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Max Cooper
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Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: For the deftly mixed audio on Max Cooper's latest conceptual album Unspoken Words, it is accompanied by a visual story which unfolds through 13 short films, directed by a range of visual artists that are all commissioned and directed by Cooper and mixed in Dolby Atmos surround sound. Featuring various aural moods throughout, whether it's the evocative deep house of "Spectrums", the euphoric trance reductions of "Pulse At The Centre Of Being" to the multi-layered IDM experience of "Exotic Contents" or the saucer-eyed wonder of "Everything" - Unspoken Words is Cooper's most revealing work to date.
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MESH 077
25 Mar 22
Experimental/Electronic
25 Mar 22
Experimental/Electronic
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MESH 074
18 Jan 22
Experimental/Electronic
18 Jan 22
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: In 2019 Max Cooper was getting toward the end of a push that saw the producer digging his heels into a most atmospheric, electro-acoustic and experimentally accessible sound. Keeping his progressive and melodic subtleties alive is a remix album featuring HAAi, Fort Romeau, Josh Wink and Rob Clouth to Steffi, Non Square and Max Cooper himself. Fort Romeau chimes in with a synth-fuelled ray of hope next to the syncopated rhythms, tumbling keys and arpeggiated vocals of Rob Clouth's touch. Haai goes deep, dubstep and estranged vocals in her remix, with some classic warehouse acid techno action coming from master of the discipline, Josh Wink. Turkish artist and recent Mesh signee Non Square turns in something reminiscent of that classic Bpitch Control IDM sound next to the straight up deep, lo-fi and banging electro rawness of Steffi's remix. Max Cooper reinterpretation in the mix too!
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MESH 062
12 Aug 21
Experimental/Electronic
12 Aug 21
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Installing a new set of artists into its roster is the Infine label with a remix EP of the Glassforms album that Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper released last year. Headlined by the likes of Donato Dozzy and Laurel Halo, there's also a shorter edit of the album's epic halfway track "Two Pages", and additional to that there's the experimental noise version by Tehranian producer Tegh. Daniele Di Gregorio leads the way with Dozzy in a piano variation of "Two Pages" while Laurel Halo takes on the sustained chords and epic strings of the original album's closing track, "Opening". Get your more traditional version from the Glassforms edit.
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IF 2080
29 Jan 21
Ambient/Drone
29 Jan 21
Ambient/Drone
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Delving further into a colourful introspective synthesis by the release is Max Cooper's Mesh label that so far in 2020 has exhumed music from the depths of minds like Rob Clouth, Alex Banks and Indian Wells. Bringing closure to what's been an epic year for Mesh is this all encompassing four-track from Cooper himself; a record born from the first lockdown phase a generation has seen that comes to life through an otherworldly frame of field recordings, harmonies, clicks and cuts to micro-rhythms and trance heavy pulsations inspired by our planet itself. Full of humanity, playfulness and rearing intensity, Cooper's elements here are an accompaniment to a series of short films that take an acousmatic approach to voice, foley sound design and pianos, with the free jazz and orchestral brilliance of "Spike" and "Surge" a high note. Adding to the legacy of music created by the likes of Pantha Du Prince and the percussive end of the Erased Tapes catalogue in "Swarm", Cooper warmly wraps its arrangement in hopeful and luscious tones, alongside the equally sweet notes and melodic bounce of "Reflect" - a track-title and album name that says it all.
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MESH 036
26 Nov 20
Experimental/Electronic
26 Nov 20
Experimental/Electronic
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MESH 034
03 Jul 20
Experimental/Electronic
03 Jul 20
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: "The Barbican is such a special and powerful space, I've had many of my greatest live musical moments there," tells Max Cooper in an interview. Yearning for the Infinite follows Cooper's 2018 LP One Hundred Billion Sparks which comes through a commission that the Barbican Centre gave Max Cooper in being able to present a live audiovisual show in an attempt to capture what he defines as 'the overwhelming vastness of infinity' within Kulturquartier's "Betonhalle". Impressive. Much like Nils Frahm, Max Cooper hits on many a sweet note when venturing through his own interpretation of liminality, arriving with the sound of fizzing electronics and the hum of hardware, to field recordings, live drums and emotionally affecting synths lines. A trip from start to finish.
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MESH 025
07 Nov 19
Ambient/Drone
07 Nov 19
Ambient/Drone
Review: "Reflex" was one of the highlights of Cooper's 2018 album, One Hundred Billion Sparks, and it's not hard to understand why. Evolving from glitchy percussion and menacing bass tones, it teases the listener without ever truly exploding. For this single release, Cooper has edited the track, and "Reflex Values", the new version, sees him finally give the original the release that it needed. Pummelling kicks underpin the glitchy elements that morph into a stepping segue before Cooper heads back into straight 4/4s. Cooper then hands over the reins to DJ Tennis and collaborator Barratt, who turn "Reflex" into a tripped out, low-slung house groove that resounds to cowbells and atmospheric synths.
