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BAL 023LP
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Double LP version. Includes MP3 download of the mix. Max Cooper's blend of the artistic and scientific schools of thought have steadily built him up to become one of the standout electronic musicians of his generation. His left-of-center approach makes for a truly timeless mix for the 30th edition of the Balance series. Cooper emerged from Nottingham's club scene in the 2000s, holding down a residency at the city's influential Firefly nights where he played turntablist sets across six decks with his fellow resident. From there he became an eminent producer of brooding, densely melodic techno. He has since turned into a more multifarious artist who borders experimental electronica, ambient, and IDM within and alongside his dancefloor-driven output. Wearing several hats these days -- DJ, producer, label owner with his burgeoning Mesh imprint, creator of art installations, consultant for new technologies -- he is a veritable polymath. On a technical level, the mix is drenched with subtle detailing, editing, rearranging -- even binaural processing only audible on headphones that appears to make sounds move around the listener's head in all directions. Exclusives come in the form of Coopers's own "Balance (Perc Tool)" -- self-explanatory -- and the blissful depths of "Music Of The Tides", constructed using an intricate binaural particle cloud simulator plugin created by Rob Clouth. Clouth also provides three other tracks on the mix. New English act Brecon provide sumptuous broken beat electronica on another exclusive, "Half Light", and Cooper's remix of Nils Frahm's Juno-60 based live jam, "For", which finally gets an official release. During this incredible 118-minute odyssey you'll hear field recordings, brooding soundscapes, hypnotic piano modulations, deep atmospheric techno, heavenly melodies, glitchy electro-pop, hazy ambient passages, ravey breakbeats, glitchy drum & bass, and even some Thom Yorke (Atoms For Peace). Also features Ben Lukas Boysen, Bing And Ruth, Kimyan Law, Com Truise, Alix Perez, and Vaetxh.
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BAL 023CD
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Max Cooper's blend of the artistic and scientific schools of thought have steadily built him up to become one of the standout electronic musicians of his generation. His left-of-center approach makes for a truly timeless mix for the 30th edition of the Balance series. Cooper emerged from Nottingham's club scene in the 2000s, holding down a residency at the city's influential Firefly nights where he played turntablist sets across six decks with his fellow resident. From there he became an eminent producer of brooding, densely melodic techno. He has since turned into a more multifarious artist who borders experimental electronica, ambient, and IDM within and alongside his dancefloor-driven output. Wearing several hats these days -- DJ, producer, label owner with his burgeoning Mesh imprint, creator of art installations, consultant for new technologies -- he is a veritable polymath. On a technical level, the mix is drenched with subtle detailing, editing, rearranging -- even binaural processing only audible on headphones that appears to make sounds move around the listener's head in all directions. Exclusives come in the form of Coopers's own "Balance (Perc Tool)" -- self-explanatory -- and the blissful depths of "Music Of The Tides", constructed using an intricate binaural particle cloud simulator plugin created by Rob Clouth. Clouth also provides three other tracks on the mix. More unreleased material comes via Deapmash's "Blocks" -- a fixture in Cooper's sets of late -- and fellow Balance compiler Patrice Baumel's remix of Cooper's "Organa", which Baumel wanted to scrap until he witnessed the amazing reactions when Cooper played it at a festival they both featured at last year. New English act Brecon provide sumptuous broken beat electronica on another exclusive, "Half Light", and Cooper's remix of Nils Frahm's Juno-60 based live jam, "For", which finally gets an official release. During this incredible 118-minute odyssey you'll hear field recordings, brooding soundscapes, hypnotic piano modulations, deep atmospheric techno, heavenly melodies, glitchy electro-pop, hazy ambient passages, ravey breakbeats, glitchy drum & bass, and even some Thom Yorke (Atoms For Peace). Also features Ben Lukas Boysen, Sebastian Plano, Bing And Ruth, Bxentric, Geotic, Agrippa, Portable Sunsets, Dave DK, Olafur Arnalds, Burnski, Tenebre, Lusine, Sarah McIlwain, Donato Dozzy, Batu, Loscil, Tim Hecker, Tessela, Hidden Orchestra, Ben Lukas Boysen, Kimyan Law, Com Truise, HLZ, LSB, Lee Chapman, Belief Defect, Alix Perez, Vaetxh, and Rival Consoles. Double LP version includes MP3 download of the mix; Double LP mix features Bing And Ruth, Nils Frahm, Rob Clouth, Max Cooper, Com Truise, Kimyan Law, Ben Lukas Boysen, Alix Perez, Atoms For Peace, and Vaetxh.
