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Talk about a killer collaboration, this combination of Brooklyn art-housers Archie Pelago and San Franciscan experimental titan Dean Grenier is off the scale. Recorded in a sprawling session in an art gallery basement, then expertly assembled by Grenier back at his San Fran HQ, "Grenier Meets Archie Pelago" is brimming with disperate sounds, sonic innovation and canny ideas, but retains its charm as a cohesive long player. Archie Pelago have stolen headlines with their classy release on NYC's party starting Mister Saturday Night, and push limits melding their on-paper incongruous arsenal of woodwind, horn, strings, turntables and digital software. Grenier has been operating outside the constraints of genre as a DJ and producer for years now, weaving a sonic tapestry out of the scraps of techno, dubstep and noise that others have left behind. This long player sees Grenier meld the sketches and skeletons of Archie’s work together, his production work giving the record its intimate, personal feel. Each crackle and creak of instrument can be heard, almost alien on music that, like the liquid grooves and subtle drops of ‘Navigator,’ or the more hard-lined minimal ‘Phosphorent,’ felt like it had been taken off the dancefloor.

It's a rare collaboration that results in a body of work as rich, varied, dynamic, and as simply beautiful as Grenier Meets Archie Pelago. But perhaps the most stunning element is the singular nature of their combined output. It's a work that began with a chance meeting, and culminated in utter harmony.

TRACK LISTING

1. Swoon
2. Navigator
3. Hyperion
4. Jellyfish Supernova
5. Phosphornet
6. Classon
7. Octavia
8. Tower Of Joined Hands
9. The Cartographer's Wife
10. Two If By Sea
11. Pliny The Elder (CD Only)
12. Tell Me Eveything
13. Monolith