‘Fruit of the Void’ (Zephyrus Records) is the sophomore album from Belgian dub-jazz outfit Kosmo Sound. With a background in jazz, the sextet creates an exciting, danceable and eclectic universe with tight grooves, oriental sounds and spacy sound effects. Improvisations and expansive melodies take the listener on a trip through their cosmos.

With an infectious love of deep bass lines, meditative sounds and dense grooves, across ‘Fruit of the Void’, Kosmo Sound proudly exercise their jazz influence through a sense of experiment and their love for brass instruments. From the horn-heavy, sultry sounds of ‘Amethist’ to the space-dub inflections of ‘Ototoxic’, Kosmo Sound is a perfect balance of tight rhythms and extended melodies, and they constantly strive to push boundaries with their sound.

Elsewhere, ‘Banoffee Pie’ fizzes with whirling keys and off-kilter drums as you lose yourself in the immersive soundscapes while ‘Channel Raceway’ glides along on a hot bed of weighty bass lines and dreamy rhythms.

Formed via a mutual love and respect for dub in 2017 by bassist Mattias Geernaert (SUWI, Julien Firmin, Tiny Legs Tim, His Trust Fund) and drummer Marius Couvreur (Madame Blavatsky, RVB quartet), the Ghent musicians decided to set up a project within the genre themselves. A few jam sessions later with like-minded players and Kosmo Sound was born. The contribution of guitarists Edmund Lauret (Nordmann, The Milk Factory, FUR) and Cyriel Vandenabeele (SUWI, ELIAS, Verhalen), keyboard player Bos Debusscher (Pura Vida, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, The Congos) and saxophonist Ambroos De Schepper (Bandler Ching, Mòs Ensemble, Boogie Belgique), creates a wonderfully fresh sound that is indebted to dub, yet offers a fresh take on the genre.

In 2019, Kosmo Sound were crowned the winners of Soundtrack – a prestigious annual music industry event held in Belgian – and after a number of rave live shows and festival performances in Belgium, Netherlands and the UK, heavily inspired, they took refuge in the studio, releasing their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Antenna’ a year later. The ultimate recognition came when dub producer Daniel Boyle (Max Romeo, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry) and Alpha & Omega remixed album tracks ‘Hofstr.’ and ‘Yeasterday’ respectively. Kosmo Sound has also supported UK dub pioneer and On-U Sound producer, Adrian Sherwood, and the Twinkle Brothers and Omar Perry.