COSMIC DEBRIS

Cosmic Debris biography
In 1976 Synthesizer gurus Richard Bugg and Cal Grant performed one tune at the Friends Records Jazz Festival, titled "Piece One" which lasted about 20 minutes. At the end of the set, the crowd went silent and seemed to be stunned. As soon as the crowd began to applause the duo realized that the audience appreciated their music and the group began to perform regularly as The Contemporary Synthesizer Ensemble.

A friend of Richard's said the name was pretentious and they soon were dubbed COSMIC DEBRIS. The name came from the idea of NASA's tracking of space junk in orbit that is left over from space missions. The first album appeared after many performances and in 1980 "3.7 K" finally saw the light of day. The musicians on the album were Richard Bugg on ARP2600, Moog 15b, E-mu modules, Flute, Joel Young on Acoustic percussion, drums, and Shawn Phillips on Guitar, and Guitar Synth. The album featured an Aaron Copeland track, 'Fanfare/Spectrum' and 2 other tracks on side 2 written by Bugg and Young. The album name was derived from the echo of the "Big Bang", found at 3.7 degrees above absolute zero (3.7 degrees Kelvin). The album was recorded in two days at Media Studios in Oklahoma City.

In 1981 the second studio release appeared "While You're Asleep" with Bugg on ARP2600, Moog 15b, Flutes, Dennis Borycki on Fender Rhodes, Oberheim FVS, ARP2600, Joel Young on acoustic percussion, drum kit, John Powell on acoustic percussion, vibraphone, marimba, tabla & drum kit, and Bil Richards on Guitar.

The band soon disbanded but Bugg has appeared in many ensembles during the 1990s. The music is electronic progressive and should appeal to those music listeners who are into synthesizer soaked electronic music.


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