Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy nominated and multi platinum producer, musician, and composer.

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Hailing originally from Bristol, Matthew started learning classical piano from the age of seven. Moving to London, he traded the piano for the guitar and spent much of his twenties in indie-rock bands. He was mentored by Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears, and as a solo artist signed to the independent record label of Gary Powell of The Libertines.

In 2012 he launched his career as a composer and soon found success, scoring Is This A Joke? – the acclaimed short film directed by Tom Edmunds (Dead in A Week Or Your Money Back), starring Russell Tovey and Mark Heap. That same year he was commissioned to write the soundtrack for the second series of the global hit TV show Dynamo: Magician Impossible, which brought him to the attention of film composer, Rupert Gregson-Willams (Wonderwoman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Crown), who invited him to write for his production music library, and contribute additional music for his score to Columbia Pictures’ feature film Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, starring Kevin James.

Matthew’s music combines the melodic and orchestral elements rooted in his classical and choral background, with the distinct electronic music that surrounded him growing up in Bristol.

He has written for KPM and Extreme music libraries, and his work has featured on numerous advertising campaigns.

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Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events.  Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all. 
 
As an artist synonymous with the evolution of club culture, Cooper honed his craft as a DJ with a 10 year residency at legendary Midlands techno event Firefly where he formed a foundational relationship with Architecture Social Club, with whom he still collaborates on extravagant immersive installations.

"I want to encourage the acceptance of electronic music as an art form like any other. Bringing electronic music and abstract audio-visual projects into concert halls, museums and galleries is liberating - the art world opens up doors to communicate in ways that aren’t possible elsewhere."
  
Pivoting from computational biology to electronic music might not seem like the most natural career transition, but for Cooper the commonalities are obvious:
 
"In both fields, you're in a sense, free. Free from the limits of living systems, free from the limits of corporeal sound. The only constraints are in your mind."

www.maxcooper.net 

Contacts:
Management: James Palmer-Bullock, The Wild Seeds - james@thewildseeds.com 
Label: Anthony Faulkner, Mesh – anthony@thewildseeds.com 
PR: Neil Bainbridge, Neighbourhood PR - neil@nbhd-group.com 
Radio: Matthew Maxey, Enganche - matthew@enganche.co.uk

Experimental groove-based, live and electronic music, little affected by traditional boundaries and drawing on an ever-expanding range of influences.


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