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01- One Pale Green Dress 6:53 02- Vibrasphere 7:20 03- Cap Ferrat 8:57 04- Cinemadelica 4:22 05- Road To Portofino 6:58 06- Sunny Place For Shady People 2:38 07- Semoleksy Ascending 6:27 08- See You On The Otherside 5:26
[ Official Release Note ]
Liquid Sound Design is thrilled to share with you this debut solo release from Supercozi. It is a special release for us being the first full album produced by a female in our label. Her vision for ‘ Cinemadelica ‘ was to release a solo album with a strong cinematic concept that would pay homage to modern classical and graceful film music from 60’s & 70’s she so dearly loved. She always dreamt of and was determined to achieve this goal completely on her own from production through to the final mix. Having made music for over 30 years already, it has always been in somewhat collaboration with other musicians or producers, so this is a special release for her.
[ CINEMADELICA is a delicate journey through visual soundscapes, acid jazz, subtle ambient with a real modernist approach. Cozi’s album is a deep insight of the last 25 years music history. When electronic becomes organic, when your mind is swallowed in space but your feet keep contact to the ground. It is a mind journey in the soundtrack of an imaginary film. ]
My first musical obsession started when was 10 year old, 1976 in Japan. Almost everyday, After primary school I would go straight home, looking forward to digging deep into my mother’s gorgeous record box set of film music from the 60s and 70s.
This sleek special packaged box set was an omnibus of 20 records or so, each records contain 10 brilliant, elegant cinema tunes by various iconic, incredibly talented composers / music producers, whom their influences still inspires so many artists in different genres even nowadays.
There I came across a group of gems that continue to influence me deeply to this day – from ‘ The Thomas Crown Affair ‘ by Michel Legrand, James Bond theme ‘ From Russia With Love ‘ by John Barry, ‘ The Good, the bad and the Ugly ‘ by Ennio Morricone ‘, and ‘ Breakfast at Tiffany’s ‘ ‘and Sunflower (I Girasoil ) ‘ by Henry Mancini.
Oh that sweet revelation of sound ! I was completely enchanted by the unforgettable melodies and production of these pieces, especially all those elegant strings orchestra, also fell in love with a dramatic bang of Timpani. And the magical atmosphere that transfer my boring everyday life in a small suburb town to all those exotic, glamorous, unknown places that looks like a fairy tales. I am most certain that my life long desire to keep exploring the world was shaped up in this period.
Top on these audio delights discovery, this treasure box also contained a full color large size thick booklet – Cover was Audrey Hepburn from one of her iconic film – Full of photos of these era’s beloved films. These photographs seemed to encapsulate the glamorous lifestyle of western society, something I had never experienced as a child. Number of photos were thrillingly sexy for a Japanese kid who grew up in a super conservative house hold … Until that age, I never imagined a woman and a man – both naked – can clink the champaign glass in bed !! This ticklish feeling about a decadent world out there, and cultural inspirations certainly helped my obsession grew stronger about this record box-set. Another educational part of this booklet was the detailed description of every single musical piece on each records by number of Japanese film / music critics which I read countless times. After the years of dig, I even memorized which page contain which track’s description.
So .. Every day, after school, for years, I chose one record to listen to that day and continued my habit of listening to film music for an hour or so on my father’s record player in the living room of our house. My 2 younger brothers never showed interest on them, but my mother, which was a sweet house wife and who bought this life-changing treasure box-set, sometime joined me for a listening session. Not a word spoken, She always sat on a dark brown rattan chair with tropical fabric backrest and quietly reading book or news papers. But most of the time, it was only me, drinking green tea and ate lots of Osenbei ( Japanese salty rice cookies ), digging the sound while marveling this booklet, imagining how the life in those exotic places in film feels like.
Well … This was about 47 years ago already.
Since then my musical journey expanded into : Electronic downtempo, Acid Jazz, Trip hop & Break Beats, Ambient, Dub & Drum’n Bass, Psy-chill, PsyTrance & Techno … However, my love for film music remains a strong core influence and has been a key element of my musical style. I’ve released a variety of songs interspersed with subtle hints – For example, even psy-trance tracks such as Zen Lemonade’s debut album, released on L.S.D’ s mother label Dragonfly Records in 2001, show my cinematic influence.
So …. to release a solo album with a strong cinematic concept, filled with my love and homage to old and graceful film music, and to do it all by myself, from production to final mix, was one of the things I always wanted to achieve one day. But of course, I didn’t want to recreate a retro worldview, I wanted to suggest a new 21st century psychedelic, jazzy chill-out. So I combine influences from diverse film music through my filter with other electronic music I like, such as ambient, dub, trip hop, breakbeats and psychedelic downtempo.
