THE NEW YET FAMILIAR WORLD OF MARTIN EDEN
Monday, 15 October 2012 00:00
 

Both under the guise of Eluvium and in his own name Portland experimental multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Cooper has been putting out his unique take on sound and music since 2003. With his new incarnation, Martin Eden, named after the individualist working class intellectual protagonist from the 1909 Jack London novel of the same name, Cooper has moved away from the traditional and classical underpinnings that characterised much of Eluvium's ambient direction. Martin Eden retains that direction but employs more atmospheric electronic elements, loops and fades and off rhythmic beats. Two release have surfaced recently. The first in the form of a self titled single that was released last month for the Lefse singles series. The second, an EP titled Dedicate Function saw the light of day last week. Overall, both pack an impressive warmth while retaining an otherworldly feel. Check out 'Mother' from the single and the standout track and first single from the EP, 'Verions' below. You can grab both the single and the EP here and here respectively.

 

Tracklist - Martin Eden 7"

1. Worker
2. Mothernails (for daren .1)

 

Tracklist - Dedicate Function EP

1. Vlad
2. Short Cut
3. Verions
4. Plantes
4. Etc_etc
5. Hum
6. Return Life

 

Mother

Martin Eden (USA)
From the single, 'Martin Eden', Lefse.

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Verions

Martin Eden (USA)
From the EP, 'Dedicate Function', Lefse.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

May 14, 2013

JAMES BLAKE (ENG)

Overgrown

Polydor/Universal Republic

James Blake Official Site

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1. Overgrown
2. I Am Sold
3. Life Around Here
4. Take A Fall For Me
5. Retrograde
6. DLM
7. Digital Lion
8. Voyeur
9. To The Last
10. Our Love Comes Back

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May 7, 2013

THE KNIFE (SWE)

Shaking The Habitual

Rabid Records

The Knife Official Site

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1. A Tooth For An Eye
2. Full Of Fire
3. A Cherry On Top
4. Without You My Life Would Be Boring
5. Wrap Your Arms Around Me
6. Crake
7. Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realised
8. Raging Lung
9. Networking
10. Oryx
11. Stay Out Here
12. Fracking Fluid Injection
13. Ready To Lose

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April 30, 2013

KURT VILE (USA)

Wakin' On A Pretty Daze

Matador

Kurt Vile Official Site

Buy here

1. Wakin' On A Pretty Day (mp3)
2. KV Crimes
3. Was All Talk
4. Girl Called Alex
5. Never Run Away (mp3)
6. Pure Pain
7. Too Hard
8. Shame Chamber
9. Snowflakes Are Dancing
10. Air Bud
11. Goldtone

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April 23, 2013

SALLY SHAPIRO (SWE)

Somewhere Else

Paper Bag

Sally Shapiro Official Site

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1. Prescript
2. I Dream With An Angel Tonight
3. All My Life
4. This City's Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me
5. What Can I Do
6. If It Doesn't Rain
7. Starman (feat. Electric Youth)
8. Lives Together
9. Sundown
10. Don't Be Afraid (feat. Anoraak)
11. Architectured Love (feat. Le Prix)
12. Postscript
*NOTE: Vinyl tracklisting

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April 16, 2013

PHOSPHORESCENT (USA)

Muchacho

Dead Oceans

Phosphorescent Official Site

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1. Sun, Arise! (An Invocation, An Introduction)
2. Song For Zula
3. Ride On/Right On
4. Terror In The Canyons (The Wounded Master)
5. A Charm/A Blade
6. Muchacho's Tune
7. A New Anhedonia
8. The Quotidian Beasts
9. Down To Go
10. Sun's Arising (A Koan, An Exit)

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April 9, 2013

YOUTH LAGOON (USA)

Wondrous Bughouse

Fat Possum

Youth Lagoon Facebook

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1. Through Mind And Back
2. Mute
3. Attic Doctor
4. The Bath
5. Pelican Man
6. Dropla
7. Sleep Paralysis
8. Third Dystopia
9. Raspberry Cane
10. Daisyphobia

