Showing All "Eluvium" Posts
May 6th 2 Comments
Portland ambient music baron Matthew Cooper has been recording as Eluvium for a decade, though when we last heard from him, he was flirting with the sound of his own voice on 2010's Similes. Cooper's… Read Story »
Apr 30th 1 Comment
35 years ago Brian Eno wrote the famous rule that ambient music must be "as ignorable as it is interesting" on the back of his massively influential Ambient 1: Music For Airports -- of course by the… Read Story »
Apr 30th 4 Comments
After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,… Read Story »
Apr 10th 2 Comments
Eluvium's forthcoming double-disc sprawl Nightmare Ending is full of achingly emotive acoustic ambient music, and we've already posted his tracks "Don't Get Any Closer" and "Envenom Mettle." The… Read Story »
Mar 5th 2 Comments
The Pacific Northwestern ambient-music enigma, who's been recording as Eluvium for long enough to earn veteran status, is getting set to release Nightmare Ending, the massive new double-disc album… Read Story »
Feb 19th 2 Comments
It's hard to believe that this spring it will have been 10 years since we were introduced to the achingly beautiful music of Matthew Cooper through the ambient classic Lambent Material, his debut as… Read Story »
Feb 18th, 2010 2 Comments
We've sampled a few gorgeous bits from Eluvium's latest dash of hypnotic headphone candy, now you can hear the entire collection through the weekend over at NPR. Read Story »
Feb 10th, 2010 4 Comments
With "The Motion Makes Me Last" and "Leaves Eclipse The Light," Portland's resident ambient master Matthew Cooper has given two fine, refined previews from the first LP to feature his voice, Similes.… Read Story »
Jan 6th, 2010 3 Comments
First, download "The Motion Makes Me Last," the spacious, coruscating lead track from Matthew Cooper aka Eluvium's forthcoming fifth full-length Similes. It's great. As mentioned then, the ambient… Read Story »
Dec 3rd, 2009 5 Comments
Portland's ambient dramatist Matthew Cooper aka Eluvium has gradually refined and expanded his palette over four albums, his meditative pieces pivoting on fixed loops, pianos, guitars, sometimes in… Read Story »