I am very happy on the result of this experimentation. And more than anything, I really feel that I somehow carved out my own style with this album. And I am so determined to explore this style in my future works.
Bellow, short description of each track.
01 – Une Pale Green Dress 6:53 Jazzy downtempo with a languid, ambient summer vibe. It features two Nice-based French musicians, Latchmy (vocals) of Indian descent and Jo Kaiat, a leading pianist in the southern French jazz scene. There are also subtle hints of Psychedelia.
02 – Vibrasphere 7:23 Spacious Jazzy ambient. Throughout the production, I imagined the scene at the beginning of an imaginary science fiction film where a spaceship breaks through the stratosphere of an unknown planet and slowly descends through a sea of clouds into a reddish-brown desert. Elegant electronic Piano was played by Bulgarian Nu-Jazz producer & Pianist Martin Denev who I met in my 15 years of Bali life. Free-floating Jazz guitar was played by Nice based Schnoer who I met while beach side walking on the Promenade des anglais, Nice in 2023 May. He was playing some Bossa Nova tunes by Antônio Carlos Jobim. I told him ‘ Oh you are playing Jobim ‘ … then he just smiled and started play another Jobim. So I sat on the stone bench just right next of him, and we chat for a while. He doesn’t speak much English and my French is catastrophe, So I left after I finally got his Instagram account for future contact. Looking back, I believe that the art fairies of Nice set up this meeting for the future album I was dreaming of.
03 – Cap Ferrat ( Album Version ) 8:59 Cinematic downtempo with the sun filled vibes of the Côte d’Azur, meaning ‘ Blue coast ‘ in French. Featuring elegant classical guitar by my niçoise friend Nicolas Baechel, and vocals by myself, as well as the voice of Robin, who I lived with since I moved to Nice. My aim was to capture the atmosphere of Côte d’Azur – world known coastal region in South of France where sometime described as a glamorous mirage with breathtaking nature, timeless charm of old era and hidden dark side of decadent life style. I also paid a great attention to create a wide scaled, spacious ambience.
There is also nearly 7 minutes long music clip of this tune. All filmed & directed by Nice based creative collective MUSASABI, shot by various model of iPhone in Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer , Cannes, and Cap Ferrat. Video concept was my homage for 60’s French black and white film especially by Jean-Lic Godard with other influences from Wong Kar-Wai ( Hong Kong Film director. My favourite is ‘ Chungking Express ‘ . I love his Cameraman Christopher Doyle very much ! ), Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch. Watch Music Video ‘ Cap Ferrat ‘ on YouTube :
04 – Cinemadelica 4:23 The chunky cinematic trip hop that takes you to an elegant European scene from a lost era. The wave sounds in the middle and ending are plucked from video footage I recorded at Lake Como, an Italian holiday resort during a family trip in 2022 Summer. Nice-based jazz guitarist Schnoor is featured again ( He also played on track 2 ‘ Vibrasphere ‘ ).
05 – Road To Portofino 6:58 Highlight of album, Frenzy 5/4 beat Psychedelic Jazz groover. I produced this tune imagining a coastline drive in Amalfi Coast, Southern Italy. Perhaps for my imaginary spy movie ! The overwhelmingly driving and thrilling jazz piano is one-shot live recording by a Nice based French pianist Jo Kaiat, who also played on the opening track ‘ Une Pale Green Dress ‘. He is a veteran jazz musician who has done many street sessions and recordings in India, Africa and the Middle East and is well respected in the South of France. It was a great pleasure to record such a wonderful performance by him in my simple home studio. Cello was done by Ukrainian cellist Artem Litovchenko.
06 – Sunny Place For Shady People 2:40 Short intermission like 70’s vibes summer Jazzdelic tune. In my head, it’s a tune for 60’s road trip movie. ‘ Sunny Place For Shady People ‘ is a famous quote about Cote d’Azur by a Paris born English writer Somerset Maugham. He also wrote one of my favorite novel ‘ The Moon and Sixpence ‘ ( 1919 ) which was loosely based on a tragic life of French artist Paul Gauguin.
07 – Semoleksy Ascending 6:31 Drone ambient tune. Based on the parts of my 2010 released track ‘ Do You Know Where Your Going – Borrowed Time ( Misled Convoy Remix) ‘ , featuring American MC and DJ AndreasOne and a British singer Michelle Adamson, known for her work with Shpongle and others, on vocals.
