Ambient Meditations Premiere – Jim Wallis’ Europa Pt. 1 (Max Cooper Remix)
Our second Ambient Meditations Premiere is a Max Cooper remix of Jim Wallis “Europa Pt. 1.” A twinkling drift into a massive crackling wall of sound that separates you from your body in a way that only Max Cooper can deliver. This premiere is the first from the remix project of Jim Wallis.
Wallis (Modern Nature / Still Corners / Bryde) – has announced this collection of reworks to be released on 11/20, featuring collaborations with Vanishing Twin, Max Cooper, Erland Cooper, Sofie Birch, William Doyle (East India Youth), and more.
Transforming floating, ethereal guitar track “Europa I” into a dark and foreboding reworking, Max Cooper’s perspective on the track places it in a different world altogether. Talking about his collaborative efforts with Wallis, Max Cooper said: “This Jim Wallis album is something special. The feeling and atmosphere grabbed me immediately and set a challenge of how to remix something without destroying the effect. With that in mind I stuck with the drum-less format and spent a lot of time in free expression mode, playing with synths and distortion pedal combos accompanied by Jim’s strings and texture which I had re-arranged into a longer format to give time for my electronics to grow. That was the key idea in the end, just to let the feelings grow naturally around what was there, into what turned out a full body consumption. I recommend listening with a good sub-bass response if you can, there’s some sub frequency interaction later on which creates an unusual torso massage. Or if you ever come to see me play sometime in future when things get going again, ask me to play it for you and I’ll show you what I mean. Big thanks to Jim and Tip Top for letting me have a play with this beautiful music.”
David Ireland is a professional strategist, creative, and marketer. He began his career in 1995 as creator and publisher of BPM Magazine. In August 2000, BPM Magazine merged with djmixed.com LLC, an online media company based in Los Angeles, which later evolved into the Overamerica Media Group [OMG] in 2003. In 2009, Ireland left Overamerica Media Group to serve as the VP of Marketing at Diesel. In 2011, he returned to his roots in media and cofounded the online electronic music publication Magnetic Magazine and created The Magnetic Agency Group. In June 2018, Ireland joined Winter Music Conference (now owned by Ultra Music Festival) as the Director to lead the reboot for 2019 and usher in a new era for the iconic brand. He served as Chief Marketing Officer at Victrola for three years, guiding product innovation and brand growth. He currently serves on the advisory board of Audiopool, a new music tech startup focused on AI-generated music licensing and artist revenue models.
