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Noel Gallagher joins Shaun Ryder in supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos

‘Like Dylan, Dalí and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers’ is how Gallagher describes band which also features Oasis alumni Zak Starkey and Andy Bell

As he eyes his return with Oasis later in the year, Noel Gallagher has joined forces with two other icons of Manchester music: the Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder and Bez, in their supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos. The Guardian’s Gwilym Mumford reviewed it, saying “it sounds like each member is playing in a completely different band at the same time … Which is not to say that watching them isn’t extremely enjoyable.” They have released two singles so far: Gorilla Guerilla and X (Wot You Sayin? Gallagher sings the chorus of Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous), which he wrote and then sent to Starkey, who built up the rest of the song’s backing on drums, bass, guitar and keyboards.

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