08 – See You On The Other Side ( Album Version ) 5:30 Calm & lyrical chill out tune. Featuring a beautiful cello by a Ukrainian cellist Artem Litovchenko who played also on track 5 ‘ Road to Portofino ‘ .
All Tracks Written & Produced & Final Mixed by Supercozi @ Nice Côte d’Azur, France 2022-2023
Piano : Jo Kaiat – Une Pale Green Dress / Road To Portofino Martin Denev – Vibrasphere Supercozi – Cap Ferrat / Sunny Place For Shady People / See You On The Other Side
Vocal : Latchmy – Une Pale Green Dress AndreasOne – Semoleksy Ascending Michele Adamson – Semoleksy Ascending Supercozi – Cap Ferrat / Sunny Place For Shady People
Additional Voice & Whistle & Beat Effect : Robin Borzakian – Vibrasphere / Cap Ferrat
Guitar : Schnoer – Vibrasphere / Cinemadelica Nicolas Baechel – Cap Ferrat
Cello : Artem Litovchenko – Road To Portofino / See You On The Other Side
Drone base : Misled Convoy ( Mike Hodgson a.k.a Pitch Black ) – Semoleksy Ascending
Special Thanks To : Youth & Robin Triskele ( Liquid Sound Design ) for the ongoing support and encouragement for all of these years, To all musicians who sprinkled their magic on this album, and to Grant Darshan for his brilliant mastering, To my two children for being my sunshine, Gus Till who taught me so much in the studio during 17 years of our marriage, Valeria, Francisca, Jonathan Garnier ‘Jong‘ , Jossie Telch, Paolo Avargh, All the friends & fans around the world and in Nice Côte d’Azur whom supported my work,
and dear Robin who unconditionally supported my cause since I moved to South of France.
OUT NOW ! New Album ‘ Cinemadelica ‘ / 2024 March 1st
Français / Italian / Spanish / 日本語
Track List :
01- One Pale Green Dress 6:53
02- Vibrasphere 7:20
03- Cap Ferrat 8:57
04- Cinemadelica 4:22
05- Road To Portofino 6:58
06- Sunny Place For Shady People 2:38
07- Semoleksy Ascending 6:27
08- See You On The Otherside 5:26
[ Official Release Note ]
Liquid Sound Design is thrilled to share with you this debut solo release from Supercozi.
It is a special release for us being the first full album produced by a female in our label.
Her vision for ‘ Cinemadelica ‘ was to release a solo album with a strong cinematic concept that would pay homage to modern classical and graceful film music from 60’s & 70’s she so dearly loved.
She always dreamt of and was determined to achieve this goal completely on her own from production through to the final mix. Having made music for over 30 years already, it has always been in somewhat collaboration with other musicians or producers, so this is a special release for her.
[ CINEMADELICA is a delicate journey through visual soundscapes, acid jazz, subtle ambient with a real modernist approach. Cozi’s album is a deep insight of the last 25 years music history. When electronic becomes organic, when your mind is swallowed in space but your feet keep contact to the ground. It is a mind journey in the soundtrack of an imaginary film. ]
By Holeg Spies / 2024 Jan / Paris, France
[ Feedbacks …… ]
[ Album Guide by SUPERCOZI ]
Some back story ….
My first musical obsession started when was 10 year old, 1976 in Japan.
Almost everyday, After primary school I would go straight home, looking forward to digging deep into my mother’s gorgeous record box set of film music from the 60s and 70s.
This sleek special packaged box set was an omnibus of 20 records or so, each records contain 10 brilliant, elegant cinema tunes by various iconic, incredibly talented composers / music producers, whom their influences still inspires so many artists in different genres even nowadays.
There I came across a group of gems that continue to influence me deeply to this day – from ‘ The Thomas Crown Affair ‘ by Michel Legrand, James Bond theme ‘ From Russia With Love ‘ by John Barry, ‘ The Good, the bad and the Ugly ‘ by Ennio Morricone ‘, and ‘ Breakfast at Tiffany’s ‘ ‘and Sunflower (I Girasoil ) ‘ by Henry Mancini.
Oh that sweet revelation of sound !
I was completely enchanted by the unforgettable melodies and production of these pieces, especially all those elegant strings orchestra, also fell in love with a dramatic bang of Timpani. And the magical atmosphere that transfer my boring everyday life in a small suburb town to all those exotic, glamorous, unknown places that looks like a fairy tales. I am most certain that my life long desire to keep exploring the world was shaped up in this period.
