Jul 2, 2009, 3:17am
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The vast gen admin floor of the Hollywood Palladium has never been one of my favorites; if you (like me) aren't vertically gifted and happen to get stuck behind some six-footer, the show's basically over. Sometimes, though, the music itself is so overwhelming that the visual becomes unimportant. Such was the case with the Explosions in the Sky concert on June 27th, with Eluvium and No Age as openers. As a firm believer in getting good placement when I have pit tickets, I always show up [...]
Now that we've gone over the gist of what traditional post-rock sounds like, I thought I'd delve into some other niche areas (some post-rock, others just tangentially related to the genre) for the next ten or so installments of this blog. The process of attempting to classify and categorize artists into neat little packets of information [...]
There are two ways you can listen to the music of Matthew Robert Cooper, the musician and composer otherwise known, for most of his career, as Eluvium: As mere background music or something much more stimulating. I'm here to advocate for the latter. "Miniature 33 is one of nine compositions that dot his first work under his own name, and Miniatures is wonderful record that came out to little fanfare at the end of last summer. Released exclusively on vinyl, it's the type of work that requires a thoughtful listen; it's a growing, absolutely gorgeous, and [...]
Entertainment For the Braindead è il nome d'arte della giovanissima artista folk tedesca Julia Kotowski. Le sue canzoni acustiche, delicate e fragili sono davvero emozionanti. Mi ricordano tanto le migliori cose di Tara Jane O'Neil e, per il sottoscritto, non potrebbe esserci complimento migliore. L'EP d'esordio di Entertainment For The Braindead (contenente 10 brani), intitolato "Hydrophobia", è disponibile gratuitamente in rete, grazie alla cooperazione di due netlabels, aaahh records and aerotone. Fatelo vostro cliccando qui . MP3 Entertainment For The Braindead - Colours MP3 [...]
Matthew Robert Cooper maintains the deep-seated ache that characterizes his music as Eluvium, offering an album of orchestral and electronic sketches drawn from a yet-to-be-completed symphony. read more
Matthew Robert Cooper Miniatures (08.2008, Gaarden Records) Verdict = Eluvium-lite I am a sucker for vinyl. Well, not a total sucker, but I definitely can't help but salivate at a nice 12" slab of wax. It's because of this that I am pretty elated about Matthew Robert Cooper, AKA-the man behind Eluvium, releasing this limited edition LP in advance of a 7 LP box that will contain all of his releases as Eluvium from Temporary Residence later this year It's all been pretty exciting news really. Besides, I am always pumped to hear anything new from Cooper and [...]
Matthew Robert Cooper - Miniature 1 Eluvium is one my absolute favorite minimal/ambient dudes. I try my hardest to hear everything he makes. And this new record is his first release under his real name, Matthew Robert Cooper , as opposed to a stage name/pseudonym like Eluvium, so obviously I had to have it. I just received it in the mail yesterday and have only been able to listen to it a few times. So [...]
Both Matthew Robert Cooper and Belong have new releases coming out very soon. Like, 3 weeks soon. Belong has their Same Places (Slow Version) one sided 12" for the Table Of The Elements Guitar Series (check out the Pitchfork article for more info). The opposite side of the record will have a laser-etched image from UK artist Savage Pencil . Right now, CD Universe is taking pre-orders for those who live in the US. So if you want one (and why wouldn't you) you should do so [...]
A proper album by Brian Eno and Philip Glass ranks near the top of my dream collaborations. The " Heroes" and Low symphonies don't count, nor does the live transcription of Music for Airports Glass wrote for the Bang on a Can All-Stars: I'm talking about original collaborative work, something like The Pearl with Glass as Harold Budd. As Eluvium , Matthew Robert Cooper seems to dream of this collaboration too, setting drones of Eno-caliber beatitude against piano and string themes of Glass-caliber austerity. But "Miniature 3" is [...]
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