Anyone lucky enough to have indulged in one of the COS MES 12 inches released this year will have been rewarded with a richly sonic experience that sits far beyond the realms of throwaway dance music. The Japanese DJ and production duo of Flatic and 5ive seem to excel in producing riveting electronic music that sits between disco, house and outright psychedelia and approach each song with the intention of inviting your senses on a twisting journey. In single format, this has a syrupy spellbinding effect; when utilised over the course of an album, the effect is ten fold. Gozmez Land Chaosexotica is certainly one of this year's most edifying listening experiences, an exotic journey through a surfeit of electronic genres across the span of eleven tracks. Frank Zappa was famously - and wrongly - attributed to the pearl of wisdom that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture", but this album certainly reminds us that nothing can replicate the potency that the listening experience provides.

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