Excited about this. I think it was the Tour de Traum II mix when I first heard his music. Absolutely loved his sound but admittedly he lost me for a few years when he leaned more towards the glitchy sounds. Sounds like he's dialed it back and found a happy medium.

[URL="https://www.balancemusic.com.au/featured-albums/max-cooper-balance-030/"]Max Cooper - Balance 030 - Balance Music [/URL]

[IMG]https://www.balancemusic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/B030_packshot_hires-300x300.jpg[/IMG] [U][B]

Tracklisting[/B][/U] ([B]Digital version[/B]):

1. Ben Lukas Boysen, Sebastian Plano – A Greater Pattern
2. Bing and Ruth – The How of it Sped
3. Nils Frahm – For ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] Remix)
4. Bxentric – Afon
5. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] – Balance ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1139"]Perc[/URL] Tool)
6. Geotic – Actually Smiling
7. Agrippa – Ziplash
8. Portable Sunsets – Straylight (Dave DK remix)
9. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] – Music of the Tides
10. Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds – 23:52
11. Deapmash – Blocks
12. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=195"]Burnski[/URL] – Control
13. Tenebre – Axe Nord-Sud
14. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=6"]Lusine[/URL] – Ticking Hands (feat. Sarah McIlwain)
15. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=343"]Donato Dozzy[/URL] – A Ritmica
16. Batu – Stairwells
17. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] – Organa ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=109"]Patrice Baumel[/URL] ‘Balance’ Remix)
18. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] – Resynthesis
19. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=6"]Lusine[/URL] – Tropopause ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1135"]Loscil[/URL] Remix)
20. Tim Hecker – Chimeras
21. Brecon – Half Light
22. Tessela – Helter Skelter
23. Rob Clouth – Shedding Layers
24. Hidden Orchestra – Wingbeats ([URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=849"]Max Cooper[/URL] Remix)
25. Rob Clouth – Transition (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix)
26. Kimyan Law – Luba
27. [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1616"]Com Truise[/URL] – Ternary
28. Rob Clouth – Silica
29. HLZ – Dream Source
30. LSB – About Tonight
31. Lee Chapman – Believe in Something
32. Belief Defect – Disembarking Horizons
33. Alix Perez – Blips
34. Atoms for Peace – Default
35. Vaetxh – Unfolding Mechanism [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=1529"]36[/URL]. Rival Consoles – What Sorrow

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/balanceseries/max-cooper-balance-030-part-2-preview-edit[/SOUNDCLOUD]

2 of my favorite mixes of his. Definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard them before.

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-loom[/SOUNDCLOUD]

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-minds-garden-free-download[/SOUNDCLOUD]

Re: Max Cooper - Balance 030

Already know this is gonna be awesome.

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awesome, never heard of him but will check the previews, what is his style??

btw I just love the balance series, glad to see is still surviving

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^^^By the skin of it's teeth!! Needs all the support it can get. :)

He lost me in the glitchy bit as well, but will have a listen to this. :)

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been listening to Max for a while.. super excited about this as well.

for those that don't know him, he has a PhD in Computational Biology before getting bored in the real world and concentrating on music with science being behind some of his tunes.

i have posted a fair share of Cooper sets in the promo's section.. search away!

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[QUOTE=chuckc;1209239]awesome, never heard of him but will check the previews, what is his style??

btw I just love the balance series, glad to see is still surviving[/QUOTE]

Here's his Transition mix: [URL]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-transitions[/URL]

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will be extremely hard to beat 029 by JZ.

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Good call, I think they wanted someone quality for the special '30' landmark. And to follow JZ's masterpiece is a tough act, I think they've got it right! Lost me with Danny Tenaglia and Stacey Pullen! My vote is AME, Ben Klock, Maceo Plex or Dixon for upcoming ones. And here's a hail mary .. Laurent Garnier!

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^^ You are definitely more into tech than I am. :lol: Dixon would be great and of course Laurent Garner is a really good call and would be stunning. !! :D

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I've always thought Robert Babicz would be a good choice for a Balance comp.

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i have yet to hear the Zabiela mix

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[QUOTE=ddr;1209584]i have yet to hear the Zabiela mix[/QUOTE] you're not alone, heard samples on amazon and it didn't make sense to me

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;1209591]you're not alone, heard samples on amazon and it didn't make sense to me[/QUOTE]

not sure it's a masterpiece...

