Max Cooper / Tom Hodge - Fragments of Self - Official Video by Nick Cobby
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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This track and video are about emergence from the combination of polar opposites. Fragments of self from very different places, but part of the same whole. Soft vs jagged, quiet vs loud, beautiful vs horrible, smooth vs abrasive, natural vs unnatural....you get the idea.
Combining classical and computational elements is something I've been experimenting with for some years, but this attempt to combine the extreme opposites of each was spurred on by some chance DJing experiments, a fortuitous collaboration opportunity, and the amazing work of my friends Olafur Arnalds and Vaetxh (Rob Clouth). I found that I could mix the most beautiful and delicate piano solo of Olafur, with the most hyper-edited and jarring glitch of Vaetxh, and that the result actually worked, well, for me anyway, even if half the people in the club stood confused about how to dance. So when the opportunity arose to work with the pianist and composer Tom Hodge, I wanted to try and create this form of merger of extremes for a release, rather than it being confined to my DJ toolbox (also on the classical meets glitch history from a slightly different angle, check out "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született" from Venetian Snares 2005!).
After some discussion of ideas and approach with Tom, he sat and played and made some recordings for me, which I then chopped and build chords and structure around, sent them back to him to play over the top of again, and then back to me to edit and glitch the playing along with the nasty noises. My detailing process was that of finding some interesting sound sources (binaural recordings, drum hit samples, clangs and slams etc) and using some Max for live randomisation chains to generate lots of partially random complexity which I could then edit as audio before repeating the process with additional layers, eventually bringing the recorded piano audio in to the editing too.
At completion of the audio I was really happy to find out that Nick Cobby, one of my favourite video artists and long standing collaborator, was available and interested in working on the visual side of the project. He took the combination of seemingly incompatible opposites, and applied it visually with his beautiful generative forms, smooth and organic for the melodic sections, and jagged and abrasive for the percussive sections - big thanks to Nick for his amazing work as always!
So, that's probably enough ranting about this track from me, aside from why it is like it is, I hope it's something that you can enjoy irrespective of the conceptual faff.
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Beatport: bit.ly/Fragment...
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Video: Nick Cobby
www.nickcobby.com
Audio: Max Cooper & Tom Hodge
www.maxcooper.net
www.tomhodge.com
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One cant describe feelings, but Max you can certainly make them surface, THANKS!
this was our wedding song
It Will be my wedding Song too
6 years and this masterpiece still hasnt got its recognition it deserves
I like to create meanings in this type of songs
So for me these represents when an artist is trying to find itself.
-When at the start of the phase you create art that for you is beautiful, (you know, starting to know your qualities, experimenting styles, small accomplishments...). The first time the piano sounds and suddenly stops at 24s, and sounds again, this time more confidence to continue (that would be the first try).
-Then you start to think and all becomes confusing and dont know how to progress, you see the good art but the thoughts try to cloud you (doubting yourself, overthinking and overwhelmed, trying things and failing...).
-Then one day you get back to that satisfying moment of learning, different reasons and techniques but same feeling (learned from experiences, knowing the good and bad parts of oneself, gradually returning confidence...).
-And then the other feeling comes back, but now being more used to the feeling, it still feels bad but you think you can handle it and let yourself experience it again, every time you get better.
You go back to listen to the song again immediately, because every time you get used to the song more, you enjoy it a little more.
As far as generative design, this is indeed a masterpiece.
This is art. :)
My wife says "this is absolutely beautiful until the 1'32" mark." That is where the TRUE beauty begins for me. Agree to disagree. We are diametrically opposed in SO many ways, yet we work well together. There is just "something" I find in what most feel is cacophony. Dang, if you are here, you are WITH me on that notion. Blessings, All
Beautiful, i find this so much more emotionally impactful with the contrast of that mechanical tension with the soft piano
One of my favorite track!
Heard this for the first time last night at mutek, easily the standout track from the entire performance for me. Don't regard the crowds response as a correlation to how good the music is. In my brain I am stimulated to the highest degree. Amazing piece of work here, would absolutely love to hear more music with similar stark contrasts, this concept is what got me into electronic music in the first place, over 20 years ago. Bravo.
This journey, man! WE ARE ALIVE!! WHOOO!
Amazing!
Good one, another masterpiece from Max!
ohh.. that glitches and piano. Love it.
unworldly beautiful collaboration!
I cried :(
nice!
So Much Beautiful !
Amazing !
WOW !
Awesome!!!!
Prickles and Goo. Love it!
It's like he's trying to break the song as much as possible while still keeping it recognizably musical.
breaking things is what we do here
FN nailed it Max! Thank you
piece of art
killer
I love this beyond description. And I know the moment you're referring to with DJing and combining Olafurs piano with Robs glitches. That's your boiler room right here on UA-cam! (or perhaps that happened after you first tried it somewhere else)
lovely
AWESOME !!!!
AWESOME!
Loving the virtual origami kaleidoscope
offing brilliant!!!
Awesome !
Thank you
Amazing track
beautiful
Yes!
Edit: Artists outdoing themselves.
cool
Beautiful , reminds me of the track : The Flashbulb - Precisely wrong
This is genius!
amaz!ng
sounds broken but fits in a way
Lovely ;)
I get it now...
anyone knows something thats sounds familiar? has that precious vibe....
Wow. That was like watching the inside of my own head....
The kind of world you three create is the one I want to live in forever.
Does anyone know if it would be possible to make this sort of stuff on after effects?
omg omg
Wow! Arbitrary question here. Have any of you ever wondered what your funeral would look and sound like? To me, this is track 1, followed by Jon Hopkins Immunity, followed by, perhaps, The Cure's Same Deep Water as You, or Airiel's In Your Room. Weird, I know, just looking for some validation. There are so many other tracks, yet I know my funeral will not be a lifetime in duration. Love your tunage, All😅
3:09
Yeah, 3'09" is STOOPID rad. Great call
very good synesthesia
Like it until the noisy crud in the middle and end
Absolute masterpiece!
If you love this song, you're probably gonna like my new track "Broken Beauty", check it out! :)
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watch on psychedelics
beautiful
Amazing !!
What Björk should sound like these days.
Fuckin awesome. Lol wonder if anyone had an epileptic fit from this.
beauty :)
fuckin brilliant NICE ONE MAX!
I made a very little edit to a bit of this song. If people like it maybe I'll create a longer version!
❤
O MY this is some really amazing Stuff MAX!!!!!
Max you are braking all boundaries...
MAX KNOW THE KEY ....... SPEACHLESS.
Just phucking PHYLTHY! KUDOS! Gonna sound pretty hard when I wake my neighborhood up with this at 6 bells, when I leave for work. My neighbors still love me😉
Yep. Here again. This track is so beautiful, yet so gorgeously noisy. Great dichotomy. Amazing track. Danke. Well done, ALL
The track is lousy with arbitrary bites of sound and great melody. I adore it. Many thanks. Just keep loving THEE MUSIC😚
dead island trailer soundtrack ? sounds like that, beautiful, sorry for the comparison
i watched this a few years ago, and was looking for this for ages, lol
Damn!*******
Unbelievable. Overwhelming.
More prominent than ever...
the best ... really ...
masterpiece