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Archie Pelago, formed by Greg Heffernan, Zach Koeber and Dan Hirshorn in 2010 and with releases for much-loved NYC club-cum-label Mister Saturday Night under their belt, spent much of 2013 making some of the most contorted, intriguing live electronic hybrids out there. Melding their on-paper incongruous arsenal of woodwind, horn, strings, turntables and digital software together, they created some of the most gorgeously smooth tipped electronica around. After years DJing and operating in a unique space beyond dubstep, techno and club music, Dean Grenier was moving onto further plains still, injecting a more soulful take on his comparatively synthesized sounding Voids project, focusing on deep textures, playful melodies but retaining a dose of rhythmic ballast.
On a hazy, early spring afternoon in the basement of an art gallery in San Francisco, four musicians met with nothing but the goal to produce ideas. The Brooklyn trio Archie Pelago and the then San Francisco based producer Grenier had been introduced to each other’s work by proxy, and though there was an inherent synergy underlying their aesthetics, they could not have known the profound results of their union; a plaited, sweeping work, gestalt in its exploration of the dynamics between the electronic and organic.
Combined, though, Grenier Meets Archie Pelago pushes both parties into the unknowns of their sound, bringing together the hallmarks of their recognised traits, and creating something altogether more singular still. “Working with Dean allowed all of us to feel comfortable departing from a more rigid dancefloor structure stretching everything out and letting it breathe better,” says Hirshorn. “The limitlessness was empowering.”