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[URL]https://soundcloud.com/balanceseries/max-cooper-balance-030-part-1-preview-edit-1[/URL]

actually sounds decent so far

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out today, this is really really good...

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[QUOTE=ddr;1210399]out today, this is really really good...[/QUOTE] yea ? i'm waiting on mine arriving but as soon as it does it's getting listened to right away

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just arrived :)

edit : and it's completely lovely :LoveYou:

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Question Guys, the digital version has a continuous mix which i much prefer tbh, but the other tracks are unmixed, is the physical CD unmixed as well, or its like they used to made them?

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physical cds is always mixed. unmixed tracks is specifically for digital version, like a bonus.

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btw. many people buying cds and later also digital version for single tracks... paying twice and more ;)

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Thanks for replying, much rather prefer getting the psychical release then ;)

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From a first listen I'd rather prefer this to Balance 029 by JZ (not discrediting for what is an interesting mix) I found Max's approach a little less syncopated, a straightforward blissed mix.

I know the durations between were not that long which was a surprise to me but the context of each were worlds if not years apart. 029 has this epic story to tell you of trying to fit in every emotion, mood, or feeling you can experience. CD 2 from 029 tried to somehow get back to the roots of providing what a classic mix usually does - a continuous mix. Nonetheless, it was still a lot of tracks, samples, and edits to conform to what is traditionally a mix.

This is where Max's take in 030 is different, both CD's were simple yet beautiful, tracks in both CD's just blended perfectly to essentially take you on his journey that was tranquil and mixed that we are usually used to, from the typical Cooper mixes. This is what I also loved about this mix, I'd think it would be suitable for any type of listen, be it in commute, on a drive, or with a glass of wine at home.

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20 mins in, I just love this kinda sound. A mix of melody and IDM grittiness and breaks.

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I really enjoyed this, especially CD1. A good mix of ambient/downtempo but then some nice beats later on. I will definitely check out his other mixes.

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interesting reviews, i may have to buy this what is cd2 like

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I know most here are not fans of spotify, but its on there.. :/

I am excited to hear later tonight

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^ I love Spotify - would not have bothered spending £14 on this if I saw it in a shop.

Have listened to so much new stuff on Spotify that I never would have tried out otherwise

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was able to hear a preview and could not stop playing this mix. exceptional sounds....just bought the cd version for the collection.

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heard the review mix of both cds of the next balance today, not sounding good imo

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who is doing the next balance?

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[url="https://soundcloud.com/balanceseries/sets/balance-presents-uone-preview-edit"]https://soundcloud.com/balanceseries/sets/balance-presents-uone-preview-edit[/url]

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[QUOTE=thebanned1;1213468][URL]https://soundcloud.com/balanceseries/sets/balance-presents-uone-preview-edit[/URL][/QUOTE]

hmm thats the "Balance presents" release. Which I though was typically just one disc, like Guy J's, which was coincidentally the last Balance Presents release I've listed to.

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i really liked it.. good 2 hour mix. then again i typically like anything Max does.

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[QUOTE=ddr;1213484]i really liked it.. good 2 hour mix. then again i typically like anything Max does.[/QUOTE]

thanks so much for hooking me up with a DL of the E mix.....can you recommend other sets from him that are really good.

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[QUOTE=chuckc;1213495]thanks so much for hooking me up with a DL of the E mix.....can you recommend other sets from him that are really good.[/QUOTE]

np!

here is the first mix that got me into his stuff..

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-movements[/SOUNDCLOUD]

some others:

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-dj-set-molten[/SOUNDCLOUD]

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/semiosis-dj-set-quotient-26[/SOUNDCLOUD]

6 hour london set:

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-all-night-long-london[/SOUNDCLOUD]

some have 320 download some dont.. let me know if you want the ones that dont and i can upload the 320 to mega.

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^ nice! thank you

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yes thanks. some real kool parts in that 6 hour mix.

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[QUOTE=chuckc;1213495]thanks so much for hooking me up with a DL of the E mix.....can you recommend other sets from him that are really good.[/QUOTE]

[SOUNDCLOUD]https://soundcloud.com/max-cooper/max-cooper-live-transitions[/SOUNDCLOUD]