Sunday 16th July
The Trades and Hebden Bridge Arts present:
ERLAND COOPER
£18 | £20 [+10% booking fee]
Doors open 8pm
Standing 18+ show
Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released three acclaimed studio albums, with four additional companion albums and multiple EP’s, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. Cooper was commissioned to create the original music to soundtrack the Superbloom installation at the Tower of London celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for fans and his record label alike to search for it. The tape has recently been found.
‘Nature’ s songwriter’ THE GUARDIAN
‘speaks to a universal emotional truth’ MOJO
‘exploring the place where electronic and classical music can co-habit’ THE QUIETUS
‘at once calming and euphoric, with a beauty that’ s its own justification’ UNCUT
‘Wonderfully nuanced songwriting matched to lung-bursting string arrangements.’ CLASH
‘like a spiritually charged requiem for the pristine landscapes that inspired it’ ELECTRONIC SOUND
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