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April 2, 2013

AUTRE NE VEUT (USA)

Anxiety

Mexican Summer / Software

Autre Ne Veut Facebook

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1. Play By Play
2. Counting
3. Promises
4. Ego Free Sex Free
5. A Lie
6. Warning
7. Gonna Die
8. Don't Ever Look Back
9. I Wann Dance With Somebody
10. World War

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March 26, 2013

DOLDRUMS (CAN)

Lesser Evil

Arbutus

Doldrums Official Site

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1. Intro
2. Anomaly
3. She Is The Wave (feat. Guy Dallas)
4. Sunrise
5. Egypt
6. Holographic Sandcastles
7. Singularity Acid Face
8. Live Forever
9. Golden Calf
10. Lost In Everyone
11. Painted Black

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March 19, 2013

BEACH FOSSILS (USA)

Clash The Truth

Captured Tracks

Beach Fossils Facebook

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1. Clash The Truth
2. Generational Synthetic
3. Sleep Apnea
4. Careless
5. Modern Holiday
6. Taking Off
7. Shallow
8. Burn You Down
9. Birthday
10. In Vertigo (feat. Kazu Makino)
11. Brighter
12. Caustic Cross
13. Ascension
14. Crashed Out

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March 12, 2013

MY BLOODY VALENTINE (IRE)

mbv

Self Released

My Bloody Valentine Official Site

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1. She Found Now
2. Only Tomorrow
3. Who Sees You
4. Is This And Yes
5. If I Am
6. New You
7. In Another Way
8. Nothing Is
9. Wonder 2

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March 5, 2013

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (AUS)

Push The Sky Away

Self Released

Nick Cave Official Site

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1. We No Who U Are
2. Wide Lovely Eyes
3. Water's Edge
4. Jubilee Street
5. Mermaids
6. We Real Cool
7. Finishing Jubilee Street
8. Higgs Boson Blues
9. Push The Sky Away

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February 26, 2013

DUCKTAILS (USA)

The Flower Lane

Domino

Ducktails Facebook

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1. Ivy Covered House
2. The Flower Lane
3. Under Cover
4. Timothy Shy
5. Planet Phrom
6. Assistant Director
7. Sedan Magic
8. International Date Line
9. Letter Of Intent
10. Academy Avenue
 

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February 19, 2013

INDIANS (DEN)

Somewhere Else

4AD

Indians Facebook

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1. New
2. Bird
3. I Am Haunted
4. Magic Kids
5. Lips Lips Lips
6. Reality, Sublime
7. Cakelakers
8. La Femme
9. Melt
10. Somewhere Else

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February 12, 2013

SUPERSTAR (AUS)

A Toast To...

Bedroom Suck

Superstar Official Site

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1. Fine Wine
2. Pastoral Urge
3. Deep Heat
4. Low Glow
5. Soft Urge

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February 5, 2013

OLOF ARNALDS (ICE)

Sudden Elevation

One Little Indian

Ólöf Arnalds Facebook

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1. German Fields
2. Bright And Still
3. Return Again
4. Treat Her Kindly
5. Call It What You Want
6. A Little Grim
7. Fear Less
8. Numbers And Names
9. Sudden Elevation
10. The Joke
11. Onwards And Upwards
12. Perfect

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TOP 30 PLAYER

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THE TOP TEN

1. Overgrown
James Blake (ENG)
2. Heartbreaks + Setbacks
Thundercat (USA)
3. Mute
Youth Lagoon (USA)
4. Shut Up
Savages (USA)
5. Never Run Away
Kurt Vile (USA)
6. The Painter
Brittsommar (USA/SWE)
7. If It Doesn't Rain
Sally Shapiro (SWE)
8. Pathos Y Lagrimas
Mood Rings (USA)
9. Echeance
Police Des Moeurs (CAN)
10. Tonight We Fall
ADULT. (USA)

