Cloudspeakers

After 2007's Copia, it was hard to guess what Matthew Cooper was going to do next. That album saw Cooper marrying the rapturous fuzz of 2003's Lambent Material (his debut as Eluvium) to the pristin... Read more

Ambient artists aren’t typically noted for their brevity. When an artist is putting together a piece of music that one would call ambient, it’s usually an excuse to fill a CD to capacity, not wasti... Read more

Na een release onder zijn eigen naam brengt Matthew Cooper deze ‘Similes’, zijn zevende plaat in evenveel jaar tijd, opnieuw uit als Eluvium. Cooper houdt het graag bij kleinere releases van een z... Read more

Matthew Cooper, de man achter Eluvium, heeft na zeven jaar besloten het eens over een andere boeg te gooien. Na vier platen van glitch ambient met fragmentarische pianostukken in bedwelmende instru... Read more

Though they're nearly obscured by grand melodiesand motionless textures, Matthew Cooper's vocals have finally appeared on anEluvium recording. Cooper has used this pseudonym for years to issue hisi... Read more

You can't blame Matthew Cooper for wanting to try something different. Since 2003, he's been plugging away at an ambient style that is emotionally broad but conceptually narrow. There's only so muc... Read more

My knowledge of Eluvium is limited to say the least. Yet after hearing the simple yet stunning melody of ‘An Accidental Memory In Case of Death’, I was intrigued to broaden my Eluvium based tri... Read more

An oddly disjointed collection of pretty chord changes without an identity to give it life. Don’t call Similes a regression; it’s anything but that. Matthew Cooper (the man behind the Eluvium c... Read more

Ambient music suffered terribly at the hands of a late-90s boom in chill-out compilations, ostensibly assembled to bring one down after a night of hackneyed gesticulating to the sounds of the Galla... Read more

Eluvium, aka Matthew Cooper, makes beautiful music. There is no denying that fact. His interesting mix of electronic ambient tones combined with lush piano paints a great picture. However, as so... Read more