A master in ambient chamber music, Matthew Cooper is a mainstay on this blog. His 2003 debut Lambent Material was one of my favourite records of last decade and since that first effort, Cooper has enveloped his sound to include choirs, organs, claps of thunder, drones and bells and a fully realised sound.
False Readings On is like an entry into a strong back- catalogue that adds more swells, greater sonic trialling - not Eluvium's best album to fall asleep to - and his greatest indication yet that he might be heading towards symphonic proportions.
I've mentioned quite a bit this year the importance of naming, and here Eluvium sounds like an element. As this element becomes more familiar and associated with sleepy-time, it has a placebo effect of dream-waves, especially on flights. The most soothing thing on the list by far this year; it's the sound of the angels calling.
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