As the pandemic restrictions are set to ease soon in the UK and we finally had some hot weather, I was getting nostalgic for the feeling of playing outdoors at festivals and excited about the prospect of being able to do it again soon. My manager Jonny and I decided to set up an impromptu festival stage in the courtyard here at the studio in Brighton, so I could play some tunes and create a virtual festival experience for you!

Watch the video version with projected visuals here: https://youtu.be/fNF2bE-Ksbs

Tracklist: 

Twenty Seven Inches Of Mercury - Guy Andrews
Delta Waves - Intergalactic Quartet
God Knows We Tried - Hugo Massien
Never The Right Time - Andy Stott, Alison Skidmore
Void - Fearful & Mtwn
Puls - Modeselektor
Siren Call - Alex Banks
Crystal Grid (Ryan Davis Remix) - Robot Koch
Hold On - NonSquare
Black Rose - Architectural
Darlinnn - Daniel Avery
Three Stages - Musin
Vaults - Bronson
Immerse - Alex Banks
Divided Love - Somne
Golden Teacher - Alex Medina
Siena (ft. Clara La San) - Bicep
Das Programm - FJAAK
Resurgence - Alex Banks
Hope Detuned - True Peak Limit
Lithium - Mark Henning
Start of Something New - Raven Bush
Awake - Alex Banks
Vengeance Pt.1 (Reeko Remix) - Christian Wunsch
Be Yours - Greymatter, Christian J
Headphones Kid - Varsity Star
Maik the Chicken - Modeselektor
Falling Down (Nicolas Bougaieff Getting Up Remix)
Mothra - Leon Vynehall
Check Yourself - Paul Kalkbrenner
Senxenxo - Nathan Fake
Echoes - JSSL
Misjudgement Day - Imogen & Best Pest
Endless Hours - Daniel Avery
Kambo - JakoJako
An Exhale - Leon Vynehall
Epilogue - Echaskech
Movement ft. Paul St Hilaire - Modeselektor
Head Above The Parakeets - HAAi
Chemz - Burial
Final Act & Denouncement - Ivy’s Hand
Resist - Response and Pliskin
Ultra (Yung Sherman Remix) - Evian Christ

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Alex Banks - DJ Mix - Recorded Live at Metway Studios - 31.5.2021

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, and what they listen to.

İzel Baybars, known as Pleizel, was born in Istanbul, Turkey. An emerging sound designer and composer. Pleizel has constructed music for TV series, movies, digital media, immersive spaces and live events.

Words about artwork:
“This artwork generated by Midjourney’s AI. After I finished the set I started to listen the recording again. At the moment I created the keywords of some emotions and objects which reaches to my mind. While I was listening the set, I felt myself in microcosmos of the macro universe. So then I imagined human cells which are made from Nebulae and here is the result." 

Tracklist: 

1. Francesco Tristano - Ritornello (Ed Carlsen Remix) - (Sony Music)
2. Pleizel ft. Aither - Sabır (unreleased)
3. Aither - Proof - (unreleased) 
4. Franky Was - Get Me High - (Ministry of Sound) 
5. FJAAK - VERSION 1.3.3.1 - (FJAAK)
6. Sorrow - Chronicle - (Fent Plates)
7. Lapalux ft. JFDR - Thin Air - (Brainfeeder)
8. Rival Consoles - Unfolding (Erased Tapes Records)
9. Tale Of Us - Silent Space (R&S Records)
10. Pleizel - Pneuma (Future Forward Music) 
11. Pleizel ft. Aither - ID (live) - (unreleased)
12. Pleizel - Surrender To The Unknown - (Fomalhaut)

Artist Info:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pleizel/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pleizel

Artwork design:
İzel Baybars

Mesh Mix Series 023: Pleizel

This recording is available to download from: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/max-cooper/

Boiler Room w/ Max Cooper, David August, Christian Löfler, Hrdvsion, Oskar Offermann and B2b Edward

[Broadcasted on April 09th 2014]

