KEXP at Trans Musicales: Cosmic Project

Today, we continue sharing our discoveries from the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, where last December we captured twelve exclusive sessions. We’re sharing with you one unique session per week, and you can watch all the previously released ones here. This week’s feature is of Cosmic Project.

DJ Morgan says of the band:

Recently a trio with the addition of a drummer, the main members Yanlo (keyboards/synths) and Boxuan (sitar) met in Germany, although both are from Beijing, China. Yanlo is a visual artist as well as a musician (“a synth freak” their manager Lua told me), whose work has just been put on exhibition in China, was in Germany seeking out painting materials when he met Boxuan, who is a classically trained musician of traditional Chinese instruments and composer for Chinese theater pieces. Boxuan was interested in putting together a project where he could use the sitar in a more experimental way and Cosmic Project was born. From it comes a hypnotic use of sampling, looping, with intertwining sitar and krautrock-esque beats. They are currently working on a full-length record, but in the meantime, you’ll be able to hear them below.