Metal Box

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“A summertime regular to our shores, Mike Coopers lengthy career and divergent musical language continues to develop with astounding clarity of vision. This is his latest solo guitar work and easily one of the finest releases he’s issued in some time.” Lawrence English

This album 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.