1979 Classic Funk/Proto House & Jazzy Grooves gets Ltd Repress
Killer hard-to-find German Cosmic album from 1979 gets a welcome vinyl reissue with its stunning original artwork. A one-off project from bassist Hans Pieter Ströer featuring über-electronic wizard Harry Thumann on mix duties, this cooly understated yet future-sounding LP has hints of electro-boogie, jazz-funk and proto-techno alongside ambient swirls and breezy soulful blue-eyed pop. Standouts are the amazing 'Think It Over', a masterful slice of low-slung grinding electro-pop with a great funky stripped-down mid-section and Cosmic twists also 'Don't Stay For Breakfast', a hypnotic bass-driven funk workout with a techno feeling and superb Saada Bonaire-style vocals from Dagmar Hellberg which hit big on the Cosmic scene. Don't miss!