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ARTIST
COOPER, MIKE
TITLE
Oceans Of Milk And Treacle
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
ROOM40
CATALOG #
RM 4176CD
RM 4176CD
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
4/22/2022
From
Mike Cooper
: "This is a soundtrack for an otherwise silent film. The title of the album, and of course the film, is borrowed from my late friend
Fred Hardy
's book
The Religious Culture of India - Power, Love and Wisdom
, considered to be one of the most important books on the subject. In this book Fred wrote... 'In 1835 the historian
Macaulay
investigated whether there was anything in the traditional Indian systems of learning and education that could be used in the training of native personnel. In fairness to Mr Macaulay, we must remember that those were days long before the writings of a
Tolkien
or a
Mervyn Peake
. He came to the devastating conclusion that people who believe in oceans of milk and treacle had nothing to offer to a modern system of education. A straightforward, realistic assessment in an age that believed in science and realism! The effects were far-reaching. Traditional Indian ways of looking at the world were written off as obsolete. India was provided with three universities (Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, founded in 1857) as the hothouses to nurture a custom-built, English-speaking Indian intelligentsia. A new age began for India, and two of its inevitable consequences were the demand for independence and the production of atomic bombs and satellites by the post-independent Bhārat.' . . . A Hydra is a genus of small, fresh-water organisms native to the temperate and tropical regions. Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability -- they do not appear to die of old age, or indeed to age at all. Some long time fellow musical travelers are called upon to lend a hand on this album. Saxophonists
Geoff Hawkins
and
Aaron Hawkins
. Geoff is on many of my earlier records and we have known each other for over 60 years. Aaron is one of his sons.
Viv Corringham
-- vocalist and 'deep listening' artist dedicated to walking, listening and singing all at the same time in her work which she calls Shadow Walks. Saxophonist
Tim Hill
, now established in the West Country of England where he organizes musical street theater events and several small ensembles playing free improvised and composed music.
Lol Coxhill
and
Roger Turner
, colleagues from
The Recedents
, an improvising music trio we had for 20 plus years, appear in a short extract from our five-CD box set
Wishing You Were Here
. Lol is unfortunately no longer with us. I was moved to embrace how the digital, virtual, acoustic and natural worlds intersect in making this edition."
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