Cosmo sessions by Adil Hiani & Guests, guest of the week Mr. Roussos (Revolt!, Greece)

Cosmo Session 049 guest Mr. Roussos 01-09-15

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Founded in 2009, Cosmo Records is a Moroccan electronic music label desiring to create touch points between Western, Latin,  West-African and Oriental music.

Owing to its unique creative process, the label is seeking to spearhead a revolutionary form of blending various musical spectrums. In so doing, world famous electronic artists and traditional musicians meet in Morocco's finest music studios to produce original sounds at the confluence of music styles ranging from minimal, tech house and house to the psychedelic practice of Bamako's Kora.

Artists are brought from a wide diversity of backgrounds, which makes any track of the label’s music a fascinating journey where experimental sounds coming out of the most technical devices keep echoing traditional ambiences.

More than anything, Cosmo records acts as a bridging artist community fostering the dialogue between sophisticated western music and ancestral afro-oriental sounds. That undoubtedly gives the label’s universe its unique touch. The Cosmo touch.
Words by Reda Cherif.
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Operating out of Casablanca, Morocco, Cosmo records has made its purpose clear; to fuse experimental house and techno with traditional African musicianship in a cultural dialogue that spans generations and continents in search of thrilling new musical forms. 

Over the past years, Cosmo has called upon some of the finest producers in the most adventurous corners of 4/4 dance music to collaborate with players of the kora, guembri, lute and many more forms of percussion and melodic instrumentation. The chosen artists congregate at the Cosmo recording studios in Casablanca, which acts as a hub for these disparate musical energies to come together in a fusion of seasoned, learned performances and hyper-modern electronic processes. 

Amongst the most notorious artists that have contributed to the label so far are Masomenos, RADIQ, Argenis Brito and Pier Bucci, while Moroccan producer Adil Hiani provides a local focus to the electronic side of the creative process, as well as conducting the A&R for the label.
Words Oli Warwick.

Researcher # Columnist # Radio Producer # Mixing Performer

Magda K. Terzidou a.k.a. Ordem had her studies primarily on History of Art. Complementary studies were made also on Psychology, Philosophy and Theatre. 

Electronic Music conquered her life in the early 90’s, where ambient contemplation and crazy parties were a state of being, a way to resist and revolt. The triggering point for getting involved more seriously with music was not the dance music by itself, but the body and mind expression that evoked. The great role of the “appropriate” dance Music and it’s impact was certified in 2002, when she became an executive assistant in the Conseil International de la Danse of UNESCO, where she met and interviewed many of the top dance world performers. Her personal experience as a choreographer came some years later by being responsible for the Dance & Choreography teenager Team in an NGO for almost 3 years. 

This deep connection continued in Klimax Plus Radio and Westradio.gr in which she was hosting the Ordem e Progresso Radio Show for 4 and half years trying to present and promote House Music through thematic unities and interviews of local and European artists. The main concern of the show was the qualitative House stage in Greece and worldwide, its roots in the warehouses of Chicago, Detroit, Manchester and Berlin, the spirit of revolving to western industrialization and social discrimination by spreading the spirit of unity and equality through dance parties. The structure of the Shows were built accordingly in thematic unities that tried to convey the impact of inner states of a human being, such as: “Broken Promises”, “Acrobats”, “Leaving Weight Behind”, “Persephone is Back”, “La "Malédiction" de Jacque de Molay”, “Unique does not fit”, etc. The presentation on new promising artists and well-established ones as well as conceptual festivals and alternative ways of interaction between arts was the high priority in this shows. 

Far away from the mainstream and fake glamour of these days, Ordem strives to support the true Deep qualitative spirit, through arthrography and interviews of artistic teams and electronic composers at UrbanStyle Magazine. She is a true booster of creative Greek teams and a deep visionary personality that believes and gives an honest fight for the revival of the Greek Electronic Scene, by her all means.