Max Cooper is using AI to push the frontiers of creativity and communication

The Drum Magazine speaks to the London-based music producer

06 Jun 2023

"Most of my music is written with visuals, so the visual ideas often come first. When you hear the music on its own, without the visual context, then you’re sometimes missing a big part. The most productive way to blend those two elements is when the visual structure lends itself to some sort of musical structure. That’s what I look for: Some sort of production technique that I can apply which links the two aesthetics together"

The first thing one notices about Max Cooper’s music is the complexity. Intricate layers of sound intermingle, forming a dense audio latticework of stunning depth. The music has an unpredictable, almost hallucinatory quality – one moment it’s calm and composed, like an astronaut gently floating in space, the next it’s careening and chaotic, like said astronaut’s spaceship spiraling out of control.

AI, which is fundamentally a pattern-detection technology, therefore holds special appeal for Cooper.

In an interview with The Drum, he describes how his latest work — including his most recent album, Unspoken Words — has been shaped by the use of AI, which has been catapulted into mainstream consciousness largely since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022.

He also discusses his hopes and concerns about where this technology is leading humanity.

Read the full interview

 

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