Claude Cooper Friendly Sounds Vol 1 (White Vinyl)

• Claude Cooper – Intro/Dream Inducement
• Claude Cooper – Jackie
• Claude Cooper – Changes
• Claude Cooper – Speed Of Light
• Claude Cooper – Project 79
• Claude Cooper – No No
• Claude Cooper – Happenings
• Claude Cooper – Falling
• Claude Cooper – Grounded
• Claude Cooper – Heat Maps
• Claude Cooper – Mind Meeting
• Claude Cooper – Rainbow Eternity
• Claude Cooper – Do That Now!
• Claude Cooper – Stiff Arrow
• Claude Cooper – June 15
• Claude Cooper – Scroll
• Claude Cooper – Crying Games
• Claude Cooper – Lost In Osaka
• Claude Cooper – Nerd Nork
• Claude Cooper – Avalon Control
• Claude Cooper – What Is?
• Claude Cooper – Take Flight

• 1. Intro/Dream Inducement
• 2. Jackie
• 3. Changes
• 4. Speed Of Light
• 5. Project 79
• 6. No No
• 7. Happenings
• 8. Falling
• 9. Grounded
• 10. Heat Maps
• 11. Mind Meeting
• 12. Rainbow Eternity
• 13. Do That Now!
• 14. Stiff Arrow
• 15. June 15
• 16. Scroll
• 17. Crying Games
• 18. Lost In Osaka
• 19. Nerd Nork
• 20. Avalon Control
• 21. What Is?
• 22. Take Flight

Illusive Bristolian producer Claude Cooper returns with ‘Friendly Sounds Vol 1’; part psychedelic trip, part romping beat tape, part party. The album was inspired by the vinyl discoveries made from Cooper’s months of digging and cataloguing the bulging inventory of Bedminster’s Friendly Records record shop. Cooper fed these myriad captured sounds through the studio and then, blurring the lines between sampling and performance, arranged and embellished them with keyboards, drum machines, bass guitar and more, also co-opting BEAK> bassist Billy Fuller and esteemed composer Ben Salisbury to contribute.

With most of the tracks in and out within 90 seconds, the album is best enjoyed as a continuous course. Play side A, play the B, then flip it back and listen all over again. Stand out moments include tremulous cut ‘n’ paste jam ‘Jackie’, the moody string-laden ‘Rainbow Eternity’, funky sitar workout ‘Nerd Nork’, and atmospheric closer ‘Take Flight’. Sharing a similarly broad and experimental sound palette as the likes The Avalanches, Madlib, The Go Team, and Edan; ‘Friendly Sounds Vol 1’ is the soundtrack to a wild joyride down South Bristol’s North Street, foot on the gas, hand on the horn, LPs spilling from the boot.