Cosmo’s Midnight

Cosmo’s Midnight

2015 was a milestone year for the twin musical duo of Cosmo and Patrick Liney, now 2016 looks to be taking that newfound momentum and perhaps even accelerating. Last year the release of their new EP Moments saw the duo rocket to the number two slot on the iTunes charts, only being beat out by the juggernaut that is Chet Faker, and amassing over six million plays online.

Riding off this wave of success the boys have just last week embarked on a national tour that will see them take a pit stop in Sydney this weekend. This tour marks the end of the mini-vacation for Patrick, who explained how he had been enjoying the break and reenergising before the tour. “It’s always so hectic leading up to an EP release with all the logistical stuff to take care of, so it’s nice to have a little bit of downtime relaxing, going to the beach and writing new stuff before we go on tour,” he said.

For this show, which is filled with Cosmo’s Midnight original tracks, the duo has completely reconfigured their live set up. Previously they had simply used an APC40 to play their music live to audiences, whereas now they have also implemented an SPD-SX drum machine and a MPK25 keyboard. Patrick elaborated on the thought process behind the change by saying “since there’s two of us on stage we felt like we needed to bring a bit more, if we’re having more fun on stage then the crowd will end up having more fun too.”

Obviously with these new elements introduced into the set, Cosmo and Patrick had to go back through the set and reconfigure some elements. “We went through song by song to decide which parts we wanted to play live from each one, then took them all apart, rewrote the synths and loaded what we needed onto the instruments,” said Patrick. Along with having to rework all of the tracks for the live performance the added hardware can increase the stress levels on tour. Patrick explained, “It takes a while to setup each show and because there are so many bits of hardware that can go wrong it can be really stressful, but I think it’s worth it because it’s so much more gratifying.”

Looking ahead to after these shows, the pair plan on expanding their vision abroad with a tour of the United Sates in March. “Since we started we’ve been mainly confined to Australia, with only a couple of shows in Japan and Indonesia, so this year is going to be the year we take our music abroad properly into a new frontier,” said Patrick, very excitedly.

Feb 20. Oxford Art Factory, 38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. $20. Tickets & info: oxfordartfactory.com

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