Mike Cooper - Giacinto Two

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	1.	Giacinto One 07:22
	2.	Giacinto Two 10:01
	3.	Giacinto Three 10:08
	4.	Giacinto Four 07:08

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This is an abbreviated version of the 2006 release on my Hipshot c.d.r label and are a dedication to Giacinto Scelsi who lived and died in Rome where I was living at that time and where I recorded these pieces. They are also dedicated to my friend Alvin Curran who at one period of his life was an assistant to Scelsi.

A review from the same year of the recordings by Jonathan Dean in Brainwashed.

"Giacinto represents yet another new approach from Cooper, this time using the specific sound archicture of his National tri-plate resophonic guitar, exploring the sound produced on open strings with a handheld battery-operated electric fan. This produces a continuous note, not unlike an e-bowed electric guitar, but on the National tri-plate acoustic it produces strange overtones and complex harmonics that shift, bend and mutate as the fan is applied at different angles to differente combinations of strings. This results in a suite of strikingly unique drone pieces which have a specific alien resonance that immediately sets them apart from most other drone musics produced with analog or digital methods. Of course, Cooper cannot help but fill out these drone compositions with his live-sampling and looping techniques, producing several long-form pieces that gradually build up layers of hypnotic drone at different tones and pitches, building up an immersive sonic atmosphere."

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released August 31, 2020

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mike cooper Roma, Italy

Mike Cooper has traced a path completely his own for the past 60 years as an international musical explorer, lap steel guitarist, singer, improviser and composer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. stretching the possibilities of the guitar with an eclectic mix of the many styles he has practiced over the years. ... more

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