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The Second Single from 1986's 'The Shackle-Brains'--issued AS IS (all 6 1/2 Minutes of 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.
Song Info
Charts
Peak #1,797
Peak in subgenre #20
Author
Lawrence Wise
Rights
1986, 2007
Uploaded
April 22, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.2 MB 128 kbps 6:45
Story behind the song
The only TWO Singles from my ONLY 1986 cassette-album, "The Shackle-Brains", were 'automated techno-funk' tracks. Unlike "Scratch (Anythang Yo' Want!!)"--which was practically in mono, "Astria" was stereo, and despite being 'automated' was pure Cosmic Funk Orchestra (compared to the proto-OSMOSIS insanity of "Scratch"). "Astria" is really a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story set in the 'not-too-far' Future of the year 2085 (complete with 'hover-cars'!!!!). It's Hero, although unnamed, is the same guy introduced in "Walking In The Shadows"--'Andaarharr', and the Titular Heroine--'Astria'--is MORE ALIEN than Andaarharr's previous date: Astria is a Queen Monarch Fairy!!! (Butterfly Wings, Feelers, Magic--the WHOLE 9 yards!!!) And, she's an extroverted prankster. Needless to say, 'Alien-Brotha and Fairy-Sista' lived happily ever after, for Astria is the Queen Of Andaarharr's Heart.
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