Music Review: Max Cooper

Max Cooper has sculpted out a unique position for himself as an artist, integrating electronic music, visual art and science through his installations, live audio-visual and immersive sound experiences. Max Coopers label, Mesh, is the embodiment of these passions, releasing music which is part of wider collaborations in the arts and sciences. Born in 1980 and raised in Belfast, Cooper pursued music as well as science, earning a PhD in computational biology in 2008, while crystallizing his complex yet melodic sound, and his impressive run of singles dating back to 2007.

Since then he has developed his live performances with a focus on sensory immersion, with surround sound live shows 4D Sound, Hyperform, a 360 audio and visual surround dome experience with Canadian artist Maotik, his surround club show featured at Berghain, Aether, and collaborations with Future Wife and Zaha Hadid architects. Max has also collaborated with contemporary classical composers Michael Nyman, Tom Hodge and Nils Frahm, with a reworking of Philip Glass with Bruce Brubaker announced for 2019.

Max Cooper has been involved in collaborations with mathematicians, scientists and visual artists, the project is summarized at http://emergence.maxcooper.net. Lush and subtle with a glowing melodic streak that runs throughout, Emergence is a document of pure sonic alchemy that only Cooper could present in such an intriguing form.

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Max cooper is an extremely versatile artist touching on so many genres from minimal beats to striking electronica sounds, industrial and futuristic! Music that transcends over restricted aspects of limitations within genres.

Below are some of Max Coopers tracks that have truly inspired me and highlight why he is one of my favourite artists, and still one to watch this year! (2023).

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