needs my attention so this week's Tweaking The Tunage 3 has been re-scheduled. So the new time is now Thursday 12th November @ 8.00 pm CET (GMT+1) No need to re-register. Thanks for your understanding Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Tweaking The Tunage V 3 The next edition of TTT goes live on Thursday 5th November at 8.00pm CET (GMT+1) I highly recommend it to any of you guys that are into music production, there's lots of very useful tips, tricks and studio production info that comes up... Anyhow, my guest will be Wouter from Zen Mechanics Places are limited. If you'd like to participate you can register by going here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=87826037&blogId=516344765 ... and entering your details into the blue widget. Cheers, Billy Cosmosis

Here ya go... Creating a 909 style kick Not only for 909 style kicks. At around 7mins 45secs into the video you'll hear MWNN, Astral, Cosmosis circa 1999 style kicks. You'll need to wear headphones or be plugged into good speakers to hear the complete frequency range including the sub. Cheers, Billy Cosmosis Want good studio tips and tricks? try Tweaking The Tunage

Hi Guys, if you're into music production, you may find this interesting... Cheers, Billy Cosmosis _______________________________ Tweaking The Tunage 2 Hosted by Billy Cosmosis with special guest Jez Van Kampen. Bill and Jez discuss the production of Fearsome Engine's debut album - Jez's new project with Tristan and later take participants questions and discuss general Trance production techniques. Apologies for the lack of audio/video sync. It was a major mission to salvage what you hear after the web conferencing software scrambled the audio recording... Bill ________________________________ www.cosmosis.co.uk www.myspace.com/cosmosis1 music webshop: http://cosmosis.bandcamp.com/

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Hello Antic, thanks for your constructive comments, it's much appreciated. I'm not sure at which point in the mastering process took those little clips, but it wasn't in the dim and distant past and I 've fine tweaked the masters a few times since. But it was worth going back and checking. So, I examined those tracks again checking them both through my main monitors and smaller speaker systems, and I think there 's two things going on there. 1. Two of the tracks; clips 6 + 7 are taken from breakdown or lull sections where the track energy is a lot lower. I master my tracks to keep the dynamics as much as possible as I think that it sounds much better. (dynamics in this context means to have the loud bits loud and the softer bits quieter) rather than the current trend of squashing all the sounds together with a peak limiter to make everything ear bleedingly loud all the time even if it means losing quality. This brickwall limted sound IS the sound of modern dance music though, so I do have to strike a balance. 2. The first one of those tracks defintely could take a little more e.q tweaking as the concentraton of the track's energy was in the sub bass region - where it can't be heard on most domestic systems - So I shifted it into to the bass regions where it can be heard and I squeezed it a little more to make it's apparent loudness match the others. So I did tweak it up a little. Thanks again for your interest and comments. Cheers, Bill

My pleasure guys. I hope that you find something helpful... Cheers Bill

Antic, thanks for the list. I'll have a look to see what I don't have... A non-trance album is what I have planned next. I'm not sure it will be a chill out album per se, I mulling different ideas at present, but it's about time that's for sure. Regards, Bill

Hello Antic, thanks for the heads up about the link. I fixed it now... 6th June is about three months away rather than six so not quite as bad... Ahh the off singles album - thanks for reminding me I did get most of those older tunes re-mastered but the project got a bit backlogged between me moving house (and countries) running around playing gigs and my studio time being prioritized for the new album. Also I actually couldn't find decent .wav copies of a few of the older tunes. I'll have a dig around on the hard drive and see if the idea is worth resurrecting... Incidentally what would you consider a good track list for it? Regards, Bill

No worries mate. Glad you like the tunes... Regards, Billy Cosmosis