Lambent Material

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Lambent Material
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 6, 2003
Genre Ambient
Length35:51
Label Temporary Residence
Eluvium chronology
Lambent Material
(2003)
An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cokemachineglow87% [2]
Pitchfork Media 6.2/10 [3]

Lambent Material is the first album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. Emily Wahl plays clarinet on "There Wasn't Anything". All other instruments on the album played by Cooper.

Track listing

  1. "The Unfinished" - 4:38
  2. "Under the Water It Glowed" - 5:09
  3. "There Wasn't Anything" - 4:40
  4. "Zerthis Was a Shivering Human Image" - 15:35
  5. "I Am So Much More Me That You Are Perfectly You" - 5:49

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References

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  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061026200219/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/eluvium_lambent2003.html. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2007.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Eluvium: Lambent Material: Pitchfork Record Review". Archived from the original on February 27, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2007.