Mike Cooper & Andrew Tuttle

One Volt per One Ampere

DRM4185

December 24, 2023

Digital

A note from Andrew Tuttle

After both Mike Cooper and I had separately performed at Lawrence English and Brisbane Powerhouse’s OHM Festival in early 2023, Mike graciously accepted my invitation to spend an afternoon recording together. I’ve been a fan of Mike’s for years and we’ve been in the same orbits for quite some time, so it was a thrill to spend time making music.

In the spirit of improvisation – and at least partially due to instruments accidentally being left behind – we decided to utilise instruments in the studio where we recorded as our source material. After a bit of back and forth, both of us ended up playing electric guitars in standard E tuning – something which I don’t think either of us had done in quite some time.

One Volt per One Ampere, a title directly inspired by OHM, is the result of three lengthy improvisations in the one tuning, each sequentially edited down to create one fluid piece. Whilst there’s moments where either of our parts are identifiable to those who may know either of our discographies, throughout One Volt per One Ampere I think that the electric-on-electric sound shines through.

credits

Credits: Mike Cooper, Andrew Tuttle: electric guitar, electronics.
Recorded at The Plutonium, April 2023. Engineered by Jordan Bain. 
Edited by Andrew Tuttle
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space