Modern Nature
A meandering blend of bucolic folk, experimental jazz, and psych-tinged indie rock, Modern Nature is a project led by British musician Jack Cooper. They made a strong critical impression with their 2019 debut How to Live, which introduced the amorphous musical style that has become their calling card. The group made an even bigger statement with 2021's double album Island of Noise. Its nature-driven themes and hypnotic mix of improvisation and structured composition were further expanded on their third record, 2023's No Fixed Point in Space.
After the 2018 breakup of Cooper's former band, the acclaimed indie rock outfit Ultimate Painting, he began working with Will Young (Beak, Moon Gangs) on a new venture that took cues from the classic British folk of Bert Jansch and the exploratory jazz of Alice Coltrane, and fused it with elements of the indie rock from which they came. Enlisting cellist Rupert Gillett, drummer Aaron Neveu (Woods), and saxophonist Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers) to complete their ensemble, the two set about recording their debut release. Signing with Bella Union, Modern Nature issued their four-song debut EP, Nature, in March 2019. It was followed five months later by their first full-length, How to Live. Having quickly established themselves as a critical favorite, Cooper and the band, this time minus Young, returned to the studio in December to record a pastoral song cycle based around a series of seasonal journal entries Cooper had made. The resulting mini-album, Annual, was released in June 2020.
Cooper's creative ambitions continued to grow with Modern Nature's elaborate second full-length, Island of Noise. Released in 2021 as a double album, the collection featured a fully arranged album (Island of Noise) along with an instrumental re-imagining (Island of Silence), accompanied by a film and deluxe booklet that contained work from such varied contributors as biologist Merlin Sheldrake and musician Eugene Chadbourne. Deeply rooted in the natural world, its lyrical themes and abstract tonality were further developed on Modern Nature's next project. No Fixed Point in Space, released in September 2023, was another highly collaborative album that purposefully sought to avoid the more common devices used while translating an idea to a musical instrument. Cooper's idea for the album was to create something loose, abstract, and nature-derived while still remaining song-based. Among its guests are members of avant-garde group Apartment House and U.K. icon Julie Tippetts (aka Julie Driscoll).
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Discografia
20 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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No Fixed Point In Space
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 29 set 2023
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Island of Noise
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 28 gen 2022
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How To Live
Musica elettronica/concreta - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 23 ago 2019
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Annual
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 5 giu 2020
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Murmuration
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 27 giu 2023
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Supernature
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 12 feb 2019
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Cascade
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 17 ago 2023
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Nature
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 22 mar 2019
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Footsteps
Musica elettronica/concreta - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 1 lug 2019
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Reality Takes a Holiday
Rock - Pubblicato da Two Marksongs il 1 mag 2020
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Everything's Alright
Rock - Pubblicato da Two Marksongs il 15 mar 2021
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Meet Modern Nature
Rock - Pubblicato da Two Marksongs, L.P. il 6 apr 2013
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Performance
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 6 gen 2022
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Flourish
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 13 mar 2020
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Harvest
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 20 apr 2020
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When I Come Home
Rock - Pubblicato da Two Marksongs il 11 lug 2018
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What Color
Rock - Pubblicato da Two Marksongs, Lp il 31 ott 2014
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Séance
Musica elettronica/concreta - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 5 ago 2019
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Peradam
Musica elettronica/concreta - Pubblicato da Bella Union il 15 mag 2019
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