BAT FUNK CREDITS: Ishan Cooper - Guitars, Squeals, Wobbles & Shakes, Programming & Additional Synth Danny Bedrosian - Synth, Keys & Piano Lige Curry – Bass Benzel Baltimore Cowan – Drums Greg Thomas – Saxophone Bennie Cowan - Trumpet Greg Boyer – Trombone Rodney ‘Skeet’ Curtis – Bass (9) Graeme Pogson - Drums (4 & 10) Pat Moevasa Sili – Bass (4) Gideon Priess – Keys (4) Angelo Moore – Vocals Kokane – Vocals Steve Boyd - Vocals Sueann Carwell - Vocals George ‘Dr Funkenstein’ Clinton - Spoken Word & Spiritual Guidance PRODUCED & CONCEIVED BY ISHAN COOPER Co-Produced by Richard Buxton Mixed by Pete Min Mastered by Brian 'BigBass' Gardner Artwork by Lepus Luna 3D Glasses by Bonethrower Special thanks: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Bozfonk Moosick, Bud E Boy Entertainment, Barrence Astro Dupree @ What Production Studio, Sean Gorman, David Cobb, Irwin Thomas, Troy MacCubbin, Guy Curtis, Mike Benson @ Raretone, Erik 'Mr E' Ramos, Stozo The Clown, Dave Ulbrick @ Ulbrick Sound, Andrew Farnham @ Independent Music, Shaun Klinger, David Koltai @ Pigtronix, Julie Robbins @ Earthquaker Devices, James Balson @ Pirates Press, Marie Lewis @ Bernie Grundman Mastering, Rocket Group, Chapel Tattoo, Arts Victoria. DEDICATED TO INALA & BUDDY © 2015 Ishan Cooper / Block Rockin Music Boom! Bap! Pow! Kablam! Melbourne guitarist, producer, songwriter and performance extraordinaire Ishan Cooper has arrived, delivering the freshest chunks of exciting and inventive modern funk. With a can-do attitude and kick-around aesthetic that equally recalls both golden-age funk and soul and 90’s hip hop, Ishan Cooper is an ever energetic, charismatic and typically restless artist. Currently riding the wave generated by his 2015 sophomore LP ‘Coop DeVille presents Bat Funk Crazy… in 3D!’, the record saw Cooper collaborate with long-term heroes, the legendary George Clinton and his famed Parliament Funkadelic. Other features include artists of such pedigree as Kokane (Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre), Steve Boyd (Five Special, Dramatics, PFunk) & Sueann Carwell (MPLS legend, Prince protégé, all-round session guru). Cooper was privileged with support from Arts Victoria in 2015, receiving a prestigious and highly competitive Career Development grant. A respected fixture in the Melbourne funk community, Cooper continues to work on studio sessions worldwide. Vocalised and co-written by the imminently recognizable Angelo Moore, front man for genre-mashing LA ska-funk-punk legends FISHBONE, Cooper’s latest cut is ‘Science of Pants’. This mighty funk groove banger is a sprawling psychedelic journey relating the storied history and extolling the virtues of pants (you heard me: PANTS). Inspired by a chance meeting with a no-pants subway ride in New York, it is bombastic, boisterous and B.I.G. The genius of this track goes beyond pure alliteration and into the realm of mind-bogglingly awesome. Melody-central. A juicy, irresistible ear worm that will follow you home from the club and hop straight into bed with you. The production is tight. Its interlude will throw you into a Summery funk coma. Ishan Cooper is absolutely one of the classiest artists focused on honing his craft in Australia right now. So hustle in and listen up!