Kosmose ‎– Kosmic Music From The Black Country

1-1 The Second Untitled Track / B.93.1
Bass Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar – Daniel Malempré
Synthesizer, Cymbal, Voice [Screams] – Alain Neffe
Technician [Improved The Sound Quality] – Daniel Malempré
6:40
1-2 The Third Untitled Track / B.30.4
Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar, Bass [Bass On An Electric Guitar] – Paul Kutzner
Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer – Alain Neffe
9:30
1-3 The Fourth Untitled Track / B64
Bass Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar – Paul Kutzner
Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer – Alain Neffe
4:20
1-4 The Fifth Untitled Track / B.40.9
Bass Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer, Electronics [Radio] – Alain Neffe
5:45
1-5 The Ninetieth Untitled Track / 10 Reverb
Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Flute, Voice, Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer – Alain Neffe
9:00
1-6 The Tenth Untitled Track / 30.2
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer, Drum Machine [Rhythm Box] – Alain Neffe
9:10
1-7 The Eleventh Untitled Track / 31.1
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar [Bass Guitar With Bow, Percussive Bass Guitar] – Francis Pourcel
Synthesizer, Clarinet, Loops [Electro-Mechanical Looper], Synthesizer [Bass Synthesizer] – Alain Neffe
8:40
1-8 The Sixth Untitled Track / B.80.3
Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar – Paul Kutzner
Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer, Flute – Alain Neffe
13:30
2-1 The Seventh Untitled Track / B.101.2
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Synthesizer, Flute, Organ [Strings Organ], Loops [Electro-Mechanical Looper], Drum Machine [Rhythm Box], Saxophone [Plastic] – Alain Neffe
22:40
2-2 The Twelfth Untitled Track / 102.3
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar – Francis Pourcel
Flute, Organ [Strings Organ], Synthesizer, Loops [Electro-Mechanical Looper], Voice, Drum Machine [Rhythm Box] – Alain Neffe
28:00
2-3 The Eighth Untitled Track / KS
Bass Guitar, Bass Guitar [Percussive] – Francis Pourcel
Drums, Percussion – GM Hinant
Organ [Strings Organ], Flute, Synthesizer, Voice, Cymbal – Alain Neffe
18:56
Kosmos
Companies, etc.
Made By – Sony DADC – A0102544154-0102
Made By – Sony DADC – A0102544154-0202
Credits
Graphics [Graphism] – Tête de Porc
Liner Notes – Alain Neffe, Francis Pourcel, Guy-Marc Hinant*
Photography By – Alain Neffe, Freddy Pourcel, Unknown Artist
Recorded By – Alain Neffe
Technician [Cleaned By, Repaired By], Mastered By – Alain Neffe
Notes
Never-before-released recordings of live improvisations from 1973-78.
2CD digipack + 24 page booklet.

Instrumentation:
Claviers (string Elka Rhapsody, synthesizer Roland sh1000), saxophone soprano, flûte traversière, boîte à rythme, loops de bandes magnétiques, ring oscillator, chambre d'écho, radio.
Guitare basse Maya avec distorsion, parfois archet et écho/reverb, guitare Fender avec pédales d'effets.
Percussions: batterie Premier - caisse claire, trois toms medium, basse + grosse caisse, hi-hat et 5 cymbales Paiste et Zymbalist.

Recorded on Ampex, Sony and TDK tapes on a TC63 Sony recorder.
Never-before-released recordings of live improvisations from 1973-78.

All tracks are live improvisations.

limited edition 350 copies clear vinyl  Something undoubtedly cosmic but with a DIY, home-made edge: a cosmos for sure, but dirtier than clean, noisier than technology-based. All songs are unreleased. Recorded and mixed in March 1975. After some years rather cosmic and raga-esque music, Kosmose slowly began to explore some more experimental and noisy sonic expression. At the time, the band only owned a few instruments and sound effects and, no drummer. They used to play long tracks in order to follow the trend of the alternative music of the period -- remember, this was 1975. The event was a total spectacle with an inventive light-show including 

a stroboscope and a frantic projection of strange abstract slides on a giant screen by Freddy Pourcel. Some incense was burnt time-to-time. Personnel: Alain Neffe - monophonic synthesizer, flute, primitive rhythm box, bell, clumsy voice, tarang; Francis Pourcel - bass, bass with violin bow, electric guitar; Daniel Malempré (aka MAL) - electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar. RIYL Hawkwind, Can, Musica Elettronica Viva. https://www.soundohm.com/product/first-time-out-lp/pid/32608/