Pastry 1984 and "Golden Ship"

and "Golden Ship"

improvised performance by Damo Suzuki and his network of musicians

meditative noise was only a few knob cranks away from becoming fearsome

Primal gas-guzzler drumming

Those jazz critics who shunned him for becoming too commercial must eat their words

Pastry 1984 and "Golden Ship"Los Angeles artist Jonny Kosmo can best be described as zaney pop, funk strange soul. Feel good and bouncy on the surface, a grounded ear yields psychologically thematic landscapes drawn from a history of working in mental health, bearing witness to metamorphic change and story. Honeyed in funk and R&B, and steeped in pop strange composition, Kosmos sophomore album Pastry touches upon themes of community, spiritual metamorphosis, and inherent