Martin Cooper (born 1 October 1958) is an English painter and a musician. He is the secondary keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, whom he first joined in 1980.
Martin Cooper
Cooper performing with OMD in 2018
Background information
Born
(1958-10-01) 1 October 1958 (age 65) Liverpool, England
Besides playing in OMD, Cooper and Hughes wrote film scores for C.H.U.D. and Knights and Armour amongst others. After OMD split in 1989, Cooper formed The Listening Pool with ex-OMD members Paul Humphreys and Malcolm Holmes. They also founded their own record label, Telegraph Records. The Listening Pool released one album Still Life, which had one of Cooper's paintings as the album cover. The band broke up in 1996.
In 2007, Cooper rejoined OMD and continues to record and tour with them to this day.
Painting careeredit
Cooper studied art at the Laird School of Art in Birkenhead. He obtained a first class honours degree in Fine Arts at the Sheffield College of Art in 1980. During his hiatus from OMD, Cooper devoted most of his time to painting. Many of his works are still life pictures.
Personal lifeedit
Cooper is married to Alexandra Bibby, a classicalpianist, and they have two sons, Gabriel and Arthur.
Referencesedit
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas "Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark" in Bogdanov, Vladimir etal (eds.) (2001) All Music Guide to Electronica, Backbeat UK, ISBN978-0879306281, p. 375
External linksedit
Official website
April 11, 2024
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