I first found out about Max Cooper when my friend, one half of GIVEMLOVEBITE, told me about the video they made for his song ‘Wasp’. The video is an amazing combination of relationship and synchronisation to the sounds of the song. What you can see in the shapes are real bugs and insects (e.g. the two outer circles being live maggots).

The digital release of the Symphonica EP features 3 original tracks and 2 remixes. The sounds are a minimal/tech-house affair featuring plenty of echoes, glitches, panning and oscillations.

The feature first track, Symphonica, is the highlight and great success for such a new producer. It begins with a clean drum pattern accompanied by the odd glitch, tap, tick, pop, and continues to build with the layering of bass and more sounds. However this soon gives way to the main break, which begins with an eery silence, followed by a crescendo of tight saw bass and varying speed oscillations. The rest is best left for your ears to find out.

Max Cooper – Symphonica