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Energy is everywhere in the universe, from a tiny grain of sand on Earth containing sub-atomic particles moving around inside it, to the largest fiery star a billion light-years away. Energy causes movement, and movement causes vibrations, waves, oscillations and frequencies. In this way, energy -- even that created in deep-space and traveling for millenniums to reach our planet -- is absorbed by human beings. A few of those beings tune in to what some call the "Cosmo Frequency." Cosmo Frequency also is the name of a musical group formed by keyboardists and tech-wizards Paul Martinson and Brent Vincent (with occasional vocals by Lisa Wegener). The group has released their debut album, Soundtrack to Life, containing a dozen mostly-instrumental tunes that includes some soft pieces, many mid-tempo numbers featuring a variety of synth sounds including the Electronic Woodwind Instrument (EWI), and some up-tempo tunes with dance rhythms. The album includes the sounds of synthesizers, Native flute, drums, bass, trumpet, flugelhorn, electric guitars, piano, percussion, background singing, and much more. "We connect to the cosmos which allows our inner light-worker to absorb the messages and turn them into sounds," explains Martinson. "We tune into the vibrations and positive influences which allows us to capture the music that surrounds us. It is a journey that includes light, love, joy, passion and positive energy. I discovered at an early age that I was able to hear music based on feeling. There is an infinite amount of energy resonating around us all the time so there are an infinite number of frequencies to tune into. On this album we present a small selection of the musical frequencies that we have discovered, that we enjoy and that resonate within us." "Sometimes we are asked why we pay so much attention to our rhythms," Vincent says. "It is because the energy of the universe is rhythmic, pulsating, vibrating. Rhythms can come from atomic movement, space storms, solar flare-ups, light-waves, radio-waves, ocean waves, a heartbeat. There are rhythms everywhere in everything, and our music reflects that." Cosmo Frequency's Soundtrack to Life (on Good Moves Music) can be purchased either as a CD or as digital downloads at online sales sites such as CDbaby, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and many others. For more information about Cosmo Frequency, visit their website at cosmofrequency.com. Paul and Brent both started creating original music at a young age, and both became adept at utilizing electronic keyboards, synthesizers, sequencers and computers to create their own music. Martinson was a member of a new age music recording group while Vincent pursued a career in DJ-live-mixing at dance clubs. They shared their music with each other as school children, lost track of each other for more than two decades, reconnected via the Internet, felt they were on the same frequency and began working together again on this musical project. A half-minute into Soundtrack to Life a 25-second poem is read (the poetry is by Matt Bowen, a friend of Paul's, and the spiritual and space imagery ends with the phrase "a universe's song about to begin a new refrain") and the tune continues with a meditational chant. The majestic tune "The Gift" features the sounds of solar wind, an old funky piano and the EWI playing a horn part. "Apollo Skies" was inspired by the Apollo space missions ("As a child I would go outside and watch the space shuttle orbiting," remembers Martinson). The album kicks into another gear with the up-tempo dance tune "Classic Story (Light Years Away)" on which Vincent brings his dance-club re-mix skills to the forefront. "The impetus behind the tune," says Martinson, "is trying to fulfill a dream that feels achievable, but is far away in time sequence." The following tune, "Chillaxin," also is rhythmic and upbeat with a featured wood-flute sound over the top of propulsive percussion. The music shifts gears again with "Can
