Travels in Constants Vol. 20 is Matthew Cooper's contribution to the mail order only Travels in Constants

Travels in Constants

Travels in Constants is a limited edition collection of 23 EPs issued by American record label Temporary Residence Limited. The label issued one CD from each artist involved in the project, which ran from 1999 until 2007...

 series from label Temporary Residence Limited. Other artists in the series include By Water, Bonnevill, Tarentel

Tarentel (band)

Tarentel is a band based in San Francisco, California, which formed in 1995. Initially, the band consisted of Danny Grody and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma...

, Drona Parva, Papa M, Sonna

Sonna

Sonna is a post-rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. The band formed in 1998, and have released two full length albums on label Temporary Residence, of which guitarist deVine is the owner.-Studio albums:...

, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Will Oldham

Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

, Paul Newman

Paul Newman (band)

Paul Newman is an Austin based post rock/math rock band. Their music is largely instrumental, creating vast soundscapes with occasional interjections of both subtle and intense vocals.- Members :* Paul A...

, Low

Low (band)

Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker , both founding members, and Steve Garrington ....

, Cerberus Shoal

Cerberus Shoal

Cerberus Shoal was a United States rock band formed in 1994 in Boston but largely based in Portland, Maine. They split up in the mid-2000s with some members going on to form Fire on Fire.-History:...

, Rumah Sakit

Rumah Sakit

Rumah Sakit was an instrumental rock band from San Francisco, California. The group was signed to Temporary Residence Limited. "Rumah sakit" means "hospital" in Indonesian .- Discography :* Rumah Sakit...

, Mogwai

Mogwai

The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...

, Appendix Out, Songs:Ohia, Sybarite

Sybarite (musician)

Sybarite is the solo project of musician Xian Hawkins, who played with the Silver Apples for a number of years in the 1990s. Sybarite produces abstract midtempo electronica, but also contains elements of jazz and classical music...

, At Right Angles, Kilowatthours

Kilowatthours

Kilowatthours was a band formed in 1998 in Louisville, Kentucky by Ben Lord and Chris Renn. The lineup was filled out with the addition of Dan Benningfield and Ryan Compton shortly thereafter. Compton left the band in 2001, Benningfield in 2002. Dan Hewins joined the band in 2002; Doug Keith and...

, Colophon, The Drift

The Drift (band)

The Drift is a post rock band from San Francisco, California.The Drift was founded in 2002 as a side project by Danny Grody, of Tarentel, and Trevor Montgomery, of Lazarus. Montgomery left the group in 2004 and Grody recruited several new members for a full band, with several releases following in...

 and Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky

Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...

.

Title

The title of the album is taken from an entry in Gustavus Hindman Miller's 1901 book, "Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, Or, What's In A Dream"

The entry for evening

Evening

Evening is the period between the late afternoon and night when daylight is decreasing, around dinner time at 6pm. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin before sunset, during the close of the standard business day and extend until nightfall, the beginning of night...

is reproduced in the album's sparse liner notes:

To see stars shining out clear, denotes present distress, but brighter fortune is behind your trouble.

Album credits

guitars, loops, amps, bells, whistles, trains, engines, fans, silence, keyboards, papers, gears, marbles, doors, etc...played by Matthew Cooper & Eric Macey (atticus played by atticus)

photography by Jeannie Paske