I had a lot of train journeys recently and I love watching the wires seemingly dance around outside the window. I wondered if we could be getting fooled by a similar process during our usual experience of movement and time, and thought it would be an interesting project for a music video set to the music created during the same journeys.

You can find that project and a longer explanation of the video ideas here: https://vimeo.com/241546182

For the music I wanted to bring ideas of frozen moments of the past into play, and no better excuse to get stuck in with the Prophet 6 on some lush classic analogue synth sounds for the main chord sequence, and plenty of nob noodling for a dance of modulating sounds around the main sequence. I wanted to keep it fairly sparse to let the chord patch be central, and just focus on trying to make every element, including the percussion, warp a little, so you can either listen to the track from a distance and hear the harmonic ideas, or delve in to find all sorts more hiding in there.

You can hear the whole EP here: https://lnk.to/WorldPassingByEP

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Resynthesis [Mesh004]

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Max Cooper has carved a unique space as an audio-visual artist with a science PhD & an international reputation as a leading electronic musician. 

His work carries an emotional resonance & sensory immersion, often focusing on humanity’s place in the world. He merges electronic music & visual art with scientific enquiry through installations, live performance, immersive audio-visual experiences, a range of digital media & award-winning music videos. 

Unspoken Words is Cooper’s 6th studio album & the latest in an impressive back catalogue that dates back to 2007, when he juggled studying Computational Biology with being resident DJ at a local techno club. 

He recently supplied the music for a powerful video narrated by Greta Thunberg & Pope Francis & played at COP26, urging world leaders to consider climate and environment in Covid recovery plans. 

Last year, he became the first techno artist to play at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. 

Other work includes commissions from The Barbican, France TV & collaborations with Zaha Hadid Architects, The Babraham Institute, & L-Acoustics. 

Remixes include contemporary classical musicians including Philip Glass, Nils Frahm, Terry Reilly & Michael Nyman, & pop artists Hot Chip & Moby. 

His label, Mesh, is keenly placed to explore the intersection of music, art & science through interdisciplinary creative collaborations.