For Video go to http://boilerroom.tv

Max Cooper Boiler Room Berlin DJ Set

Bvdub & Loscil - Moirai (Glacial Movements)
Rapoon - Alchiva (Robin Storey)
Barker & Baumecker - Spur (Clark Remix) (Warp)
Jon Hopkins - Interlude (unreleased)
Seefeel - Industrious  (Too Pure)
Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window (Moderat Remix) (Domino)
Recondite - The Fade (Ghostly)
Dan Deacon - Surprise Stefani (Luke Abbott Remix) (Domino)
Untold - Just For You (Hotflush)
Skudge - Mobius (Indigo Aera)
Agoria & Francesco Tristano - Kick The Peace part 1 (Different)
Fairmont - 3 cities (Traum Shallpatten)
Daniel Avery - Naive Response (Phantasy)
I Break Horses - Faith (The Field Remix) (Bella Union)
Gary beck - Algoreal (Soma Quality Recordings)
James Holden - The Illuminations (12" version) (Border  Community)
Wesley Matsell - Bismuth (Cambria Instruments)
Jon Hopkins - Collider (Pangaea Remix) (Domino)
Clark - Growls Garden (Nathan Fake Remix) (Warp)
Mux Mool - Crackers (Ghostly)
Dr. Smith (Tube Jerk remix) - Lamonde 
Boddika & Joy orbison - In Here (Sunklo)
Mogg & Naudascher - Moon Unit part 2 (Supersoul)
panda bear - drone (Paw Tracks)

Essential Mix 22.11.14

I've been listening to Essential mixes since I first started getting into clubs and electronic music, so it was a shock, and exciting for me, to get the offer to make one myself. The two hour format really allows some time to explore ideas musically as well.

So bringing everything together, I decided to try and make it an exploration of everything that has made me so obsessed with electronic music for the last 20 years, with some of my favourite records from the mid 90's, unreleased material from my favourite artists like Nils Frahm, Lusine, Tim Hecker and Rob Clouth, and a range of genres from ambient to 90 bpm electronica, house and techno, all the way up to 170bpm glitched jungle mayhem - I thought, why not have some fun with it!?

So it's certainly not a normal club mix, it's just what I think is the best music out there, without worrying about what genre or box any particular track fits into or how things should be done "properly". I wanted to leave some sections quite ambient as well, to give breathing space between the peaks, so I'm happy to be able to post this new version up, minus the broadcast talking and idents.

The mix also contains some new work from me, some unreleased, and two tracks from my new EP with Tom Hodge, one of which you can download for free from here www.maxcooper.net, the other you can download from iTunes - http://hyperurl.co/MCartefactEP - or Beatport - http://btprt.dj/1DHZhHk

Track List

1. Max Cooper - 4D Wave Interference (Unreleased)
2. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atmos VI (Erased Tapes)
3. Max Cooper - Untitled (unreleased)
4. Vaetxh - List of Lists (Detroit Underground)
5. Lusine - Arterial (Ghostly International)
6. Kimyan Law - Eclairage (Blu Mar Ten Music)
7. Fran Seven - At Least (Atomnation)
8. Isaac Delusion - Pandora's Box - Lusine Remix (Unreleased)
9. Burial - Rough Sleeper (Hyperdub)
10. Gidge - Huldra (Atomnation)
11. Kiasmos - Looped (Erased Tapes)
12. Samu L - Beach (Surface)
13. Fennesz - Before I Leave (Mego)
14. Max Cooper & Rob Clouth - Untitled (Unreleased)
15. Tessela - Cmon Lets Slow Dance (R&S)
16. Joe Farr - Tape 7 (Tessela Remix) (DSNT Records)
17. FSOL - Papua New Guinea (Jumpin' & Pumpin')
18. Synkro & Faib - Inhale (Smoking Sessions)
19. Nils Frahm - Peter (Max Cooper Remix Edit) (Unreleased)
20. Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Teotihuacan - Part 1 (Quotient Series)
21. Rob Clouth - The Smallest Measurable Space (Leisure System)
22. Alberto Ruiz & Hugo Blanco - Haze (Be One Records)
23. Rrose - 23 Lashes (EAUX)
24. Dyad - From Another Place (Dyad)
25. Pfirter - Supraventricular (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
26. Rival Consoles - Haunt (Erased Tapes)
27. OneOhTrixPointNever - Rush (Warp)
28. Rob Clouth - Deep Field (Leisure System)
29. Joe Farr - Mormon Shuffle (Leisure System)
30. Skew & Satirist - Untitled (Unreleased)
31. Dorian Concept - The Sky Opposite (Tim Hecker Remix) (Ninja Tune)
32. Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Remnants (Fields) - http://btprt.dj/1DHZhHk
33. Kimyan Law - Daimyo (Blu Mar Ten Music)
34. Rival Consoles - Recovery (Erased Tapes)
35. Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy (Warp)
36. Rockwell - Full Circle (Shogun Audio)
37. Cirrus - Shiver Shapnel (Woulg Remix) (Terra Null Recordings)
38. Vaetxh - List of Lists (Detroit Underground)
39. The Rustle of the Stars - Sleeping Land - Part 1 (Max Cooper Remix) (Quotient Series)
40. Nils Frahm - Them (Unreleased)

