Dear Listener, 
finally my Fusion set 2023 is here.
This Festival is very dear to my heart. I have been playing there since almost 20 years and it’s a space where I feel a special artistic freedom.
The political background of the festival reflects back into my set and inspires me over and over to new musical journeys.
This set flies from 85-170 BPM and across genres and messages.
My gratitude goes out to Fusion festival, to the amazing crowd, to all artists who provide me with inspiration and music.

Praying for peace,
love,
Acid




setlist:

Humee Hum - The Other Is You (AP edit) - Mirabai Ceiba 
Puit D'amour - Bronski Beat
Good Morning - Bonaparte & Acid Pauli
Kawano Hotorino Kinoshitade 1998 - Susumu Yokota
La Mirada (Umoja Remix) - Nicola Cruz
Optic_Mystic_(feat_Rokaya) - Intiche
Disco Ball - Ana Da Silva
Let 'Em In - Wings
Blink Twice (Original Mix) - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Emile Mosseri
Mbëguel feat. Abass Ndiaye (Infrared Remix) - NAPALMA
Mbëguel feat. Abass Ndiaye - NAPALMA
Wrong For It ft. Nubya Garcia - Obongjayar
Electricity - Ibibio Sound Machine
Tunnel Vision - Console
Sol y Tormenta Feat. La Mafiandina - El Búho
On The Road - Kermesse
Double Double Shake Shake (Original Mix) - Iorie, Lui Mafuta
Egbert (Acid Pauli RMX) - Amount
Last Generation - Astrud & Tina
Die Wüste lebt - Peter Schilling
Svenja & Rebecca - Rocko Schamoni
Rave On - Blumentopf
PoP - Judith Van Waterkant, Mere
Milkyways of Skin - Flave, Ouhana & KataHaifisch
America! (Batongo Ditongo Edit) - Bill Callahan
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 2 - Emmanuelle, Pablo Suzuki スズキ
What’s one trillion to the tenth power? - Siri
Marvin (acapella 2023) - Marvin Gaye
Because Of You ft. Isaac Delusion - Yuksek
Strobe (The Revenge Remix) - DJ Aakmael
Last Night - Viken Arman
Ich Tanz So Gern - Dan Bay, Valentin & Le Rubrique
Don't Stop - Gorge
Loverboy (Acid Pauli Re-touch) - Steve Bug
Zamtaria (AP edit) - Bedford Falls
Tutto Bene - Niv Ast feat. Ruty Klein
Saloon - Matrefakt
Get your Fking Laws off my Body (Acapella) - Planningtorock
Level Up - Truncate, DJ Haus
Set The Roof feat. Tayla Parx - Hudson Mohawke, Tayla Parx, Nikki Nair
Freeride - Zouj x Sahareya
Lady-O-Lady (Mika Dutsch, Baster & AP edit) - Trio
Feel My Love - DASCO
Fast Land (Marie Davidson Remix) - Moderat
Time Becomes - Orbital
Vervain (AP’s Silence Dub) - AFAR
Forbidden Feelingz - Nia Archives
Good Bye Monkey Island (Kermesse Remix) - JPattersson; Kermesse

Papalapap

Watch this recording here: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/nils-frahm/

Nils Frahm Boiler Room x Dimensions Opening Concert Live Set

I've been listening to Essential mixes since I first started getting into clubs and electronic music, so it was a shock, and exciting for me, to get the offer to make one myself. The two hour format really allows some time to explore ideas musically as well.

So bringing everything together, I decided to try and make it an exploration of everything that has made me so obsessed with electronic music for the last 20 years, with some of my favourite records from the mid 90's, unreleased material from my favourite artists like Nils Frahm, Lusine, Tim Hecker and Rob Clouth, and a range of genres from ambient to 90 bpm electronica, house and techno, all the way up to 170bpm glitched jungle mayhem - I thought, why not have some fun with it!?

So it's certainly not a normal club mix, it's just what I think is the best music out there, without worrying about what genre or box any particular track fits into or how things should be done "properly". I wanted to leave some sections quite ambient as well, to give breathing space between the peaks, so I'm happy to be able to post this new version up, minus the broadcast talking and idents.

The mix also contains some new work from me, some unreleased, and two tracks from my new EP with Tom Hodge, one of which you can download for free from here www.maxcooper.net, the other you can download from iTunes - http://hyperurl.co/MCartefactEP - or Beatport - http://btprt.dj/1DHZhHk

