HAPPENSTANCE by Shane Cooper

We're extremely proud to present HAPPENSTANCE, a sprawling jazz-concrète project produced by Johannesburg composer and double bass player Shane Cooper. Approached in 2020 by interdisciplinary arts space The Centre For The Less Good Idea to create audio work, Cooper drew on his network in the thriving South African jazz scene, bringing in Bokani Dyer (piano), Cara Stacey (bows), Daliwonga Tshangela (cello), Gontse Makhene (percussion), Jonno Sweetman (percussion) and Micca Manganye (percussion).

Two days of free-flowing composition, improvisation and investigative recording followed, with the results captured on a vintage reel-to-reel tape machine. This tape was fractured and reassembled by Cooper, bringing into surreal focus tiny ecosystems of sound, like curls of static clasped from the air and brought under the magnifying glass. The results - two long, standalone pieces - are dizzying, weightless; musique concrète melding with jazz-schooled virtuosity in a dubbed out bricolage of interludes and u-turns.

Recommended for fans of Abdullah Ibrahim, Tony Allen, Floating Points and Daphne Oram.

Digital download contains whole LP side edits, as well as individual track downloads (radio edits).

https://www.newframe.com/happenstance-shane-coopers-sonic-adventures/

Shane Cooper is a South African bassist, guitarist, composer and producer. Based in Johannesburg,
he is one of the artists pushing the sound of South African music forward. Checkout his sextet MABUTA, here https://mabuta.bandcamp.com/. .. Shane has also worked with artists like Thandi Ntuli, Bokani Dyer, Kyle Shepherd, Shabaka, Makaya McCraven, and more.
More info:
www.shanecoopermusic.com

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