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01. MIKE COOPER - Raft 21 - Guayaquil To Tully
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02. MIKE COOPER - Raft 37 - Las Balsas
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03. MIKE COOPER - Raft 28 - Vital Alsar
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04. MIKE COOPER - Raft 33 - Malama Honua (To Care For Our Earth)
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05. MIKE COOPER - Raft 29 - Honey Hunters
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06. MIKE COOPER - Raft 36 - Age Unlimited
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07. MIKE COOPER - Raft 27 - Guayaquil To Ballina
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ARTIST
COOPER, MIKE
TITLE
Raft
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ROOM40
CATALOG #
RM 484LP
RM 484LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/14/2017
Mike Cooper
's output of the past half century has been described as "post-everything". It's a fitting phrase really when you consider he has been at the beating heart of so many critical musical moments; from the development of the blues touring circuit in the UK, through the growth of the folk scene and into the explosion of free improvisation that came to define a generation of UK musicians. Amidst it all, working at stitching these disparate forms into some kind of de-territorialized zone, was Mike Cooper. It's fitting that he explores the notion of journey on his latest full-length edition. Even more fitting that he examines the vessels that carry us on journeys. With
Raft
, Cooper charts his interests in ambient exotica and collides it with his research into various South Pacific musical traditions. The record extends his palette considerably, stretching away from the hypnagogic flows of his master piece
Rayon Hula
(2004), into a more oceanic setting. "Raft 21 - Guayaquil To Tully", for example, sets out a lilting rise and fall of harmony which erupts with spluttering electronics. Specifically inspired by
Vital Alsar
and
William Wills
, sailors who undertook some of the 20th century's most impressive solo voyages,
Raft
reflects upon the determination of the solo traveler. In a musical sense, Mike Cooper's work of recent years has very much reflected a determined solo traveler work ethic. In his commitment to travel alone, he has developed a range of strategies that he works against as a means of surprising himself and uncovering unfamiliar sonic relations. This approach has proved an incredibly fertile pursuit for Cooper, arguably producing some of his most affecting and engaging works, his Room40 albums
Fratello Mare
(RM 462LP, 2015) and
White Shadows Of The South Seas
(RM 454CD, 2013) amongst them.
Raft
is a vital record that sets its sights beyond the horizons of convention and in doing so reveals a perspective that is only available to lifelong voyagers such as Mike Cooper. From Mike: "
Raft
is my tribute to William Willis, Vita Alsar,
Jack London
,
Robert Louis Stevenson
,
Louis Becke
,
Adolph Plate
,
Jacques Brel
,
FW Murnau
and to all sailors, scribblers and drifters everywhere."
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