Leaves Eclipse the Light is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 from Portland, OR ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium, following the release of the "artistically daring and critically acclaimed" album Similes

Similes (album)

Similes is the fifth album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. The album features Cooper's first vocal performances and percussion, and is the first album to have a verse-chorus form in some of its tracks...

. The album features the first track from the aforementioned album, a new 11-minute unreleased ambient track à la Talk Amongst the Trees

Talk Amongst the Trees

Talk Amongst the Trees is the third album from Portland, Oregon ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. The album is characterised by evocative ambient guitar work and features liberal use of loop/hold pedals to create lush/abstract guitar textures...

, the remix

Remix

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 of "The Motion Makes Me Last" by electronic

Electronic music

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/dance

Dance music

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 musician Four Tet which was featured on the BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 2-hour-long Four Tet Essential Mix

Essential Mix

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 and finally the video of "The Motion Makes Me Last" directed by artist and filmmaker Matt McCormick

Matt McCormick

Matt McCormick is a Portland, Oregon based artist and filmmaker. He is an award winning filmmaker and noted video installation artist, his work extends documentary and experimental filmmaking, focusing on the sublime decay of contemporary culture and the landscape both urban and rural.Matt...

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Leaves Eclipse the Light is the first installment in a series of 2 EPs. The second one is The Motion Makes Me Last

The Motion Makes Me Last

The Motion Makes Me Last is an EP from Portland, OR ambient musician Matthew Cooper, under the name Eluvium. This EP is a follow-up to the Leaves Eclipse the Light EP released a few months earlier....

, also presenting and named after a song on Similes and featuring a remix of a song from that album.

Track listing

1. "Leaves Eclipse the Light" – 5:39
2. "A Life in Tides Less Current" – 10:41
3. "The Motion Makes Me Last (Four Tet Remix)" – 7:49