Veteran soundscapist Mike Cooper here continues his aural exploration of the Pacific.
Marking his 50th anniversary as a recording artist, Cooper combines his inimitable lap steel playing with field recordings and adapted regional music to create a disorienting sonic bathysphere. From the discombobulated echoes of On Passing Bamboo and the warped island sway of A House In Bali to the wildlife sounds behind bent sine waves on Summer Without Waves and the documentary-esque muffled production of terse sawing oscillations on closer, Complicated Sky, Fratello Mare remains a resolutely mystifying yet perpetually playful excursion in experimental discourse.