Top on these audio delights discovery, this treasure box also contained a full color large size thick booklet – Cover was Audrey Hepburn from one of her iconic film – Full of photos of these era’s beloved films.
These photographs seemed to encapsulate the glamorous lifestyle of western society, something I had never experienced as a child. Number of photos were thrillingly sexy for a Japanese kid who grew up in a super conservative house hold … Until that age, I never imagined a woman and a man – both naked – can clink the champaign glass in bed !! This ticklish feeling about a decadent world out there, and cultural inspirations certainly helped my obsession grew stronger about this record box-set.
Another educational part of this booklet was the detailed description of every single musical piece on each records by number of Japanese film / music critics which I read countless times. After the years of dig, I even memorized which page contain which track’s description.
So .. Every day, after school, for years, I chose one record to listen to that day and continued my habit of listening to film music for an hour or so on my father’s record player in the living room of our house.
My 2 younger brothers never showed interest on them, but my mother, which was a sweet house wife and who bought this life-changing treasure box-set, sometime joined me for a listening session.
Not a word spoken, She always sat on a dark brown rattan chair with tropical fabric backrest and quietly reading book or news papers. But most of the time, it was only me, drinking green tea and ate lots of Osenbei ( Japanese salty rice cookies ), digging the sound while marveling this booklet, imagining how the life in those exotic places in film feels like.
Well … This was about 47 years ago already.
Since then my musical journey expanded into : Electronic downtempo, Acid Jazz, Trip hop & Break Beats, Ambient, Dub & Drum’n Bass, Psy-chill, PsyTrance & Techno … However, my love for film music remains a strong core influence and has been a key element of my musical style. I’ve released a variety of songs interspersed with subtle hints – For example, even psy-trance tracks such as Zen Lemonade’s debut album, released on L.S.D’ s mother label Dragonfly Records in 2001, show my cinematic influence.
So …. to release a solo album with a strong cinematic concept, filled with my love and homage to old and graceful film music, and to do it all by myself, from production to final mix, was one of the things I always wanted to achieve one day. But of course, I didn’t want to recreate a retro worldview, I wanted to suggest a new 21st century psychedelic, jazzy chill-out. So I combine influences from diverse film music through my filter with other electronic music I like, such as ambient, dub, trip hop, breakbeats and psychedelic downtempo.
I am very happy on the result of this experimentation.
And more than anything, I really feel that I somehow carved out my own style with this album.
And I am so determined to explore this style in my future works.
Bellow, short description of each track.
01 – Une Pale Green Dress 6:53
Jazzy downtempo with a languid, ambient summer vibe. It features two Nice-based French musicians, Latchmy (vocals) of Indian descent and Jo Kaiat, a leading pianist in the southern French jazz scene. There are also subtle hints of Psychedelia.
02 – Vibrasphere 7:23
Spacious Jazzy ambient. Throughout the production, I imagined the scene at the beginning of an imaginary science fiction film where a spaceship breaks through the stratosphere of an unknown planet and slowly descends through a sea of clouds into a reddish-brown desert.
Elegant electronic Piano was played by Bulgarian Nu-Jazz producer & Pianist Martin Denev who I met in my 15 years of Bali life.
Free-floating Jazz guitar was played by Nice based Schnoer who I met while beach side walking on the Promenade des anglais, Nice in 2023 May. He was playing some Bossa Nova tunes by Antônio Carlos Jobim. I told him ‘ Oh you are playing Jobim ‘ … then he just smiled and started play another Jobim. So I sat on the stone bench just right next of him, and we chat for a while. He doesn’t speak much English and my French is catastrophe, So I left after I finally got his Instagram account for future contact. Looking back, I believe that the art fairies of Nice set up this meeting for the future album I was dreaming of.
03 – Cap Ferrat ( Album Version ) 8:59
Cinematic downtempo with the sun filled vibes of the Côte d’Azur, meaning ‘ Blue coast ‘ in French.
Featuring elegant classical guitar by my niçoise friend Nicolas Baechel, and vocals by myself, as well as the voice of Robin, who I lived with since I moved to Nice.
My aim was to capture the atmosphere of Côte d’Azur – world known coastal region in South of France where sometime described as a glamorous mirage with breathtaking nature, timeless charm of old era and hidden dark side of decadent life style.
I also paid a great attention to create a wide scaled, spacious ambience.
