French experimentalist Vincent Caylet has wedged himself into nearly every corner of the cassette underground. From his beginning monikers Archers By The Sea, The Pistil Cosmos, and "V" tactfully exploring mind-expansive drone and ambient work to the electro exploits of Cankun, Caylet has dipped his toes into palettes both psychedelic and dance-worthy. Amidst a wave of Cankun cassette and CD-R releases, Archers By The Sea has crossed paths with the project on its latest tape Aloha!, an aural exploration spanning a continual 23 minutes.
Evidenced by an effervescent key cluster of an introduction, the piece ventures toward immersion at exceptional momentum. Smudged guitars glimmer overhead as their arpeggios uncurl into a mist of chords. A faint rhythm lurks its way underneath the radiant elation, providing definition for an otherwise frenzied loop. Hushed and haunting, Caylet bedims his voice in delay. His wordless hum sinks into the background just before a sole keyboard enters the foreground for a sparse, ghostly 2-minute detour. In a brightened resurgence, bouncy synth and springy transmissions circulate sparkling pulsations.
Aloha! best exhibits Caylet as a performer rather than a composer as last year's more refined They Were Floating Over the Mountain, They Were Kings professed, which, in its brevity, could deftly reel in a new listener base. More or less it encapsulates the essence of a live performance, where loops are bound to evolve and crescendos are destined to be met. With gradual layering and bewildering psychedelia, Archers By the Sea brings forth one of its most expeditious recordings to date (alongside its beko_dsl contribution), and a gripping precursor to the project's forthcoming swan song.
[Archers By The Sea Blog]
[Stream/Buy Aloha! from Solid Melts]
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