Essential Mix - Max Cooper - No Voice Overs

I recorded this mix on my recent All Night Long party at Phonox in London in November. 

The full mix is available in the members Download area of my site - if you haven't already, sign up at https://maxcooper.net/#join and you'll get access to other exclusive music and mixes as well, and first news.

There’s some more ANL dates in the diary for March in case you want to join me for another extended genre exploration (I’ll make some more recordings too).

1 March - Paris, Rex Club
2 March - Amsterdam, Shelter
16 March - London, FOLD

All Night Long

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All Night Long - London - 29.11.18

01-va - dj-kicks mixed by apparat

My Resident Advisor Podcast (RA. 326). Published August 28th 2012.

01 Space Dimension Controller - 2257 AD
02 Pional - In Another Room
03 Tevo Horvart - Spend Some Time
04 Jacob Mikesh Filburth - At The Ranch (Lauer Rmx)
05 Todd Terje - Swing Star Pt II
06 ZZT - ZZafrica - (Julio Bashmore Rmx)
07 Jacques Greene - These Days
08 Glass Candy - Sugar & Whitebread
09 Bostro Pesopeo & Pional - Yes 
10 College - Incident
11 Daphni - Ahora (Margot Rmx)
12 M83 - When Will You Come Home
13 Tahiti 80 - Darlin Adam Eve Song (John Talabot Rmx)
14 Zodiac Free Arts Club - Lindos Express
15 Tim Hecker - Hatred Of Music II

Apparat's Summer '87 Podcast (Resident Advisor 326)

Mesh Mix Series 007: Alex Banks

A curated series where we commission artists to make an hour long mix of whatever inspires them to experiment, produce, play out and what they listen to.

"This mix reflects back on the past year of personal releases, including tracks from the ‘Beneath the Surface Remixed’ EPs and my entry for the Monkeytown 10 Year Anniversary Compilation. In keeping with the Mesh theme, a collaboration between myself and Max Cooper (that could be seen as the start of my journey to this label) sits alongside music that’s inspired me throughout the lockdown period. From abstract and ambient to driving, epic techno, I had these tunes turned up loud in the studio and imagined what it would feel like to play this set in a club. I hope in the absence of any opportunity to do that at the moment, this mix helps transport the listener to that place we are all missing!" - Alex Banks

Tracklist: 
01: A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Aqualung, Motherfucker
02: Aphex Twin - Ageispolis
03: Alex Banks - Falling Down (Ital Tek Remix)
04: Alex Banks - Chasms (Instrumental)
05: Musin - Contact
06: Bongbeck - LeuchtturmwÃ¤rter
07: Alex Banks - Ignition Sequence
08: Vessels - Everyone is Falling (Max Cooper Remix)
09: Alex Banks - Revolution (Ryan Davis Fragmented Revision) 
10: Dubspeeka - Torn 392
11: Max Cooper/Alex Banks - Eve
12: Psyk - Opal Lake
13: Four Tet - Something in the Sadness
14: Alex Banks - Awake
15: Blue Veil - Return to Forever
16: Aquarian, Deapmash, AQXDM - Infrared
17: Four Tet - Teenage Birdsong (Overmono Remix)
18: Shed - Menschen und Mauern
19: Cubenx - Bliss
20: Floating Points - Bias (Mayfield Depot Mix)

