5 Max Cooper feat. Aneek Thapar - Exist Inside This Machine

6 Max Cooper feat. Tawiah - My Choices Are Not My Own

Tracklist

01. Henrik Meierkord - Springflowers
02. Gollden - destiny #8
03. Jogging House -  Arrival
04. The Green Kingdom - Perdure
05. SPIRIT RADIO - Dew Point
06. Tomosla -Saemaer
07. Darren McClure - Allotropic
08. Olli Aarni - Sadan puun sisällä

431. Sleepy Suday Podcast (Elm Records)

For the next instalment of the Mesh Mix Series, we welcome Berlin-based artist and community leader Llyr to the decks. Known for crafting immersive sonic ecosystems through field recordings, advanced studio techniques, and classic synthesis, he now channels his distinctive sensibility into a mix that reflects the breadth and depth of his sound world.

In Llyr's own words, 'When I was invited to contribute to the Mesh Mix series, I saw it as the perfect canvas for sonic exploration - a chance to traverse different moods, tempos, and energy levels without the constraints of a typical ‘DJ set’. I envisioned something closer to a mixtape crafted for close friends: each track given space to unfold and breathe before colliding into the next, but occasionally veering into club territory.

As I considered what to record for this, I realised I already had something that would fit the bill perfectly: a recording from my series of opening sets for Max Cooper's DE tour earlier this year. Those shows are always a license to go eclectic for an audience eager to hear a wide range of music, and the preparation always involves a deep dive to discover new music and artists that I'm excited to hear on a big sound system.

 The accompanying photograph was taken at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes perched at the island's highest point. This photo was taken minutes before the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge down below erupted for the first time in 50 years. The juxtaposition of the island's geological forces at work beneath this place dedicated to cosmic observation felt profound: contemplating the vast scale of space while witnessing the earth's own transformative power.'

Follow Llyr @https://soundcloud.com/llyr1101

Photograph by Llyr

Tracklist:
1. Marco Zenker - Intuition Dub
2. Bjarki - Divine Wash
3. Jinjé - Kora
4. Mattheis - Pale Lake
5. Tristan Arp - invisible cities
6. Portrait XO - Love is Misleading (version Nomeee)
7. Plaster - L’Ora Di Vetro
8. Evan Gildersleeve - Fathom
9. Kangding Ray - KOTE
10. Odalie - Dancing with Chaos
11. Robert Logan - Covered in Eyes
12. Tristan Arp - Liquid
13. Lipelis x TMO - QMD
14. Lemna - Lotus Flower
15. UAN0030 - SDT
16. Belief Defect - Apprehension Engine
17. Rrose x Polygonia - Haima
18. Floating Points - Fast Forward
19. COIDO - Little Snitch
20. Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem - Melatonin
21. Kercha - Greed
22. Amotik - Unnasi
23. MPU101 - 3100beta2
24. Djrum - Three Foxes Chasing Each Other
25. Death Qualia - Hellflash Calm
26. Gaiko - Martyr

Mesh Mix Series 033: Llyr

Our next premiere is a spacious trip from @mukherjeee, on their new release 'Glass'. 'Uddo' spans several depths of left field and delirious down tempo. A constant swirl of evolving tones  providing a brilliant balance of light and dark moods.

Glass, the new EP by Ishan Mukherjee, is a tribute to creative freedom and an intentional break from structure and rhythm. Letting go of beats and predictable patterns, Ishan dives deep into a world of meditative soundscapes that blur genre lines and focus on feeling over form. The EP was born during his time in Goa, where he travelled light with a portable analog setup, Korg Volca Keys, Artiphon Orba, an acoustic guitar, all patched into a Zoom H5 recorder. Improvisation was at the heart of the process. Without a DAW or metronome to guide him, Ishan captured raw, spontaneous ideas in real time.

Goa itself seeped into the music. Field recordings of monsoon rains, quiet forest walks, and hushed conversations became part of the sonic fabric, making the landscape an unseen collaborator. When Ishan returned to his studio in Hyderabad, those sessions began to evolve. The studio turned into a space of playful experimentation as sounds were stretched, reversed, granulated and the line between music and memory started to blur. Ishan describes the EP as “a map of contradictions… like watching the ocean swallow a storm.”


Mastered by - Ishan Gaur
Cover Art - Safar Collective

Purchase here:
https://safarwav.bandcamp.com/album/glass

Follow the artist here:
@mukherjeee 
https://www.instagram.com/ishanmukherjee

Follow the label here:
@safar_wav 
https://www.instagram.com/safar.collective/ 


AF Premiere: Ishan Mukherjee - Uddo [Safar Collective][OUT!!19.08.25]

Eleusinian – Poem by Gabriela Marie Milton

Beneath the silence of the heated rocks,
Demeter harvests her lost tears,
Tonight, you will be hers, my dear,
Your body arting stones and souls

The ears of the corn will grow in silence,
Secrets of red sweetened lips
Falling to your knees
You’ll drink from my cupped palms
The supplication prayers
Of those you’ve never met

Unknowing who I am,
The goddess’s veil will fall—
Revealing all that once was hidden,
Blooms of blushed and bluish mornings
That once were sacred
and now sleep
Inside the drunken silence
of museums

The Eleusinian Mysteries were a festival and a mystical ceremony held at Eleusis in Attica in honour of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone . It was generally accepted that it was the most sacred and revered of all the festivals of ancient Greece having originated in Samothrace and the Cabeir Mysteries were brought to Eleusis by Thracian colonists. They began to gain great fame during the time of Peisistratus and reached the height of their glory during the Golden Age of Pericles .

Van Morph - Eleusis

Thrilled to welcome Liuos (Jari Österberg) for his debut guest mix in the World Nights series! His fresh sound and dynamic selection bring a new spark to the series, Making his first appearance truly special. Join as we dive into an inspiring musical experience with Liuos.

Liuos seemed to arrive on the dub techno scene all at once with Terms EP, his strong debut on Cold Tear Records, but this was the culmination of two decades of experimentation and discipline. A unique mix of power and spaciousness, of both longing and will, Liuos’ work stands out for its clarity and expansiveness. Working steadily from his modest studio in Finland, Liuos has quietly become a respected name in the world of dub techno, with releases on Cold Tear Records, Superordinate Dub Waves and Piranha Siberia Dub. 

Links:

https://soundcloud.com/liuos/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/liuos-music/tracks
https://open.spotify.com/artist/10x61JbRUPhZhVBnXZkxCV
https://www.youtube.com/@liuos/videos
https://www.instagram.com/liuos303/
https://www.facebook.com/liuos.id.5

Liuos’ - Finnish Night's

When I Sit Alone. In My Thoughts. I Am Crushed (Sorcery Remix)

A Sense Of Getting Closer (Pleizel Remix)

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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

When I Sit Alone. In My Thoughts. I Am Crushed (Sorcery Remix)

Max Cooper

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