"Equal measures of beauty, depth and an unadulterated focus that shines through both the combination of spontaneity and arrangements alike. A remarkable album." - Fourth Dimension. "The drama is startling. Archer's chill, separate sounds hang in the mind long after listening. Special" - Ben Watson. "These pieces fire the imagination and stir the emotions, conjuring an intriguing soundscape. Recommended" - Wire. "Intriguing and fresh sounding" - Resonance. "Archer at his finest" - Noisegate. "Rich and complex ..... dark and subtle ..... a unique blend of control and spontaneity" - Variant. "Toujours aux croisees de l'electronique aggresive d'avant garde et des musiques serielles, Archer delivre sa musique avec la serenite d'un angoisse chronique et fait de cet album une merveille de tension alternative. Sans jamais etre absconse, toujours en retrait et assez souvent melodique, la musique se cache derriere les rideaux etranges d'une cascade assechee." - Jerome Schmidt, Art Zero. "A sense of prolonged anticipation and constant surprise. A consistently fascinating effort, which confounds expectations even after repeated listening." - Bill Tilland, Motion. "Elegant.....understated.....disturbing.....worth playing to death" - Progress Report. "The programmatic texts which accompany both of these disks refer to stagnant waters; an appropriate reference, both as an analogy and, in a more tenuous sense, as a Freudian symbol. Like a dark pool, the music has a lapidary surface which speaks of hidden depths, of activity deep beneath what is visible. Superficially, for example, the pieces on Ghost Lily Cascade often seem to go nowhere; there is little by way of conventional development. Instead, subtle ideas flit up to the surface only to vanish again, creating a music in which, moment-to-moment, as the French have it, everything changes and everything stays the same.