Artist Info:
www.facebook.com/alexbanksmusic
www.instagram.com/alexbanksmusic

Mesh Info:
www.meshmeshmesh.net/
www.instagram.com/meshmeshmesh_
www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Contacts:
Label: Anthony@thewildseeds.com
Press: rosalie@tailored-communication.com
Management: jonny@thehookupconsultancy.co.uk

Mesh Series 07: Alex Banks

Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-162-Max-Cooper

Mesh; the name brings to mind an underlying foundation, a wire frame for a crafted piece of art to ensure structural integrity. It’s an apt name for multimedia artist Max Cooper’s electronic imprint, where the MO is clattering rhythms and voluminous ambient vistas; sound as a vehicle for big ideas. Cooper’s exclusive Bleep mix celebrates the achievements of Mesh with a collection of works from their discography, featuring the ambient swells of Rob Clouth and some especially crisp breakbeat re-alignments from the likes of Reid Willis and Synkro. To top it off, there’s a couple of unreleased Cooper numbers you won’t hear anywhere else.

"Hi Bleep and listeners, many thanks for getting me involved on your awesome mix series. I've been really excited about the music we've been releasing on Mesh recently, so I decided to combine a lot of Mesh content with Laurel Halo's beautiful new remix of the Glassforms EP with Bruce Brubaker on Infine, and a couple of unreleased bits fresh from the studio which I've been playing around with in recent weeks and which probably won't be heard in their Bleep mix form anywhere else as they're still actively evolving pieces. It's a wander through some of the music which I've been using for escapism in recent times, rich with narrative and imagery if you can spare me some time with headphones on and eyes closed." - Max Cooper

Bleep Mix 

Bleep Mix #162 - Max Cooper

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/24/fact-mix-388-jon-hopkins/

FACT mix 388 - Jon Hopkins (Jun '13)

Alex Banks is a DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Brighton, UK. Praised by the likes of BBC Radio 6, Mixmag, Clash and Uncut, he makes music aimed at the dancefloor that thrills with its sonic intricacy and warm human feeling.
His prismatic sound design decorates rhythms influenced by jungle, broken beat and dubstep, while techno effects hiss and clank, and off-world IDM melodies snake around the arrangements. Bank’s sound carries instantly recognisable motifs and an impressive quality. All the while he consistently pushes the envelope with an adept technical skill and sound design which commands repeated listens.
‘Projections’ is the title of Banks’ third studio album that is set for release on Max Cooper’s Mesh in summer 2022. Characterised by his passion for analogue gear and experimentation, the work is a pure distillation of his production expertise and love for emotive synth sounds. The project includes visual collaborations with award-winning motion graphic designer Matthew Clugston and Tosh Fieldsend from renowned VFX house The Mill.
His other work includes critically acclaimed releases on Modeselektor’s Monkeytown, Ninja Tune and Hunter/Game’s Just This. Remix credits have seen brilliant re-works of Bonobo, RY-X and Raven Bush. On the collaborative front Banks is just as selective, linking with Max Cooper and Sasha respectively, the latter set for an April release on LNOE as part of the ‘TEN’ compilation. 
A musical polymath, when not immersed in the electronic world, Banks works as a sound designer, composing for film, TV and advertising campaigns. Notable achievements include projects for Global brands such as Nike, Heineken and Honda. 
Alex Banks is entering a fresh and exciting chapter in 2022. A master craftsman in the studio pushing his sound into inspiring new directions, he'll augment the eclectic  'Projections' project on Mesh with a new live AV set up, taking his creative output to a new level.

Alex Banks - DJ Mix - Recorded Live at Metway Studios - 31.5.2021

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