Mike Cooper + Dead Hedge Trio - Bluecoat

Deep Hedonia presents Mike Cooper Thu, 06 Oct 2016 7.00 PM - 9.30 PM The Bluecoat, Liverpool £7 advance, £10 OTD TIckets here http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/events/3514 Deep Hedonia is proud to bring underground blues singer and ambient exotica pioneer Mike Cooper. For the past 40 years Mike Cooper has been an international musical explorer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. Initially a folk-blues guitarist and singer songwriter his work has diversified to include improvised and electronic music, live music for silent films, radio art and sound installations. He is also a music journalist, writing features for magazines, particularly on Pacific music and musicians, a visual artist, film and video maker, collector of Hawaiian shirts and appears on more than 60 records to date. Support comes from Liverpool alt.jazz stalwarts Dead Hedge Trio, melding together a wide range of styles to create an emphatic cacophony. The trio have been central to the recent developments of Liverpool's experimental jazz scene, with each member part of various outfits in the city and hosting a popular residency at the Kazimier Gardens. Recently Dead Hedge Trio contributed to restrelaxrecords' series 'In Response To... Francis Bacon', entitled "Merz Triptych", which was performed at Tate Liverpool as part of the closing event of the artists' exhibition.