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ELUVIUM - Copia
Temporary Residence
CD // £10.99
HOME LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT
Released: Dec 2007
Catalogue Number: TRR110CD

ELUVIUM - Copia, Temporary Residence

Back in stock! It seems fitting that Matthew Cooper's latest opus is being released in spring, as to my mind there couldn't be a better season to throw 'Copia' into the world. As the flowers poke through damp soil and layers of frost thaw from the rooftops, Cooper's post-ambient epics seem to mirror this time of change perfectly. It's been a while since his last full-length 'Talk Amongst the Trees' and in the two years since, he has developed his sound considerably. In the past Cooper seemed to order his recordings into two distinct genres, sometimes he would concentrate on wistful piano pieces, sometimes on Eno-esque guitar drones; with 'Copia' however the two worlds are joined and his leaning towards modern classical music is drawn deep into a haze of murky ambience. It somehow feels like Cooper's composition has finally reached the place it's been hinting at for so long, and his musical vision is slowly but surely being realised as he layers horns, piano, strings and woodwind parts over reverberating layers of effects. After a brief introductory track we get thrown into the album's most perfect and representational moment, the sprawling 'Indoor Swimming at the Space Station'. It seems appropriately titled somehow as this is a piece of music that represents weightlessness, whether submerged underwater or floating around a hazy science fiction dreamscape - Cooper's heartbreaking piano hook is looped over and over and the orchestrated parts of the track become gradually louder, building subtly and slowly throughout the track's duration. 'Copia' is a record which will no doubt be labelled as 'cinematic', and in many ways that description is more than fitting, Cooper has constructed the album like a beautiful film - with large segments drifting into smaller, bite-sized vignettes. The pieces seem to have a familiarity about them, using themes in such a way that they become lodged in your memory - you'll be walking around the city wondering what that stray melody was, where that theme had come from and then it will all become clear. When the album draws to a close on arguably Cooper's most successful track 'Repose in Blue' we go from distant, echoing strings into fireworks, bursting over what you can only hope is hills and clear lakes... and there couldn't be a more appropriate finale for this beautiful record. Stunning.

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