cankun

 cankun ~ idle (constellation tatsu, 2012)

"Vincent Caylet, Cankun moniker coming from France. time for moving with electronic breezes blended with ethnic psychodelic samples...modern sounded rituals, a delicate noisey proposal." egyptian maraccas

"bouncy guitar riffs with splintering synth hits, Vincent Caylet of Archers by the Sea infinitely delays your thoughts. Don’t let pollution make your mouth dry" constellation tatsu

hay lugares en el mundo a los que es imposible llegar si no es con la imaginación, no hay barcos o aviones que viajen hasta allí. pero sí es posible con Vincent Caylet y su extraño universo cósmico-tropical, o con el de mpala garoo, monster rally o panabrite. es como si se pasasen el día tumbados al sol viendo las nubes pasar...y nosotros con ellos. me gusta saber que de un momento a otro aparecerá un nuevo disco de cankun, uno de esos nombres que con sólo leerlos se me hace la boca agua. idle es una recopilación de canciones antiguas que Vincent Caylet ha querido compartir con nosotros. empieza con where's zion? y pienso al instante en unos sun araw mecidos por la brisa del caribe, sigue con la preciosa sneakers y sus cambios, el ir y venir de sus múltiples capas sonoras, como olas que entran y salen de aquel mar cristalino que ilustraba la portada imaginaria de jaguar dance. fake mirror, i know you love to dance...todas las canciones son siempre ese bucle eterno que nos invita a guarecernos dentro de su mundo azul turquesa, sin grises, y a quedarnos allí para siempre

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cankun ~ isalo waterfall (not not fun, 2012)

"St Flour de Mercoire's patron saint of sunburned guitar and electric mirages issues forth this new homage to an exquisite natural wonder in Southwestern Madagascar which Monsieur Cankun had the pleasure and privilege of witnessing first hand on a personal quest years prior. The strategies employed on last year's debut, Jaguar Dance, are in even finer form here, fusing solar flares, feathery fields of guitar blur, and skeletal groove metronomes into multi-movement trance states of sunset skyway-psych. Moods crossfade between muted, spiraling, inner space loop-cruises (“Collages,” “Stylo”) and more revved up celebratory waverunners (“Blue Vanilla”, “Jugular Rhythms”) but all share his uniquely fried tonalism and magic touch. Welcome to the waterworld of the Waterfall." nnf

aunque sólo hubieran publicado un disco, cankun seguirían siendo una de las cosas más bonitas que le ha pasado a la música junto a inner islands y dolphins into the future, más que un sonido, un espíritu, una esencia, un estado ¿hipnagógico? muy particular con el cual es casi imposible no sentirse afín. isalo waterfall es un homenaje a la fauna y la flora del parque natural de Isalo en la isla de Madagascar, el personal 'canto archipiélago' de vincent caylet. entre vapores tropicales, palmeras, ritmos terapéuticos, cascadas de agua cristalina,  y una predisposición a olvidar los problemas y a relacionar su música directamente con el verano, transcurre isalo waterfall, quizás un poquito menos ensoñador que jaguar dance (casi imposible de superar), pero con dos canciones como 'too many clouds' o 'el ingenioso' (preciosísima!) que vuelven a transportarnos a la isla más solitaria que pudiéramos imaginar, pequeñas utopías tropicales para confiar en que, por qué no, hay algo más, mucho más, que esta sociedad en la que nos ha tocado vivir

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archers by the sea

archers by the sea ~ aloha! (solid melts, 2012)

“Gorgeous 23-minute piece by Vincent Caylet aka Archers By The Sea (aka Cankun). Close your eyes and dive deep into this mind-melting trip of finest french psychedelia, these splendidly floating soundscapes to overcome your inner unrest.” no fear of pop

"I want to see their heads moving, kaleidoscopes in their eyes, dancing on one foot like Indians." vincent caylet

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cankun ~ ethiopian dreams (hands in the dark 2011)

"Cankun will honour Hands in the Dark Records of its very first album release with its "Ethiopian Dreams" full length. The beach, idle, psychedelic melodies, piña coladas, burning hot sand, exotic rhythms, a blazing sun, an enchanting voice..." hands in the dark

"Here's a side-wack to the head from Archers by the Sea and Monks of the Balhill guru Vincent Caylet, called Cankun. Think of Ethiopian Dreams as a chorus of guitars that specialize in sparkly hi-end fragments and tell tale elements of drug music: shimmering psych texture, odd harmonic sense, gently lilting beats looping ad infinitum...Cankun will get you high off the glitter" impose

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cankun ~ jaguar dance (not not fun 2011)

"French haze aesthete Vincent Caylet has been active on the marginal music frontlines in various capacities for several years at this point but Jaguar Dance is his debut outing under the Cankun parasol, and it’s a even brighter-lit hideaway of mirages to pass out in. Choppy, chiming guitars balance-beam above looping heatwaved keyboards while skittery beats glitter like a glare on the skin of the sea....Escapist, joyous, and psychedelically sunburned in equal measure..." nnf

si tuviera que elegir entre todas las transformaciones de Vincent Caylet: Monks of the Balhill, The Pistil Cosmos, "V" y Archers by the Sea, ahora mismo me quedaría con la exótica brisa tropical de Cankun (con permiso de 'Grand Cornoel' de los monjes de Balhill).  'Jaguar Dance' es simplemente perfecta....relajante, fluida, agradable, envolvente, seductora, bonita. me tranquiliza saber que siempre puedo volver a ella, o a 'o mountain o', o a 'Lichens Beat'. y aunque no venga al caso pero hablando de títulos de la vida, nadie como Vicent cuida y mima todo lo que rodea a su música: 'sometimes we should dance', o 'they were floating over the mountain, they were kings', son algunos de los títulos de Archers by the Sea. en breve... 'Ethiopian Dreams'.

filed under: easy psychedelic piña colada listening

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tropical rain washed my brain

01. mornings after ~ jasper tx

02. tropical rain washed my brain ~ high wolf

03. let's receive love ~ christian family underground

04. dancing around the borders of senegambian carnival ~ harps of fuchsia kalmia & delphine dora

05. strange land ~ neokarma jooklo duo

06. mindanao ~ teepee

07. sun was high (so was i) ~ best coast

08. dream for your bathwater ~ terror bird
09. so bored (wavves cover) ~ his clancyness

10. the crowd of little men ~ dopo

11. untie the strings ~ christian family underground

12. säteet ~ kuupuu

13. tangier ~ blues control

14. grand cornoel ~ monks of the balhill

15. lessons ~ spirit spine

16. hollow new friend ~ lucky dragons

17. fire documents ~ the cosmic mandoliners

18. bind them ~ religious knives

19. will the circle be unbroken ~ the chesterfield gorgeous

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"v"

''v'' - we are crossing fences through rocky fields (housecraft 2008)

"High altitude glass ceiling echoes over low canopy woodland daze via wind, string, and buried vox. Perfect for misty morning tent warp and disappearing acts. And there's a bonus track this time around." housecraft

"The barest music can sometimes be the most beautiful. Just like Meursault last year, "V" delivers something truly exceptional from what seems at first to be very little. There are rippling pools of sweet melody here, with spaces in between to absorb the effects and the surrounding harmonies. It doesn't take long for you to be silenced by this delightful music." noiseisafriend

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