Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Records of 2010 - 50. Eluvium - Similes


50. Eluvium - Similes

I've been following the music of Matthew Cooper for a few years now. He's cool. He began with 'Lambent Material' in 2003, an excellent ambient album that incorporates warm washes of sound that puts the listener in a little envelope and posts them to heaven. 2005 brought 'Talk Amongst The Trees' that was a lot more droney, empty and sci-fi. In 2007, Cooper got all new-age with the piano and organ led 'Copia.' And so, all of his work before 'Similes' was without vocals. Now that changes, as he sounds like a bedroom artist more than ever before. This time he has percussion. This time he has choruses. But once again, he has another new, spellbinding development.

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