Inventions

Inventions began in 2013 as a collaboration between Eluvium's Matthew Cooper and Mark T. Smith of instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. Different from the two artists' main acts, Inventions' releases, including 2015's Maze of Woods and 2020's Continuous Portrait, incorporate skipping beats and playful vocal samples along with atmospheric guitars and ambient textures. Cooper and Smith had long been friends and both had albums with their respective bands on the Temporary Residence Ltd. label when Inventions was conceived. Also notably, at the time of Inventions' fo...