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TRAUM 155EP
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The A-side of the brand-new Max Cooper on Traum features Cooper playing with arpeggiators in a whole new way, and the "togetherness" of the soundscape is not very typical for him, either. The flip-side of the record features "Basal Ganglia" and "Gravity Well," two tracks that are more typical for Max and equally brilliant. "Basal Ganglia" is a mixture of roaring bass line monsters and floating sweet sounds, while "Gravity Well" is an organic richness of melodies and sounds.
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TRAUM 149EP
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Max Cooper's Egomodal EP is focused on dynamics and tangents, along with the concept of complexity and simplicity. This release is extremely diverse in style and offers everything from the dark Detroit electro-styled techno piece "Epitaphy," to the melodically trembling "Autumn Haze," with its superbly-programmed flow, to Ripperton's mighty house hymn of a remix, ending in the bassline monster "Raw," which loses its teeth towards the end.
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TRAUM 141EP
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Max Cooper returns to Traum with his Empirisch EP. "Echoes Reality" moves from wonderful, lush sounds to a sequence of screeching tones and back, showing all the signs of a metamorphosis, realized on the highest possible level of production. For the first time on vinyl, there's an ambient rework of the highly in-demand "The End Of Reason." "Darkroom" has an amazing post-Detroit feeling to it as well as a Chicago jack one. Includes a remix by John Tejada.
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TRAUM 136EP
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The track "Gravity's Rainbow" highlights the more stripped and pop-nurtured side of Max Cooper. Although seemingly light, this track is as complex as all of his work, using antagonistic elements such as golden, spine-tingling sounds that linger and a grand bass line melody that could be described as an award-winning hymn. "Gravity's Rainbow" is a catchy tune made to fill the dancefloor with a kind of happiness that is kind of rare for Max. Includes a remix by Dosem.
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TRAUM 131EP
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Max Cooper has become one of the figureheads of modern composed electronic music on Traum. "Ripple" is an epic builder, heavy with bass, tripped-out FX, haunting abstract vocals, and spiced with teasing climaxes, evoking artists such as Terry Riley or Philip Glass. "Enveloped" is much more detached and dream-like, incorporating all the strength and vitality of classical music. Maetrik's remix provides a mutant disco experience before "Sea Of Sound" swings back to the original intention of this EP.
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TRAUM 122EP
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Chaotisch Serie is the last part of Max Cooper's collection of "Serie" releases. "Chaotisch Serie" features trippy delays reminiscent of the opening sequence of The Hunger with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie at a Bauhaus concert. "Minertia" keeps a tight, rhythmic pattern alive, with plenty of distortion. "River Of Gold" features shiny melodies and lush, airy chord sequences that fly by like paper airplanes. This is balsam for your soul, a musical millipede massaging your spine.
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TRAUM 117EP
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The title of Max Cooper's Stochastisch Serie EP refers to his use of stochastic methods, also known as non-deterministic or random methods of sound generation. The stochastic elements refer mainly to real vocal experiments matched with sampled sounds which create a rich complexity. His dancefloor rockers "Stochastisch Serie" and "Mnemonic" work in a more functional way, but do include bits of this randomness and therefore are part of the superstructure. The remix by Leeks is full of swing and groove.
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TRAUM 112EP
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Max Cooper's Symphonica EP is based on the combination of natural imperfection from real sound sources such as that of an orchestral symphony, and the mathematical precision such as that used in the synthesis of electronic music for recordings. "Symphonica" is richly arranged with elements of Harmonisch Serie, whereas Perc's interpretation of "The End Of Reason" gives it a very DJ-friendly twist. "Wasp" has a dirty Detroit funk bass line counteracted by a new school, trippy sequence.
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TRAUM 107EP
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Max Cooper is a UK DJ who is also involved in mathematical modeling research on the evolution of networks of genes, a sci-art project combining evolutionary and music production algorithms. Max has joined Traum with a 3-tracker, including a remix by Kanio. Cooper's innovative programming positions him alongside artists such as Dominik Eulberg, Minilogue and Extrawelt. His epic structure has a unique narrative character and sometimes dares to become almost soundtrack-like, full of ambience, but with a sci-fi edge.
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