Metal Box by mike cooper

This album was originally released on c.d.in 2005 on the Rossbin label. It was recorded in 2004 at The Steelworks in Rome, apart from track one, which features Tim Catlin on prepared guitar and was recorded in 2003 in Melbourne and re-mixed by Robin Schmidt.
My metal box is my National Tri-Plate resonator guitar. Made around 1932 ten years before i was born it has been with me since 1958. All of these pieces are made from sounds found on that guitar, sampled and played live into these six post digital primitivist compositions. I started my musical life playing Country Blues on this instrument and i hope these pieces still retain some of the textural feel and spirit of that music. It is dedicated to the memory of John Fahey.

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.

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