There is also nearly 7 minutes long music clip of this tune. All filmed & directed by Nice based creative collective MUSASABI, shot by various model of iPhone in Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer , Cannes, and Cap Ferrat. Video concept was my homage for 60’s French black and white film especially by Jean-Lic Godard with other influences from Wong Kar-Wai ( Hong Kong Film director. My favourite is ‘ Chungking Express ‘ . I love his Cameraman Christopher Doyle very much ! ), Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch.
Watch Music Video ‘ Cap Ferrat ‘ on YouTube :
04 – Cinemadelica 4:23
The chunky cinematic trip hop that takes you to an elegant European scene from a lost era.
The wave sounds in the middle and ending are plucked from video footage I recorded at Lake Como, an Italian holiday resort during a family trip in 2022 Summer.
Nice-based jazz guitarist Schnoor is featured again ( He also played on track 2 ‘ Vibrasphere ‘ ).
05 – Road To Portofino 6:58
Highlight of album, Frenzy 5/4 beat Psychedelic Jazz groover.
I produced this tune imagining a coastline drive in Amalfi Coast, Southern Italy. Perhaps for my imaginary spy movie !
The overwhelmingly driving and thrilling jazz piano is one-shot live recording by a Nice based French pianist Jo Kaiat, who also played on the opening track ‘ Une Pale Green Dress ‘.
He is a veteran jazz musician who has done many street sessions and recordings in India, Africa and the Middle East and is well respected in the South of France.
It was a great pleasure to record such a wonderful performance by him in my simple home studio.
Cello was done by Ukrainian cellist Artem Litovchenko.
06 – Sunny Place For Shady People 2:40
Short intermission like 70’s vibes summer Jazzdelic tune.
In my head, it’s a tune for 60’s road trip movie.
‘ Sunny Place For Shady People ‘ is a famous quote about Cote d’Azur by a Paris born English writer Somerset Maugham.
He also wrote one of my favorite novel ‘ The Moon and Sixpence ‘ ( 1919 ) which was loosely based on a tragic life of French artist Paul Gauguin.
07 – Semoleksy Ascending 6:31
Drone ambient tune.
Based on the parts of my 2010 released track ‘ Do You Know Where Your Going – Borrowed Time ( Misled Convoy Remix) ‘ , featuring American MC and DJ AndreasOne and a British singer Michelle Adamson, known for her work with Shpongle and others, on vocals.
08 – See You On The Other Side ( Album Version ) 5:30
Calm & lyrical chill out tune.
Featuring a beautiful cello by a Ukrainian cellist Artem Litovchenko who played also on track 5 ‘ Road to Portofino ‘ .
All Tracks Written & Produced & Final Mixed by Supercozi
@ Nice Côte d’Azur, France 2022-2023
Mastering by Grant Collins (Darshan / Excession) @ 4DA Studios
Total : 49 min
[ CREDIT ]
Piano :
Jo Kaiat – Une Pale Green Dress / Road To Portofino
Martin Denev – Vibrasphere
Supercozi – Cap Ferrat / Sunny Place For Shady People / See You On The Other Side
Vocal :
Latchmy – Une Pale Green Dress
AndreasOne – Semoleksy Ascending
Michele Adamson – Semoleksy Ascending
Supercozi – Cap Ferrat / Sunny Place For Shady People
Additional Voice & Whistle & Beat Effect :
Robin Borzakian – Vibrasphere / Cap Ferrat
Guitar :
Schnoer – Vibrasphere / Cinemadelica
Nicolas Baechel – Cap Ferrat
Cello :
Artem Litovchenko – Road To Portofino / See You On The Other Side
Drone base :
Misled Convoy ( Mike Hodgson a.k.a Pitch Black ) – Semoleksy Ascending
Special Thanks To : Youth & Robin Triskele ( Liquid Sound Design ) for the ongoing support and encouragement for all of these years, To all musicians who sprinkled their magic on this album, and to Grant Darshan for his brilliant mastering, To my two children for being my sunshine, Gus Till who taught me so much in the studio during 17 years of our marriage, Valeria, Francisca, Jonathan Garnier ‘Jong‘ , Jossie Telch, Paolo Avargh, All the friends & fans around the world and in Nice Côte d’Azur whom supported my work,
and dear Robin who unconditionally supported my cause since I moved to South of France.
[ Limited Edition CD ]
‘ Cinemadelica ‘ limited edition CD is now available on Bandcamp .
Ships out within 5 days from L.S.D headquarter in London.
[ Featuring Musicians ]
[ Cinemadelica Components ]
‘ Cinemadelica Components ‘ is a series of collage by SUPERCOZI to capture the inspiration for each tracks.