Biography

Introduction

Eluvium is the moniker of ambient recording artist Matthew Cooper, who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Cooper, who was born in Tennessee and raised in Louisville, Kentucky before relocating to the Northwest, is known for blending various genres of experimental music including shoegaze, electronic, minimalist and piano. His albums often feature artwork and photographs by Jeannie Paske.

Eluvium is currently signed to record label Temporary Residence Limited.

Matthew Robert Cooper and Miniatures

In April 2008 it was announced that Cooper would release a "solo album" under the name Matthew Robert Cooper. Writing on the Temporary Residence message boards Cooper explained the change "this is not far from something "eluvium" would release--but since i began writing them--i felt that they where somehow disconnected from eluvium-- perhaps a different personality took shape -- thus, the use of a different name - this work is very dear to me."

Miniatures is slated for a Summer 2008 limited vinyl release on the fledgling Portland label, Gaarden Records. The album will be limited to 2,000 copies with the first 1,000 on colored vinyl.

Other projects: Window Exchange, Concert Silence, "Some Days Are Better Than Others"

Cooper has also teamed up with Charles Buckingham, with whom he has worked on the ambient video project titled Window Exchange, to produce the "unedited improvised basement minidisc recordings" of 'Concert Silence'. In the Fall of 2007, Concert Silence made 09.22.07 [2-3pm], a 51-minute, six part instrumental piece, available for free download at concertsilence.net.

Rumors suggest Mr. Cooper is to score fellow Portlander Matt McCormick's feature film premier "Some Days Are Better Than Others".

Discography

Eluvium

Albums

Singles, EPs and splits

Compilation albums

Indecipherable Text (2007, Sensory Projects, Australia)

Australian release combines 'Lambent Material' and 'Talk Amongst the Trees' and includes three additional tracks.

Life Through Bombardment (2008, Temporary Residence Limited)

Vinyl box set of full discography with Cooper's signature, poster, and artwork

Appears on

pacific UV - Pacific UV EP (2006, WARM Records) (song: "L.A.P.D. vs N.Y.P.D. (Eluvium Remix)")
Queer as Folk Season 5 Episode 9 end credits "Genius and the Thieves"
Various Artists - Thankful (2005, Temporary Residence Limited) (song: "Carousel")
Various Artists - Tempset - (Re)Mix Tape (2006, Temporary Residence Limited) (Eluvium appears on four tracks of a mash-up remix CD made for Temporary Residence Limited's 10th Anniversary Festival, September 2006)
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007, Temporary Residence Limited) (song: "So Long, Lonesome (Eluvium Mix)" (Matthew Cooper's mix of the album track appears on its bonus CD)
Various Artists - Props Summer 2004 BMX Scene Report
Various Artists - Destroy Independent Music! (2007, Temporary Residence Limited) (song: "Prelude to Time Feelers")
Britney Spears - DVD: For the Record (2008), Fremantle Media Enterprises (song: "Taken")