Cosmos - Self Titled

I discovered this band when looking up this obscure Japanese Yamaha demo record which I posted about here in a previous coffee and tunes post:
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All girl synth trio from Japan in the 80s. I was actually looking for their album Bourbon Suite which has a banger on it. I wasn't really expecting to find anything of theirs to be honest. But we were recommended a new record store in Northcote by two locals on our trip - Rathdowne Records. Specialising in jazz, soul funk and Japanese imports it was an overwhelming dig but a good recommendation. It is here I found this.

This album is not for everyone and at points it become hard work. There are a few good tracks on this. The rest sort of sounds like mid music for anime credits etc - which I appreciate was a popular style in Japan in the 80s. I love the cover and they look cool AF on the back.

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Adelaide went off last night! And I went out on a Thursday night - a rare treat these days.

Tarp are a local duo and they were incredible. A must see! And of course Yamantaka Eye! What a crazy legend. At 61, he's still pumping out the hardest beats. We never thought we'd ever see him / boredoms and now I've seen him twice in less then 12 months.

The last picture is from when we saw him unsound last year. The unsound set had visuals to go with it. It was the most surprising and insane 60 mins. Etched in my brain!

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A novelty one today. Yamaha Sessions 3 from 1981. A promo record released by Yamaha Stuidos Japan to demonstrate the Yamaha GS-1 synthesizer. Featuring keyboardist Keiko Doi from the all female synthesizer trio Cosmos, some funky bass lines, cool drum breaks, pretty amazing 80s session photos on the cover, and adorable liner notes its a fun bargin bin pick up.

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