{"title":"COS and Daniel Schell and Dick Annegarn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mein-maschine-ist-schon-the-ff-boom","title":"Mein Maschine Ist Schön \/ The ff Boom","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the same continental cosmic egg that hatched Marc Moulin, Marc Hollander and Belgian synth-fusion combo Placebo comes your favourite new Franco-Flemmish pop discovery! Placing the microscope over the central motif of the bands onomatopoeic 1978 triptych known as \u003ci\u003eMein Maschine Ist Schön (My Machine Is Beautiful) \u003c\/i\u003ethis very rare proposed single edit from the group’s third album - backed here with another deeply conceptual sliced of deep orchestral symphonic psych from Schell’s short-lived FF Boom project from the previous year. This limited edition 7” (500 only) precedes the release of a double LP compilation COS Mix in the summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompact in name but wide-eyed in nature, it’s understandable how the 70’s band known simply as COS has remained trapped in the tight cracks between pop stardom and prog indulgence where other like minded names like CAN, Zao, Neu! And Egg have managed to squeeze into gaps of your record collection. In presenting one of the band’s most infectious and potentially crossover legible tracks on this exclusive user-friendly 45, COS mastermind Daniel Schell not only breaks an unlikely new format for this lesser-known femme-fronted, electro\/jazz fusion\/prog pop opera\/would-be disco cinematic six-piece but also sends a sonic telegram to a new generation of futurist pop aficionados ready to explore the deep realms of his band’s dense, expansive and consistently rewarding catalogue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlacing the microscope over the central motif of the band’s onomatopoeic 1978 triptych known as \u003ci\u003eMein Maschine Ist Schön (My Machine Is Beautiful)\u003c\/i\u003e this very rare proposed single edit from the group’s third album combines the type of warm, brooding, discoid funk and nymphish Morse code vocals that unite fans of Stereolab, Curved Air, Jan Hammer, Emerald Web and Ursula Dudziak not to mention Schell’s own close friends, the aforementioned, Hollander, Moulin and Placebo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prog rock 45 might sound like a contradiction in terms but with a band like COS you can only expect them to defy convention. Backed here with another deeply conceptual sliced of deep orchestral symphonic psych from Schell’s short-lived FF Boom project from the previous year this suitably compact introduction to your new favourite COSmonauts provide digestible versions of some of Schell’s finest moments and clears the decks for future explorations of a wider musical universe waiting to be explored. Turn on this beautiful machine and let yourself melt into the COSmix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"Black | 7\"","offer_id":50416924852555,"sku":"1113577","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/The_ff_BOOM_-_Single_ae5b2a2d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726712485"},{"product_id":"egmont-and-the-ff-boom","title":"Egmont and the FF Boom","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart fantastical historic sonic biopic, part anthropologic journey into the deep roots of\nBelgium’s monstrous cosmic rock sound, this wholly individualistic concept album combines\nthe lead members of the mighty COS (Daniel Schell and Pascale Son) with studio genius\nAlain Pierre (Ô Sidarta\/Des morts) and celebrated Dutch progressive rock singer Dick\nAnnegarn, for what many consider to be both the overlooked hiding place of Belgium’s\ndeepest psychedelic moment and European prog’s lost map to the ‘Franco-Flemish Boom’.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerging from the wider musical family that counted Marc Moulin, Placebo and Marc\nHollander amongst its creative kin, Daniel Schell’s most profound conceptual project\nambitiously combines the tale of the heroic historical figure of Count Egmont (1522–1568),\nwhile simultaneously tracing the evolution of the ud, or oud, (‘the grandfather of the guitar’)\nin this multifarious hallucinogenic epic. Featuring key members of other collectable groups\nsuch as drummer Felix Simtaine from Solis Lacus and bass player Jean-Louis Baudoin from\nthe mythical Classroom (COS predecessor), this best-kept secret vinyl release also harbours\nthe voices of Dirk Bogaert (of Belgian hard rockers Waterloo) as well as Catalan singer Ilona\nChale (Marc Hollander\/Aksak Maboul) before her later tenure as the COS front woman.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially released in 1978 via Zeuhl school distributors Free Bird alongside French pressings\nof Don Cherry, Jacques Thollot and CAN, it is plain to understand the niche nature of this\nmaligned “lost COS” LP as it finally blooms from between the cracked branches of European\njazz-rock-synth-psych-prog-pop history... and beyond!\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finders Keepers","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50509628145995,"sku":"2027368","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DSDA_b20b0253_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727866902"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/cos-and-daniel-schell-and-dick-annegarn.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}