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BIOGRAPHY

One of RA's top DJs of 2011.

"One of the greatest new talents to emerge on the dance scene in the last few years" - Skrufff.com

"Consistently proves himself to be one of the most peerlessly beautiful recording artists in modern dance music" - IDJ

"One to keep a close eye on" - Fabric blog

"Haunting" - Clash magazine

"Beautiful, hypnotic techno that should be listened to by anybody with even a passing interest in intelligently geared dance music" - Electrorash

'"The End of Reason," a truly sublime beatless tour de force that recalls Philip Glass, Aphex Twin's most serene moments and even Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3" - Resident Advisor

The facts are easy to establish: Max Cooper has more than 50 original releases, tracks and remixes under his belt, from glitchy reinterpretations of big bands like Hot Chip and Au Revoir Simone to straight dancefloor 12"s like his breakthrough "Serie" originals and remixes for names like Agoria, Dominik Eulberg, Extrawelt, Pig and Dan, Kaiserdisco and Sasha.

The approach, meanwhile, is anything but simple. A melancholy composer whose live sets can raise blisters in a club, Cooper is as comfortable writing abstract electronica as he is writing dancefloor techno 12"s . A rationalist with an otherworldly, idealistic side, Cooper is also a wildly creative musician who until recently had a day job as a sober scientist.

And he's swung from extreme to extreme since he first took to the decks 11 years ago.

As Cooper sees it, there's conflict, but it's part of the music-writing process. Each side of his personality sparks ideas off the other, and what remains constant is his own unique and starkly emotional style. From his breakthrough trilogy of "Serie" releases on Traum Schallplatten - the first released in 2009 and with each track inspired by a different scientific or mathematical concept - Cooper has built a reputation for one-off originals, killer remixes and challenging DJ and live sets.

Since his first release in 2007, his back catalogue now includes two mainstream Hype Machine smashes with reworks of Hot Chip and Portishead, several Beatport genre top 10s, work with the visual artists Whiskas fX and Nick Cobby and an increasing number of collaborations with artists a long distance from Cooper's dancefloor beginnings.

With his time now mainly spent writing and touring music, Cooper continues to release his own originals, with 'The End Of Reason' described by Resident Advisor as "a truly sublime beatless tour de force that recalls Philip Glass, Aphex Twin's most serene moments and even Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3", and the UK's IDJ magazine saying that Cooper "consistently proves himself to be one of the most peerlessly beautiful recording artists in modern dance music". Stark, emotive and original, Cooper is, according to Skrufff.com, "One of the greatest new talents to emerge on the dance scene in the last few years".

KEY TRACKS

DISCOGRAPHY

Empirisch EP + John Tejada Remix [Traum] 2011
Sasha - Xpander Remix [Deconstruction] 2011
Microtrauma - Circulate Remix [Traum] 2011
Patrice Baumel - Mike Tyson Remix [Trouw] 2011
Pig & Dan - Tears Of A Clown Remix [Techno Therapy] 2011
Kaiserdisco - Holding Up My Life Remix [MBF] 2011
Andrew K - The Doppler Effect Remix [Vice Versa] 2011
Metaphysical EP + Dosem, Matthys Remixes [Traum] 2011
Microtrauma - Contrast Remix [Traum] 2011
Kura - Crystal Clear Remix [Bujakasja Records] 2010
Hot Chip - I Feel Better remix [Flash] 2010
Child - Conflicted Remix [Tribal Vision] 2010
Expressions EP Remixes - Ryan Davis, Marc Marzenit, Echaskech [Traum] 2010
Maxime Miville - Don't Ask remix [Wide Angle] 2010
Expressions EP + Maetrik remix [Traum] 2010
Series EP [Traum] 2010
Yan Stricker - Smooth a Surface remix [Organism] 2010
Bedrock 12 Compilation [Bedrock] 2010
Fairmont - They Live In The Moon Remix [Traum] 2010
Global Underground 39 [Global Underground] 2010
Minilogue - Seconds remix [Traum] 2010
Ryan Davis - The Wolve remix [IRM] 2010
Sleazebox EP + Hans Bouffmyhre, Jill Bellac remixes [Veryverywrongindeed] 2010
Au Revoir Simone - Take Me As I Am Remix [Moshi Moshi] 2010
Chaotisch Serie EP + with Reset Robot, Dyno remixes [Traum] 2010
Dyno - Risvegli remix [Hell Yeah] 2010
Ricardo Tobar remix [Traum] 2010
InhaleExhale EP + Spektre, Tim Sheridan remixes [Veryverywrongindeed] 2009
Stochastisch Serie EP + Leeks, Microtrauma remixes [Traum] 2009
Abe Duque & Blake Baxter - What Happened remix [Process] 2009
Dominik Eulberg - Daten Ubertragungs Keuschen remix [Traum] 2009
Pollyy - Pins and Needles remix [Shrink Records] 2009
Bigger Than Jesus - Checkpoint Charlie remix [54 Music] 2009
Dan Cat - Winterslow remix [Playtime] 2009
Granlab - Industrial Romance remix [Broque] 2009
Extrawelt - Mit Liese Auf Der Wiese remix [Traum] 2009
Applescal - A Slaves Commitment remix [Traum] 2009
Gary Beck - Numb remixes [Perc Trax] 2009
Marco Dassi - Narcotraffic remix [McGrooveBlack] 2009
Tim Sheridan - Villain remix [Veryverywrongindeed] 2009
Jill Bellac - Solid remix [Firefly Recordings] 2009
Symphonica EP + Perc, Marco Dassi remixes [Traum] 2009
Hot Chip Bugged Out Compilation [New State] 2009
Moonbeam - When Tears are Dropping from the Sky remix [Traum] 2009
Dominik Eulberg - Sansula remix [Traum] 2009
Harmonisch Serie EP + Kanio, Ito remixes [Traum] 2009
Extrawelt - Im Garten Von Eben remix [Traum] 2008
The Brazilian Fallacy [Flux] 2008
Crushbox EP [Autist] 2008
C-System - Playing with Dogs remix [Flux] 2008
Celtec Twinz - The Grass Is Always Greener remix [Naked Lunch] 2008
Spangled Ballet - Destruction Friday remix [Venga Digital] 2008
Will Bailey - Screwball remix [Simma] 2008
Waste Gash [2 Hype Records] 2008
FRANK [Firefly Recordings] 2008
Upside Out [Konnekt] 2008
The Blind Watchmaker EP + Casiogrand remix [Shrink Records] 2008
Ergo EP [Evolved Records] 2007
Tamperine EP [Evolved Records] 2007
Gray - Corrosive remix [Evopro Recordings] 2007
One Is None EP [Evolved Records] 2007