Track List

1. Max Cooper - 4D Wave Interference (Unreleased)
2. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atmos VI (Erased Tapes)
3. Max Cooper - Untitled (unreleased)
4. Vaetxh - List of Lists (Detroit Underground)
5. Lusine - Arterial (Ghostly International)
6. Kimyan Law - Eclairage (Blu Mar Ten Music)
7. Fran Seven - At Least (Atomnation)
8. Isaac Delusion - Pandora's Box - Lusine Remix (Unreleased)
9. Burial - Rough Sleeper (Hyperdub)
10. Gidge - Huldra (Atomnation)
11. Kiasmos - Looped (Erased Tapes)
12. Samu L - Beach (Surface)
13. Fennesz - Before I Leave (Mego)
14. Max Cooper & Rob Clouth - Untitled (Unreleased)
15. Tessela - Cmon Lets Slow Dance (R&S)
16. Joe Farr - Tape 7 (Tessela Remix) (DSNT Records)
17. FSOL - Papua New Guinea (Jumpin' & Pumpin')
18. Synkro & Faib - Inhale (Smoking Sessions)
19. Nils Frahm - Peter (Max Cooper Remix Edit) (Unreleased)
20. Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Teotihuacan - Part 1 (Quotient Series)
21. Rob Clouth - The Smallest Measurable Space (Leisure System)
22. Alberto Ruiz & Hugo Blanco - Haze (Be One Records)
23. Rrose - 23 Lashes (EAUX)
24. Dyad - From Another Place (Dyad)
25. Pfirter - Supraventricular (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
26. Rival Consoles - Haunt (Erased Tapes)
27. OneOhTrixPointNever - Rush (Warp)
28. Rob Clouth - Deep Field (Leisure System)
29. Joe Farr - Mormon Shuffle (Leisure System)
30. Skew & Satirist - Untitled (Unreleased)
31. Dorian Concept - The Sky Opposite (Tim Hecker Remix) (Ninja Tune)
32. Max Cooper & Tom Hodge - Remnants (Fields) - http://btprt.dj/1DHZhHk
33. Kimyan Law - Daimyo (Blu Mar Ten Music)
34. Rival Consoles - Recovery (Erased Tapes)
35. Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy (Warp)
36. Rockwell - Full Circle (Shogun Audio)
37. Cirrus - Shiver Shapnel (Woulg Remix) (Terra Null Recordings)
38. Vaetxh - List of Lists (Detroit Underground)
39. The Rustle of the Stars - Sleeping Land - Part 1 (Max Cooper Remix) (Quotient Series)
40. Nils Frahm - Them (Unreleased)

Essential Mix - Max Cooper - No Voice Overs

Slow Machine Near Silence

Leuvert 1

Originating from Sweden, Gidge are a duo who seek inspiration from a somewhat uncompromising environment. Cold, harsh winters leave little room for musical warmth and creativity, yet somehow the pair manage to maintain a depth and meaning to their sound which transcends far beyond their surroundings. 

The pair first met back in school at the age of 16. Rooted in the small city of Umeå Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman quickly became friends through a shared love of the abstract and electronic music. This would later materialise into them producing music together as the duo Gidge. This month saw the release of their second mini album on Atomnation, a record label not known for compromise or a sub standard release policy which has previously hosted music by the likes of Weval, Olaf Stuut and Sau Poler. 

We caught up with the pair on the back of the release of their latest work 'LNLNN' as they deliver a Monday mix for Ransom Note

Read & Download

Gidge: The 'Monday Is OK' Mix

Kiasmos - Exclusive Mixtape for Tsugi Magazine

BBC Radio One 1-st Essential Mix by Nicolas Jaar

This is a live set I recorded in my studio for John Digweed's Transitions radio show. Loads of new stuff on there which hasn't gone out anywhere before, plus a couple of exclusives not for release. Hope you like it!

1. Max Cooper - Gravity Well (Traum)
2. Hiatus - Third - Max Cooper Remix (Last Night On Earth)
3. Ólafur Arnalds &amp; Nils Frahm - A2 - Max Cooper's Crystal Lattice Mix (Transitions Exclusive - Not For Release)
4. Ripperton - A Skilift Upstairs the Sleeping City - Max Cooper Remix (Systematic)
5. Max Cooper - To be announced 2
6. Minilogue - Seconds - Max Cooper Remix (Traum)
7. Mono Electric Orchestra - Blunt Force Trauma - Max Cooper Remix (Manual)
8. Maxime Miville - Don't Ask - Max Cooper Remix (Wide Angle)
9. Max Cooper Remix - To be announced 3
10. Max Cooper - Spiral Inflections (Traum)
11. Extrawelt - Im Garten Von Eben - Max Cooper Remix (Traum)
12. Michael Nyman &amp; David McAlmont - Secrets - Max Cooper Reconstruction (Last Night On Earth)
13. Max Cooper - The End of Reason - Ambient Rework - 12" Edit (Transitions Exclusive - Not For Release)


For more Max Cooper mixes/free downloads:
soundcloud.com/max-cooper/sets/max-cooper-free-downloads

And music videos here:
www.youtube.com/user/maxbcooper

And for up to date info on all the goings on, you can join the mailing list at:
http://maxcooper.net/

Max Cooper Live - Transitions Mix (free download)

Here's some of my latest work, with plenty of never heard before exclusives, and an approach in mind to warm you up and provide some escapism from the winter.

And now onto the track listings, I'm afraid there's a lot on here which I can't tell you what it is yet, labels like to keep these things secret yeknow!

1. Remix to be announced 1
2. Collaboration to be announced 2
3. Max Cooper - Autumn Haze (Traum) - Out Now
4. Max Cooper feat. Braids - Automaton (Fields) 
5. Magic Panda - Distant Places - Max Cooper Remix (Tigerbeat6) - Out Now
6. Remix to be announced 3
7. Max Cooper feat. Braids - Pleasures (Fields)
8. Halls - Roses for the dead - Max Cooper Remix (No pain in pop)
9. Collaboration to be announced 4
10. Robert Clouth - Cloud Complex - Max Cooper Remix (Traum)
11. Nils Frahm - Peter - Max Cooper Remix (Erased Tapes)
12. To be announced 5


For more Max Cooper mixes/free downloads:
soundcloud.com/max-cooper/sets/max-cooper-free-downloads

And music videos here:
www.youtube.com/user/maxbcooper

And for up to date info on all the goings on, you can join the mailing list on my site if you like:
http://maxcooper.net/

Max Cooper Live - Movements Through Self Contained Space (free download)

“...Only a prism can divide the colours and make
them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.” - Arvo Pärt

Recorded April 5th 2020

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"TOMORROW IS FOREVER" - April 5th 2020

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