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MESH 015
31 Jan 19
Techno
31 Jan 19
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: This jam-packed collection boasts ten new remixes of tracks from Max Cooper's 2016 album Emergence, a largely downtempo set inspired by his live audio-visual performances. As you'd expect, many of the reworks are dancefloor focused, with Vessels, Joe Farr (whose distorted, industrial-tinged techno take on "Panned" is a definite highlight) and techno veteran John Tejada all delivering standout interpretations. These fine remixes are accompanied by similarly impressive rubs that don't strive as hard for club plays, with Hidden Orchestra's symphonic version of "Symmetry" and Tom Hodge's intricate, melodious rework of "Cyclic" standing out.
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MESH 002
31 Mar 17
Deep House
31 Mar 17
Deep House
Review: London's Max Cooper has stated that when he plays a live show, he likes to deconstruct the performance into fragments of sound on a granular level, paying meticulous attention to detail. For his Emergence live A/V (that he's been touring for the last two years), he applies these same principles to the visuals; using a variety of MIDI methods that are synced and allow him to manipulate both in realtime. It's the story of how "everything comes from (almost) nothing," using knowledge, theories and insights gained from his previous role as a geneticist. Cooper weaves a together a fascinating auditory experience here, his second album since 2014's Human, covering a variety of sonic moods in his now signature way. Take for instance "Trust" featuring the lovely vocals of Kathrin deBoer and a bit of help from good studio mate Tom Hodge; here jazzy drum and bass arrives via field recordings and classical aesthetics in wonderful harmony. Also, the deep, multi layered and ethereal journey track "Waves" sees Cooper on point, as usual, until "Cyclic" goes for something a bit more ferocious on this broken beat techno exercise where inventive use of sampling and sound design collide with perfect tension and suspense.
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MESH 001
25 Nov 16
Balearic/Downtempo
25 Nov 16
Balearic/Downtempo
Various
Review: Clocking in at 50 tracks, Tour shows that the German label isn't just about naive trance melodies and rickety, minimal beats. It starts with the deep ambience of Tominic's "Shine", which over the course of nine minutes moves into bleepy, minimal pulses. In contrast, there's the dubby house of Paul Bart's "Call It Anything You Want" and David Heckhausen's "Hang Zur Sonne Paul", a clicky, mid-tempo groove covered in organic textures. Despite this, trance fans won't be left disappointed; there's the buzzsaw bass and organic textures of Theo Meier's "Eichhorn", the gentle, spiralling melodies of Peet's seductive "Timers" and best of all, the brittle rhythm and day-glo hooks on Reinier Zonneveld's "Gevorderd Spelers".
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TRAUMCDDIGITAL 31
25 Jul 14
Electro
25 Jul 14
Electro
Review: The UK outpost of Traum's trance empire comes good with a diverse release. "Spiral Inflections" sounds more like mid-90s UK techno than trance, its wiry, stripped back rhythm and acidic undercurrents coming across as a leaner, spikier take on Plink Plonk's catalogue. "Basal Ganglia" meanwhile sees Cooper conjure up an amalgamation of noisy Squarepusher bass with his own textbook dreamy synths. Cooper's Microtrauma take on "Gravity Well" reverts to his standard sound with its humming bass, ghostly chords and glitchy percussion combining to create a peak time number. But it's the original version of "Gravity" that impresses most, its poignant synths unfolding over a laid back but squelchy groove.
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TRAUM V155
01 Oct 12
Minimal/Tech House
01 Oct 12
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Jakal, Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Hannah Wild, Enzo Canale, Paolo Madzone Zampetti, Ryan Davis
Review: The new master of UK trance delivers a release that combines the electronic and the organic and the pastoral with the futuristic. "Epitaphy" is a hands-in-the-air affair thanks to its buzzing bass and trancey melodies and in spite of its abstract beats. "Autumn Haze" meanwhile is more gentle and natural sounding, its serene melodies unfolding over microscopic beats. Ripperton's version does much to reinforce this pastoral approach with birdsong in the break down and chiming rhythms underpinning the bucolic melodies. Then it's back to the modern world with the distorted bass and robotic shuffle of "Raw" and "Simplexity", which is all brittle beats and gloopy bass providing the basis for backwards vocal samples.
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TRAUM V149
02 Apr 12
Minimal/Tech House
02 Apr 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: The leading contender to wrest the nu trance crown from James Holden sets out an impressively diverse stall here. "Echoes Reality" is a deliciously spaced out techno track, with a soaring, ghostly bassline, glitchy percussion and reverberating melodies pushing it through peaks and troughs. "The End Of Reason" is a totally different proposition, a symphonic, string-fuelled ambient arrangement that would make William Orbit envious, while "Darkroom" marks a return of sorts to the realm inhabited by "Reality", but this time the bass is more detuned and menacing. "Qualia" provides further surprises, its feather-light hooks resting on a delicate, introspective rhythm, and finally, John Tejada delivers a chiming, resonating take on "Darkroom".
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TRAUM V141
05 Sep 11
Minimal/Tech House
05 Sep 11
Minimal/Tech House
