Max Cooper mixes Balance 30

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    Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 16:00
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  • The label says the 36-track set is "as much a production as a DJ mix."
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  • Max Cooper is next up on the Balance mix series. The UK producer, known for cinematic sound design and conceptual multimedia projects, took a technical, hands-on approach to Balance 30, which is out on May 4th. He went heavy on editing and rearranging, treating the project "as much as a production as a DJ mix," says the label. There's even binaural processing, which alters the directional and spatial distribution of sound in the listener's speakers or headphones. The tracklist, which moves from atmospheric techno and breakbeats to field recordings, includes artists like Nils Frahm, Batu, Tessela, Rob Clouth and Donato Dozzy. As usual, it's available in the form of a two-CD mix and as a double-LP unmixed compilation, with exclusives from Cooper and others. Balance 30 follows James Zabiela's entry into the series, which Carlos Hawthorn reviewed here. Listen to a Balance 30 mini-mix.
    Tracklist CD1 01. Ben Lukas Boysen, Sebastian Plano - A Greater Pattern 02. Bing and Ruth - The How of it Sped 03. Nils Frahm - For (Max Cooper Remix) 04. Bxentric - Afon 05. Max Cooper - Balance (Perc Tool) 06. Geotic - Actually Smiling 07. Agrippa – Ziplash 08. Portable Sunsets - Straylight (Dave DK remix) 09. Max Cooper - Music Of The Tides 10. Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds - 23:52 11. Deapmash - Blocks 12. Burnski - Control 13. Tenebre - Axe Nord-Sud 14. Lusine - Ticking Hands feat. Sarah McIlwain 15. Donato Dozzy - A Ritmica 16. Batu - Stairwells 17. Max Cooper - Organa (Patrice Bäumel Balance Remix) 18. Max Cooper - Resynthesis CD2 19. Lusine - Tropopause (Loscil Remix) 20. Tim Hecker - Chimeras 21. Brecon - Half Light 22. Tessela - Helter Skelter 23. Rob Clouth - Shedding Layers 24. Hidden Orchestra - Wingbeats (Max Cooper Remix) 25. Rob Clouth - Transition (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix) 26. Kimyan Law - Luba 27. Com Truise - Ternary 28. Rob Clouth - Silica 29. HLZ - Dream Source 30. LSB - About Tonight 31. Lee Chapman - Believe In Something 32. Belief Defect - Disembarking Horizons 33. Alix Perez - Blips 34. Atoms for Peace - Default 35. Vaetxh - Unfolding Mechanism 36. Rival Consoles - What Sorrow Double-LP: A1 Bing and Ruth - The How Of It Sped A2 Nils Frahm - For (Max Cooper Remix) B1 Max Cooper - Music Of The Tides B2 Rob Clouth - Shedding Layers C1 Max Cooper - Resynthesis C2 Com Truise - Ternary C3 Kimyan Law - Luba C4 Max Cooper - Balance (Perc Tool) D1 Rob Clouth - Transition (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix) D2 Alix Perez - Blips D3 Atoms for Peace - Default D4 Vaetxh - Unfolding Mechanism Balance Music will release Balance 30 on May 4th, 2018.
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