Nils Frahm is one of the best artists out there in my opinion, with pretty much the best live show I've ever seen. But aside from all that, this was just a really enjoyable remix to work on because the original is such a great piece of music, and seemingly so well suited to what I wanted to do with it - which was to try and turn Nils' instrumental jam on his Juno, into something house/techno/club/44 compatible, but still carrying the class and feeling of the original. It was one of those remixes that just seemed to fit and flow easily, with minimum strain and maximum enjoyment on my part - usually a good sign for a remix (the one's that have to be forced never seem to quite get there).

Big thanks to Billboard for featuring this remix, which is now available as part of my Balance 030 compilation:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8454339/max-cooper-nils-frahm-remix
http://smarturl.it/Balance030MaxCooper

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Nils Frahm - For - Max Cooper remix

Remix by Pachanga Boys (https://soundcloud.com/hippie-dance)

Chart-topping electronic duo Röyksopp present ‘Running To The Sea’ - their first new single since 2011, which is now set for worldwide release following its no.1 chart success in their native Norway.

More remixes from https://soundcloud.com/seven-lions, https://soundcloud.com/manwithoutcountry, https://soundcloud.com/late-nite-tuff-guy, https://soundcloud.com/villamakesmusic, https://soundcloud.com/magnusandtimon and DJ HMC available on Beatport from 22nd November with the original and b-side available on iTunes from 18th November in the UK and 25th November elsewhere.

‘Running To The Sea’ features stunning vocals by the platinum-selling Norwegian artist https://soundcloud.com/susannesundfor, and this epic, sweeping track glistens with moving beauty.

More from Röyksopp: http://royksopp.com

Buy on Beatport

Running To The Sea Feat. Susanne Sundfør (Pachanga Boys Remix)

Dusty - Kid - --Boris - Brejcha - --Psika - -LSD

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FBLOOD032

Release Date: Sept 15th 2014

BUY / DOWNLOAD:

BEATPORT: btprt.dj/1m6r13c
JUNO: bit.ly/1wmnX3p
WHAT PEOPLE PLAY: bit.ly/1uB8LAh
TRACK IT DOWN: bit.ly/1sbF2cp
AMAZON (UK): amzn.to/YMpjtx
AMAZON (US): amzn.to/1tX9Pja
iTUNES (UK): bit.ly/1r08Z33
iTUNES (US): bit.ly/1m95u9Z


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FBLOOD032

Release Date: Sept 15th 2014

BUY / DOWNLOAD:

BEATPORT: btprt.dj/1m6r13c
JUNO: bit.ly/1wmnX3p
WHAT PEOPLE PLAY: bit.ly/1uB8LAh
TRACK IT DOWN: bit.ly/1sbF2cp
AMAZON (UK): amzn.to/YMpjtx
AMAZON (US): amzn.to/1tX9Pja
iTUNES (UK): bit.ly/1r08Z33
iTUNES (US): bit.ly/1m95u9Z


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Solomun is a genius when it comes to sexy club music.
This remix is already rated one of his best to date and perfectly refletcs his flair for the sub-heavy downtempo funk and club-feel. Expect the cool underground clubs to have the Solomun remixes running for the entire summer season 2011.

2 weeks exclusive at Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/378135/Around

Early support by:
Soul Clap, Tiefschwarz, Deetron, Ame, Wolf + Lamb, Gorge, Jimpster, Audiofly, Dubfire, DJ T, Gel Abril, Stephan Bodzin, Adam Port,
David August, Mihai Popoviciu, Patlac, Kruse &amp; Nuernberg, Kolombo, Aki Bergen, Uner, Einmusik, Martin Dawson, Axwell, Chris Lake,
Wally Lopez, ATFC, Tom Novy, Timo Garica, Nick Warren, Doomwork, Alex Dobly, The Junkies &amp; H.O.S.H.

Noir and Haze - Around (Solomun Vox) 128kbit - Noir Music

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/10/something-water-roland-tings-rem

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Young Magic - Something In The Water (Roland Tings Remix)

iTunes - http://smarturl.it/MCKindred
A few years ago I did a remix of a track by Dominik Eulberg called Sansula, which featured an instrument of the same name. After the release a builder of sansula instruments in the Netherlands was kind enough to give me one as a present in case I wanted to use one again in a live recording, which I have finally got around to doing now with this track!

My process consisted of me sitting in my studio (badly) playing the thumb plucked sansula for quite a while, so that I could go back to the recording and pull out some useable loops as a starting point. I wanted a nice warm analogue chord progression to complement, but more in the high bass and low mids than my usual chord progression that's down really low, to fill the mix with the warmth as much as possible.

The track still needed something though, so I turned to some spare recordings of my favourite vocalist - Kathrin deBoer, from some of our previous recording sessions. I didn't want to go for the usual full lyrical approach of a vocal collab track, I just wanted to add some small snippets of human feeling to round off the track properly.

The release is coming out on Fields on the 1st of December along with an intense synth experiment with a Prophet 08, and beautiful remixes from David August and Throwing Snow.

