Kosmik Musik is a famous collaboration between artist Joe Currie and author Ben Wheatley and the graphic novel is being delivered to life with a enjoyable new and thrilling twist: It will have musical accompaniment! The musical group Beak> labored with Currie and Wheatley to create tracks to go together with the novel which will probably be obtainable digitally worldwide on September 23. Wheatley and Currie have been mates for the reason that 90s however that is the primary time the 2 are collaborating regardless of engaged on comics in artwork faculty collectively.
In any case this time, Kosmik Musik is lastly being launched and it sounds wonderful! In line with the press launch, Kosmik Musik is described as a “melting pot of 2000ad, Steel Hurlant, Kirby tech, psychedelic 60s artwork, Physician Who, Douglas Adams, Kraut Rock, Star Trek and Star Wars. A UK 70s English childhood principally.”
The venture features a “sonic accompaniment by Beak>” and the musical group additionally has efficiency dates on the horizon, together with a present on the Primavera Sound in Los Angeles. Whereas we won’t say for sure if they are going to be performing the music from the graphic novel, it is nonetheless a captivating strategy to launch a bit of labor.
Together with a soundtrack to your graphic novel? That is definitely a enjoyable method to assist readers immerse themselves into the novel’s world. Whereas particulars about Kosmik Musik are far and few between, it is clear that Wheatley and Currie have been engaged on this piece for a very long time and wished it to be one thing particular for audiences to get to expertise; and something described as a melting pot together with Physician Who, Star Trek, and Star Wars is one thing that ought to have all nerds (myself included) excited for the prospect. And who would not love a soundtrack created particularly for one thing?
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Two years within the making Kosmik Musik is a collaboration between artist Joe Currie, author Ben Wheatley and musical group Beak>, who labored intently with the artists to offer a musical accompaniment for the graphic novel. The audio is offered digitally worldwide by way of Invada from September twenty third. Additional particulars on the restricted version bodily codecs under.
Ben and Joe met at artwork faculty within the 90s the place they each had been concerned in lots of comedian ebook drawing and studying. It’s taken thirty years to lastly get their acts collectively and create this ebook. Within the meantime Joe has been sculpting and portray. Ben has been writing and directing movies.
