In a booming Swiss rocksteady and ska scene, COSMIC SHUFFLING is once again affirming itself as a rising star of the genre on a intergalactic scale. The band's first album, MAGIC ROCKET SHIP, released in the midst of the pandemic, was a huge hit with fans of the Jamaican sound of the 1960s. Three years later, the Geneva-based septet is back in force with a new album, COSMIC QUEST, featuring eleven vocal tracks ranging from fiery ska worthy of the best years of the Skatalites and Soul Brothers ('Eclipse', 'Walk On By'), to exquisitely melancholy rocksteady ballads ('Birds of Spring', 'Dusk Till Dawn'), to bright early reggae with a touch of 1950s mento ('By The Rivers').
Fans of vintage sound will be delighted by the sound of this new album elaborated in the raw and warm aesthetics of analog saturation that made the beauty of the golden age of Jamaican music. Under the guidance of Swiss producer Mathias Liengme, the renowned Spanish sound engineer Roberto Sánchez has mixed this superb opus with class and character. The sound is just like the cover of the album: against a lunar backdrop, in the glowing light of the setting sun, Cosmic Shuffling’s magnificent seven delight the hearts of the convinced as well as the undecided with the exhilarating sound of their irresistibly danceable Cosmic Quest. Let yourself be carried away!
Tracklist
A1. Cosmic Quest
A2. Hope For Longer Days
A3. Eclipse
A4. Tina
A5. Birds Of Spring
A6. Astrobike
B1. Walk On By
B2. By The Rivers
B3. Road To Love
B4. The Thrill
B5. Dusk Til Dawn
Credits
Vocals - Leo Mohr
Drums, percussion, vocals - Loïc Moret
Bass, monotron, vocals - Hadrien Rossier
Piano, organ, vocals - Mathias Liengme
Rhythm and pick guitars - Andrei Pervikov
Trombone, vocals - Anthony Dietrich Buclin
Alto saxophone, vocals - Basile Rickli
Gest musicians
Lead guitar - Tom Brunt
Trumpet, trombone - Zacharie Ksyk
Trumpet - Ludovic Lagana, Thomas Florin
Alto saxophone, flute - Manuel Gesseney
Alto saxophone - John Menoud
Tenor saxophone - Gregor Vidic, Yohan Jacquier
Trombone - William Jacquemet
