{"id":897,"date":"2010-06-03T09:24:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=897"},"modified":"2010-06-03T09:24:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T15:24:09","slug":"review-eluvium-similies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/06\/03\/review-eluvium-similies\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Eluvium &#8211; Similies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Eluvium Similies\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_KMf5uVBqt9w\/S2MwvySOcRI\/AAAAAAAAAaQ\/et0SwgOEiLQ\/s320\/1263416123eluvium-similes-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nIt\u2019s always a risky move when an ambient artist transitions from experimental soundscapes to the more familiar territories of pop music. Eluvium is the moniker of Matthew Cooper, whose work is influenced by neoclassical musicians like Erik Satie and Philip Glass, and, more recently, takes its cue from Brian Eno\u2019s work in the mid-\u201970s. <em>Similies<\/em> is Cooper\u2019s fifth full-length and first since his breakthrough 2007 album <em>Copia<\/em>, which was a wash of lush, airy textures and conflicting emotions. On this outing, fans of Eluvium are introduced to Cooper\u2019s unpolished baritone voice (think Ian Curtis), processed through a more traditional song structure. It all works surprisingly well, especially with lyrics that echo the mysteries of Cooper\u2019s dream-like compositions. On \u201cThe Motion Makes Me Last,\u201d Cooper sings, \u201cI am surprised\/ that shapes are for looking at\/ and their colours create my mood\/ I\u2019m a vessel between two places I\u2019ve never been.\u201d Cooper\u2019s work is still grounded in ambient sounds, but they\u2019ve never been as absorbing or as revelatory as they are here. (Temporary Residence Limited, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.temporaryresidence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.temporaryresidence.com<\/a>) <strong>Jonathan Dyck<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always a risky move when an ambient artist transitions from experimental soundscapes to the more familiar territories of pop music. Eluvium is the moniker of Matthew Cooper, whose work is influenced by neoclassical musicians like Erik Satie and Philip Glass, and, more recently, takes its cue from Brian Eno\u2019s work in the mid-\u201970s. Similies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-eluvium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}