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ON THE TURNTABLE

James Blake (ENG) - Overgrown (Polydor/Universal Republic)
The Knife (SWE) - Shaking The Habitual (Rabid)
Kurt Vile (USA) - Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador)
Deerhunter (USA) - Monomania (4AD)
The Flaming Lips (USA) - The Terror (Warner)
Savages (ENG) - Silence Yourself (Matador)
Vampire Weekend (USA) - Modern Vampires Of The City
ADULT. (USA) - The Way Things Fall (Ghostly International)
Kisses (USA) - Kids In LA (Cascine)
Small Black (USA) - Limits Of Desire (Jagjaguwar)
Dirty Beaches (USA) - Drifters/Love Is The Devil - Zoo Music
Saturday Looks Good To Me (USA) - One Kiss Ends It All (Polyvinyl)

 

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END OF YEAR LISTS

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TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2012
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2012 RECORD REVIEWS

15th December
STUMBLEINE (ENG)
Spiderwebbed (Monotreme)
5th December
TAME IMPALA (AUS)
Lonerism (Modular)
4th December
FLYING LOTUS (USA)
Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)
27th November
BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE (USA)
Wink With Both Eyes (Night People)
26th November
WOODS (USA)
Bend Beyond (Woodsist)
24th November
POP SINGLES (AUS)
All Gone (Vacant Valley)
9th November
GRIZZLY BEAR (USA)
Shields (Warp
27th October
THE XX (ENG)
Coexist (Young Turks)
17th October
CAT POWER (USA)
Sun (Matador)
13th October
THE FRESH & ONLYS (USA)
Long Slow Dance (Mexican Summer)
7th October
MATTHEW DEAR (USA)
Beams (Ghostly)
6th October
TEENGIRL FANTASY (USA)
Tracer (True Panther/R&S))
3rd October
HOLY OTHER (ENG)
Held (Tri-Angle)
28th September
TEEN DAZE (CAN)
All Of Us, Together (Lefse)
24th September
WILD NOTHING (USA)
Nocturne (Captured Tracks)
14th September
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI (USA)
Mature Themes (Warp)
11th September
TWIN SHADOW (USA)
Confess (Warp)
8th September
DIIV (USA)
Oshin (Captured Tracks)
1st September
ETERNAL SUMMERS (USA)
Correct Behavior (Kanine)
29th August
PURITY RING (CAN)
Shrines (4AD)
18th August
THE WALKMEN (USA)
Heaven (Fat Possum
)
16th August
DIRTY PROJECTORS (USA)
Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)
6th August
PEAKING LIGHTS (USA)
Lucifer (Mexican Summer)
22nd July
BEACH HOUSE (USA)
Bloom (Sub Pop)
14th July
TOPS (CAN)
Tender Opposites (Arbutus/Atelier Ciseaux)
8th July
DEAD MELLOTRON (USA)
Glitter (Sonic Cathedral)
4th July
PS I LOVE YOU (CAN)
Death Dreams (Paper Bag)
25th June
FATHER JOHN MISTY (USA)
Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
16th June
AMANDA MAIR (SWE)
Amanda Mair (Labrador)
12th June
LOTUS PLAZA (USA)
Spooky Action At A Distance (Kranky)
2nd June
PHÈDRE (CAN)
Phèdre (Daps Records)
25th May
CHROMATICS (USA)
Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)
10th May
CATS ON FIRE (FIN)
All Blackshirts To Me (Soliti)
25th April
BROTHERTIGER (USA)
Golden Years (Mush)
21st April
PINKUNOIZU (DEN)
Free Time (Full Time Hobby)
10th April
BOWERBIRDS (USA)
The Clearing (Dead Oceans)
8th April
GRIMES (CAN)
Visions (Arbutus)
24th March
LAMBCHOP (USA)
Mr. M (Merge)
22nd March
FIRST AID KIT (SWE)
The Lion's Roar (Witchita)
4th March
BOY FRIEND (USA)
Egyptian Wrinkle (Hell Yes!)
14th February
JOHN TALABOT (ESP)
fIN (Permanent Vacation)
4th February
BURNING HEARTS (FIN)
Extinctions (Solina)

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