Journeys In Sound - Max Cooper

JOURNEYS IN SOUND - MAX COOPER: THE MUSICAL UPS AND DOWNS OF MY LIFE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th May 2026

Max Cooper shares the pivotal moments that have made him the artist he is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Max Cooper dives deep to share his story and the songs that have moved him.

Electronic royalty Max Cooper talks about how he combines ideas about physical form and human emotions into his compositions, and how he tweaked his famous audio-visual live show to play the Royal Albert Hall.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Shy One, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien.

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Max Cooper - The Shape Of Memory [Mesh]
Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First [Virgin]
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy [Premiere]
Enya - Boadicea [WEA]
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi [Island]
Three Drives - Greece 2000 [Massive Drive Recordings]
CJ Bolland - The Prophet [Internal]
Wink - Sprung Minimism [Ovum Recordings]
Liquid - Sweet Harmony [XL Recordings]
Vaetxh - List Of Lists [Detroit Underground]
Max Cooper - Harmonisch Serie [Traum Schallplatten]
Max Cooper - Order From Chaos [Mesh]
Max Cooper - Spectrum [Mesh]
Max Cooper (feat. Tawiah & May Kaspar) - My Choices Are Not My Own [Mesh]
Max Cooper - Obsessive Compulsive Order [Mesh]
Max Cooper (feat. Sorcery) - This Is A Bridge [Mesh]
Ben Lukas Boysen - Only In The Dark [Erased Tapes]