Stephen Moore
Hello Cosmos
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Hello Cosmos are anchored by Ben Robinson who, along with being the band’s singer, songwriter and bassist, is also the founder of the bluedot and Kendal Calling festivals.
His three allies in the band include Lanterns On The Lake member Angela Chan (vocals, synths and viola), but given his background it’s unsurprising that this debut record boasts more than 20 collaborators, and is supplemented with an album visualiser incorporating animation and augmented reality, and a separate, full remix album.
Hello Cosmos album cover
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The Manchester-based creative collective, all clad in Apollo mission boiler suits and cyber-kinetic goggles for their videos and live shows, wield giant ladles in a melting pot of sonic influences while Robinson drives forward a vision of a better, brighter future in urgent spoken word – a kind of performance poetry landing somewhere between Art Brut’s Eddie Argos and The Streets’ M