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Leaves Eclipse the Light | Eluvium | 5:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Motion Makes Me Last | Eluvium | 5:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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In Culmination | Eluvium | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Weird Creatures | Eluvium | 4:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nightmare 5 | Eluvium | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Making Up Minds | Eluvium | 6:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bending Dream | Eluvium | 2:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cease to Know | Eluvium | 11:16 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - Similes | Eluvium | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Items |
iTunes Review
So it’s a little strange hearing Eluvium sing at first. Not because Matthew Cooper can’t carry a tune; it's because he’s spent so many years sculpting icy instrumental pieces. While that ambient Eno angle is still in place on Similes, Cooper’s hushed melodies unfold like hazy storm clouds that never quite crack open. Moody but never menacing, these are songs you fall asleep to, from the spiraling piano progressions of “In Culmination” to the soothing drone tones of “Bending Dream” and “Nightmare 5.” And then there’s “Cease to Know,” an 11-minute closer that’s frozen in time and a fitting foil to the forest-clearing slowcore of “Leaves Eclipse the Light.” Listen long enough, and you might just float away along with its flickering chords.
Customer Reviews
The vocals...
...completely distract and detract from the beauty of the music. Listen to the other Eluvium albums for comparison. Those are sublime ambient works.
evolutium...
this much is obvious; mr. cooper knows what the hell he is doing. it's that simple. the decision to stray from purely instrumental tunes proves a good one. if the results were anything less than great, i'm sure they would have been omitted. it's obvious that the man has something very valid to offer with his physical voice both poetically and tonally. naesayers c'mon. if you enjoy an artist's work, don't put them in a creative box. after a couple listens, this is my best-so-far for 2010. the blending of elements and vibes is meticulous, tasteful, and to my ear, hooky. great job matthew.
Apples and Oranges
In response to the review below mine: for non-ambient aficionados/purists (i.e. the vast majority of people), the *lack* of vocals in Eluvium's other work probably distracts them from its beauty, but as understandable as such a reaction would be, if one of them were to criticize it on those grounds, said purists would consider such criticism to be totally off base - and rightfully so, for the latter ultimately results from wrongfully comparing the work in question to something it should not be compared to (traditional music with vocals), rather than taking it on its own terms. Well, the same applies to this album: listen to it for what it is; don't (mis)judge it for failing to meet a standard to which it doesn't even aspire to in the first place ("pure" ambient); or, in other words, don't compare apples to oranges. The purists who are decrying this album for its vocals are like someone who typically eats apples trying an orange and declaring: "the citrus flavor totally ruins this thing!" No, one would say to such a person - either accept the new (to you) fruit for being a new fruit and eat it accordingly, or just don't eat it at all . . .
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Eluvium
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Radio Ballet | Copia | 3:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Perfect Neglect In a Field of Statues | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 5:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 4:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Genius and the Thieves | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 2:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Prelude for Time Feelers | Copia | 5:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Well-Meaning Professor | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 7:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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In a Sense | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 1:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nepenthe | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 3:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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An Accidental Memory | An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death | 1:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Repose In Blue | Copia | 9:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Electronic, Jazz, Big Band, Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Feb 23, 2010
- ℗ 2010 Temporary Residence Ltd.
