Noel Gallagher has joined Mantra Of The Cosmos for a collaborative new single called ‘Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous)’.The supergroup – featuring Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), guitarist Andy Bell (Oasis, Ride) and Bez (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) – will release the song exclusively at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool.You can also purchase it via the venue’s official website – visit here to do so.
The project is available on either red or blue vinyl.Ryder and co. are due to perform two shows at the Cavern Club next Sunday (January 19), though Gallagher has not been confirmed for these performances.The Oasis and High Flying Birds singer-songwriter said: “Mantra Of The Cosmos is like Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocket ship to the moon to have it with the Clangers.”Speaking about ‘Domino Bones’ – which takes its name from Bez’s first band – Starkey described the six-minute psychedelic tune as “‘Free Bird’ for Mods”, referring to the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic.Gallagher provides the chorus vocal, with Ryder on the verses.
Starkey built the track, playing drums, bass, guitar and keyboards. Bell, meanwhile, delivers an extended guitar solo.Starkey explained: “It’s not every day that the greatest songwriter of my generation – not to mention Shaun, the greatest beat poet of our times – sends a tune to me, and I was in a daze for a bit cos it’s not something you want to fuck up!
It came together great – everyone digs it!“Noel loves Shaun. He texted me to say: ‘Do you know what you’ve got? The British Bob Dylan’ – and he’s not fucking about because now I’ve witnessed what Shaun does.
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