If you're not into buying music there is also a new website I have just launched which will be providing exclusive new free downloads for all in return for signing up to the website - http://www.maxcooper.net/downloads

Origins

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/11/until-we-meet-again-applescal-re

Tonik Ensemble - Until We Meet Again (Applescal Remix)

Full stream of "Voyage Through the Analogue Womb" from Max Cooper's forthcoming 'Kindred' EP, out on December 1 via Fields.

More info: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/11/hear-track-max-coopers-upcoming-

Max Cooper - Voyage Through the Analogue Womb

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/CooperSound
 
Your December free download is a remix, and an important piece of music to me personally. Partly because it was the result of a chance string of events driven by my love of the original track and a fortuitous meeting with Frederic D. Oberland, one half of The Rustle of the Stars with Richard Knox. And partly because I love the intensity and feeling of the original which I have tried to convey in my own way with little regard for the usual rules of making music - ambient strings arrangement at one end, and a drum and bass wall of sound at the other, because that's what I felt was required to communicate the emotions I found in the original piece, inspired by "a musical passage through the North Pole explorer diaries".  
 
Here's what Richard and Frederic said about the original:  "We would like to think of this as a polar journey to the ends of the earth through the arctic sea. We kept in mind the first polar expeditions, Edgar Allan Poe's Dream-Land, the ships trapped or crushed by ice, the point of no-return, the minds sinking, the attempt on the Pole ending in disaster, the quest of the Northwest Passage, Erebus & Terror, the Mercy Bay, Mangazeya, Charles Francis Hall, Beechey Island, the Midnight sun and the Polar night."
 
It's very winter-y. And I'm very pleased Richard and Frederic agreed to allow me to give the remix away for free to anyone who would like to hear it this Christmas!

The Rustle of the Stars - Sleeping Land (Part 1) - Max Cooper Remix

You can find the beautiful full album from the Rustle of the Stars, here: http://www.therustleofthestars.com/ 

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

The Rustle Of The Stars - Sleeping Land - Max Cooper Rmx - Quotient 3/6

More info: http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2015/01/hear-a-track-from-chaos-in-the-cbds-upcoming-12/

Full stream of "No Signal Found," from Chaos in the CBD's 'No Signal Found' EP for Amadeus records, out in February 2015.

https://soundcloud.com/chaos-in-the-cbd
https://soundcloud.com/amadeusrecords

Chaos in the CBD - No Signal Found

remix of @dj_soysauce "Broken Record"

freeee download

BROKEN RECORD / ANDRU REMIX

I had a modern classical/electronica mix from a friend (JamBon) which I had been listening to a lot, and after a weekend away the original of this track was really stuck in my head. At some point I clicked that it sounded just like the style of another friend - Hiatus, and on checking, it was him! So I got straight on email to him asking if I could have the parts, and I even got started on the remix before they arrived by buying the mp3 and starting to lay some ideas around that - When it's on I find it's best to go with it. It was a really enjoyable remix to do given how beautiful the original parts are, my mix is quite similar really, as I couldn't improve on it melodically, I've just tried to add some of my own flavour and twists.

Hiatus - Third - Max Cooper Remix

This was an attempt to make an enveloping wash of sounds to drown in. It started as a techno track but I realised it worked best without drums to get down to what it's really all about. It was released on Traum a while ago, but I just stumbled across it today and it seemed to suit my mood so I thought I better put it on soundcloud.

The artwork is a scan of a dried flower by my friend Ben Slater (http://www.behance.net/benslater), which I adjusted the colours on to make all saturated and purple. It's from the same set of scans that Ben used to make my Expressions EP artwork - still my favourite release artwork to date for sure.

Max Cooper - Sea Of Sound - Ambient Rework

To celebrate my birthday i'm making my new track Move On feat Monika Liu

Mario Basanov feat. Monika Liu - Movin' On

ON FACEBOOK: wild-culture.at/fb

a simple but detailed edit in respect of the beautiful original london grammar tune,
unmastered, just a raw recording.

http://www.facebook.com/wild.culture.offiziell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=MTvHcQmKUpU
http://londongrammar.com/

London Grammar - Hey Now (Wild Culture's More Sub Remix)

Popof-Toxic love

I went pretty minimal on this one, no hi-hats, and pretty much no drums actually, just a kick and much later into the track a snare comes in.....There was something about the simple repetitive 2 note melody hits and chords I landed on that just seemed to work without needing anything much else, well hopefully it works for other people too and not just me. It's been going down really well in the clubs at least, it seems to make people clap for some reason, maybe because it's so simple and kick focused rhythmically, it's got a bit of a marching stomp feel.

I stripped out most of the parts from the original, and focused on the great pads and vocal sweeps, which seemed to lead to the melodic idea somehow. It was one of those remixes which flowed nice and easily, not too much conscious thought required, I just let it flow out.

I made an edit of an old video to fit the track too, full details about that on the youtube link:

http://youtu.be/pXdoDtQlvDE

Nick Warren - Devil's Elbow - Max Cooper Remix (out now)

The EP is about movements through different mediums, this one being about movements through walls of sound. So I've put a really simple beat structure on there with a maddeningly repetitive two note acid style riff to try and lull people into some sort of brain dead state before they hit the wall, and exit out the other side wondering what just happened. That's the idea anyway, a track of maximised contrasts, it works great in a club, maybe not so much of home listener, see what you think anyway!

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