
Lapsteel guitarist and electronic artist Mike Cooper and percussionist Mark Wastell, employing a paiste 32" tam tam and a shruti box, pay homage to the large acoustic sound mirrors used in Britain from 1916 to 1930 as an early form or radar, each of their detailed improvisation referencing one of the locations on the British south and northeast coasts.
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Mike Cooper-lapsteel guitar, electronics
Mark Wastell-tam tam, percussion, shruti box
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UPC: 5902249002256
Label: Confront
Catalog ID: core 10
Squidco Product Code: 28344
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2019
Country: UK
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Studio 3, in Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom, on October 3rd, 2018, by Rupert Clervaux.
"A forerunner of radar, acoustic mirrors were built on the south and northeast coasts of England between about 1916 and the 1930s. The 'listening ears' were intended to provide early warning of incoming enemy aeroplanes and airships about to attack coastal towns. The most famous of these devices still stand at Denge on the Dungeness peninsula and at the Hythe in Kent. [...] The development of radar put an end to further experimentation with the technique. Nevertheeless, there were long-lasting benefits. The acoustic mirror programme, led by Dr. william Sansome Tucker, had given Britain the methodology to use interconnected stations to pinpoint the position of an enemy in the sky. The system they developed for linking the stations and plotting aircraft movements was given to the early radar team and contributed to their success in World War II [...]"-from the liner notes
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Mike Cooper "For the past 40 years Mike Cooper has been an international musical explorer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. Initially a folk-blues guitarist and singer songwriter his work has diversified to include improvised and electronic music, live music for silent films, radio art and sound installations. He is also a music journalist, writing features for magazines, particularly on Pacific music and musicians, a visual artist, film and video maker, collector of Hawaiian shirts and appears on more than 60 records to date." ^ Hide Bio for Mike Cooper • Show Bio for Mark Wastell "Mark Wastell, born 1968 and London based, is a versatile musician who has played a central role in the British and European improvised music scene for thirty years. He has performed and recorded extensively and his varied resume includes projects with Derek Bailey, Phil Durrant, John Butcher, Lasse Marhaug, Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell, Burkhard Beins, John Tilbury, Mattin, Tony Conrad, Evan Parker, Tim Barnes, Bernhard Günter, Keith Rowe, John Zorn, Peter Kowald, Joachim Nordwall, Otomo Yoshihide, David Toop, Max Eastley, Hugh Davies, Julie Tippetts, Alan Skidmore, Mike Cooper, Chris Abrahams, Stewart Lee, Clive Bell, Arild Andersen, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Maggie Nicols, Will Gaines, Thomas Lehn, Thurston Moore and David Sylvian. Mark has also run the Confront Recordings label since 1996." ^ Hide Bio for Mark Wastell
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Track Listing:
1. Abbott's Cliff 6:02
2. Fan Bay 9:07
3. Warden Point 10:33
4. Joss Gap 13:20
5. Maghtab 4:30
6. Boulby 3:31
Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Electro-Acoustic
Electro-Acoustic Improv
London & UK Improv & Related Scenes
Duo Recordings
Guitarists, &c.
Percussion & Drums
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