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

The latest Mesh mix arrives in the form of bristolian artist and producer, Thomas Ridley. Cutting his teeth in the world of analogue electronic composition and live performance. Thomas takes a collage-like approach to recording and resampling a small collection of analogue instruments, in search of compositions that are imaginative and unwieldy. 

This mix showcases the dark, often euphoria inducing, clubbier sounds to his musical palette, and at intervals applying a psy-bending-repetitive blend of beats, tones, vocals and stabs. Listen loud. 

Artwork by Thomas Ridley

Tracklist:
01. JEMAPUR - 1011 ISOL-T (Omen Wapta)
02. NEW CORRODED - Chromosphere (Vast Habitat)
03. Losssy - Our Old Haunts (Fever AM)
04. Djrum - Untitled 9 (Illian Tape)
05. Harald Uunk  Honesty (Omen Wapta)
06. Tsimtsum - Keel (59 Bel)
07. SSSLIP - Five Light Point (SSS)
08. Will Hofbauer - 8 Bar Baile (AUS)
09. Ancient Alien - Turbulence (59 Bel)
10. Thomas Ridley - mopsey (Sine Language)
11. Terry Cotta - She's Eclectic (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
12. Spekki Webu - Okada (Blue Hour)
13. Peder Mennerfelt - Big Ball (Roman Flügel Remix) (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion)
14. French II - CD is Dead (Intercept)
15. JakoJako - Nexus (Mute)
16. Silent Servant - Violencia (Kalon Mix) (Point of Departure)
17. NEW CORRODED - Tap Out  (Vast Habitat)
18. Blawan - Fourth Dimensional (Ternesc)
19. Rival Consoles - I Like (Erased Tapes)
20. Delay Grounds - Doumo (CEE)
21. Batu - In Tongues (A Long Strange Dream)
22. Thomas Ridley - spiritworld (Sine Language)

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomasridley__/
Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/tomridley

Mesh Mix Series 029: Thomas Ridley

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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