Archipel

[Who we are] Archipel is a Montreal (Canada) based label founded by Pheek in 2005. It

offers both netreleases and physical format.



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Coming Soon



Wax Poetic EP

by Rudolf

cat. archpl016

release date: April 2009



Rudolf returns to Archipel's vinyl series with a thick, heavy and subtly moody body of work entitled "Wax Poetic". Throughout the entire record is a pleasurable, weighted atmosphere that has a peculiar glow all its own which feels like it could bead up into a phosphorescing condensation, dripping down dark concrete walls.



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"A Catch in the Voice"

by Somfay

Format: 2xCD (Limited collector's item)

Cat: Archipelcd006

Sounds like: Boards of Canada working with James Holden or Minilogue

Release date: March 09



16 out-of-this-world tracks ranging from ambient to deep techno à la Border Community. Very emotional and epic. Over 2 years in the making of this masterpiece.



Custom made packaging including 2 CDs and a collection of Somfay's personal polaroids pictures. Only 50 copies, all unique, numeroted. No promos, no freebies. Distributed through Archipel only.



Slaughter House EP

by Pheek

cat. archpl015

release date: March 2009



**Please note** Archipel 15 is currently available in MP3 & 12" format.



With the dawn of the new year, label boss Pheek wakes things up with a new slice of very cozy house with his trademark liquified rhythms, "Slaughter House EP". Without further ado, grab a hot cup of cocoa with honey and start massaging your neural-net with "Right On" which is filled to the lip with Pheek's heady, cuddly and mesmerizing warmth dotted with buried essences of jazz precisely strewn about.



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"Runner's High"

by Maxime Miville

cat. Arch061

format: Digital ONLY



Archipel is pleased to welcome Montreal's Maxime Miville who brings with him a wonderful package of fuzzy melodic sunshine entitled "Runner's High EP" with remixes from Rico Casazza and Rico Puestel.



Corresponding with the physiological phenomenon that is Runner's High, Maxime's two originals are are entitled "Dopamine" and "Endorphine", respectively. Indeed, like their chemical analogs, they both bring about a feeling of ambrosial pleasure when one exposes one's self to their warm and rotational melodies coupled with deep and persistent rhythms. Endorphine's character is akin to that of the endogenous compound where it leads to a sense of relief and care-free, glowing, analgesia while Dopamine leads to rolling, textural and especially heady geometric pleasantries.



Both Casazza and Puestel take on remix duties and turn in more stripped down and cerebral versions of Dopamine. Puestel takes on an hypnotic pre-dawn feel for times where closed eyes and slipping away into one's own shifting, rhythmic, thoughts are a must while Casazza delivers a heavier, darker and spacious take on the original which relentlessly but gently pile drives itself into the deepest places within the brain.



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