A track from my LP LIGHT ON A WALL -  on BACKWARDS RECORDS

INDUSTRIAL HAZARD - FROM LIGHT ON A WALL - BACKWARDS RECORDS.

A sketch book piece for something in the future or present.

NEW EXOTICA SYNTH+GUITAR

A live set recorded live at Cafe Oto in London - On HIPSHOT RECORDS. REMBETRONIKA is Mike Cooper (guitar/electronics) and Viv Corringham (Vocals / Electronics)-- CDR OUT ON HIPSHOT.

REMBETRONIKA - LIVE AT CAFE OTO

An extract from my c.d. RADIO PARADISE out on the JOHNNY KAFTA label from BEIRUT - a limited edition of 500 with silk screen packaging by Lebanese artist/musician MAZEN KERBAJ. Continues my exploration of improvised music on electro-acoustic guitar/electronics and songs. 

MIKE COOPER -'THE MIGRANT SONG'

An unreleased track from an unreleased album from our Rome Sun Ra tribute orchestra. 

LOVE IN OUTER SPACE

A track from my L.P. -- Blue Guitar -- on Idea Records - song seems spookily relevant these days. Made from random cut-up method of a Thomas Pynchon novel.

A Dream Of Arrival

From my Island Songs c.d. recorded and released almost 20 years ago -- 1996 -- playing with my home town (Reading) boys Continental Drift -- Geoff Hawkins (tenor sax) Tim Hill (Alto sax) Pat Thomas (Piano/Organ) Garry Jones (Electric bass) Simon price (drums)- I miss you guys. 

MONEY ALL GONE - MOTHERLESS CHILDREN

A piece I made for my installation in Cagliari on the railway station in the summer of 2015. It is made from field recordings of Flamingo's in the salt lakes of Cagliari and samples of the first three notes of the song 'Flamingo' by various artists, the first voice is Carmen Mcrae. "Flamingo" was written by Ted Grouya and Edmund Anderson and first performed by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington in 1940.

FLAMINGO

GUARDA AVANTI

LIVE LAP STEEL GUITAR SOLO

My contribution to the days celebration...for Mr Crump --hope you dont like it. From my 2007 Beach Crossings c.d. features Alvin Curran on piano and a great tenor sax solo from Pasquale Innarella.

Mike Cooper's Album

MASTERS AT WAR

Re-written version of Blind Willy Johnson's song --- to fit the mood, time and political atmosphere we live in 2017.

Beach Crossing - Pacific Footprints

Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right

A track from my Spirit Songs cdr perviously on my Hipshot label - from some time ago -- might re-release it soon on something.

SPIRIT SONGS 

LAW AND ORDER

Brit-Folk-Futurism - Lord Franklin recorded live at Cafe Oto with Pat Thomas, Orphy Robinson, Michael Thieke, Timothy Hill.

mike cooper

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