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The ‘icon of post-everything’, Mike Cooper, returns to Discrepant with a recording of a live set recorded at the Controindicazioni Festival of Improvised Music in Rome in 2003.
The music moves very slowly through four movements: “Reluctant Swimmer”, “Movies is Magic”, “Virtual Surfer” and “Dolphins”. “Floating in out of the exotic ether and disappearing like smoke, engulfed in the alien hugeness of nature… a very elegant set by a visionary artist.”
Mike Cooper says “the first half is played on my old 1920s National tri-plate lapsteel guitar and the second half on my vietnamese electric lap steel. I also sing two songs along the way. “Movies is Magic” by Van Dyke Parks and “Dolphins” by Freid Neil. It was the first time I had ever sung the last song.”
LP artwork is a specially commissioned collage by US artist Evan Crankshaw.
Mike Cooper, icone du post-musical absolu, revient chez Discrepant avec un concert au Controindicazioni Festival à Rome en 2003. Mike Cooper sur une lapsteel guitare + quelques électroniques façon boucleur et harmoniseur, et autres enregistrements de terrain pour accumuler et transposer sa palette. Une sensation abstraite de bruitages créant une impression d’être perdu sur l’océan d’où apparaissent des chansons exotiques et décollées. Reprise de “Movies is Magic” de Van Dyke Parks et “Dolphins” de Freid Neil.