The album was preceded by the single "Adrift", which was released on 16 December 2013. In December 2013, Cooper announced the release date of his debut album Human as 10 March 2014. Ĭooper revealed that some of the artwork on his album covers was inspired by his flatmate, who is a graphic designer. He released a music video for the song "Pleasures" that was animated by artist Cédric de Smedt. Ĭooper encourages fans to produce their own videos for his music, with the results displayed on his website. That same month, he achieved the number 5 spot on BeatPort's "Top Artists of 2012" and was voted a "top 20" live act by the readers of canonical electronic music website Resident Advisor. Ĭooper released a two-part EP, Conditions One, on 10 December 2012, which also featured Braids, Ghosting Season and D/R/U/G/S (a.k.a. By 2012, he was voted in the top 20 live acts of the year for two years running on Resident Advisor and named a Beatport artist of the year. In terms of musical references, Cooper has cited Jon Hopkins, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnalds, adding that his influences are "mainly electronica more than techno". In 2010, Cooper decided to focus entirely on music production and his music is influenced by his science background. After completing his doctoral work, Cooper held a brief post-doctoral position as a geneticist at University College London. During his doctoral training, his research interests focused on modelling the evolution of gene regulatory networks-he specifically examined the evolution of feed-forward loops, and studied the evolutionary influences of binding site organisation during transcriptional processes. Although he did not receive formal music training, Cooper started playing violin at age 12, but eventually stopped: "I never enjoyed it and didn't pursue it to any great degree-the music wasn't right to be honest." Ĭooper received his PhD in computational biology from the University of Nottingham in 2008. He attended the Holywood Steiner School and was inspired to become a geneticist after reading various science books as a child. Early life and education Ĭooper was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland to parents of Australian descent. His remixes range from avant-garde composers Michael Nyman and Nils Frahm, to bands like Hot Chip and Au Revoir Simone, to techno acts such as Agoria, Sasha (Welsh DJ) and Guy Andrews.
Ĭooper has released more than seventy original tracks and remixes, and more than twenty accompanying video works, primarily on London label FIELDS and German label Traum Schallplatten. He has received positive reviews from magazines such as Clash and critical acclaim for his debut album Human. Max Cooper (born 1980) is a London-based electronica and techno producer who has been releasing music since 2007.
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