Today, Pachyman — the Puerto Rican-born, Los Angeles-based musician Pachy Garcia — shares "SJU," the final advance track from Another Place, a new album of possibility exploding dub out Friday on ATO Records.
The squiggling wah-wah guitar leads and cavernous percussive shuffle of "SJU" are Pachy's attempt to recreate the sensation of return. “’SJU’ is the airport code for San Juan airport in Puerto Rico," Pachy says. "I always love landing there because it means I'm home — this song tries to capture that feeling." It's a joyous, summery sound. Listen to "SJU" here. Pre-order / pre-save Another Place here. Concocted in Pachyman's cozy basement studio 333 House in Los Angeles (as featured in his many viral TikToks), Another Place shares a deeply personal version of dub reggae. Informed by his childhood in Puerto Rico, his time playing shows at LA noise-pop mecca The Smell as drummer for Prettiest Eyes, and his current life in LA as a touring musician (he recently performed in Australia and Japan and opened for Darkside in the US) and avid cyclist.
While it’s indebted to the methods and techniques of dub legends like King Tubby and Scientist, the album revels in the explosive possibility of dub, incorporating techno (“Berlin” would not be out of place at Berghain), pastoral IDM in the vein of Boards Of Canada ("ADSH"), dread-inducing post-punk (the protest song “False Moves”), and chillwave ("In Love"). There's even the ESG-cribbing drone-funk lead single "Hard To Part,” an ode to his adopted home of Los Angeles that KCRW deemed "funky-spooky-cool" and put at #2 on their Top 30 chart).
“Calor Ahora,” which Pachyman describes as "the backbone of the record" and the moment when he "achieved a new sound that I had never encountered in my music before,” is a rippling, minimal dub that incorporates sparkling, alien synthesizers and a koan-like vocal. Watch the video for "Calor Ahora" — a goofy, direct-to-VHS-style send-up of LA noir mysteries — here.
Pachyman is preparing to take a new quartet lineup on the road for his upcoming Europe / UK tour dates and a recently announced North American co-headline tour with Stones Throw artist MNDSGN: Pachy on drums and vocals, Javier Perez on guitar, Jordan Brooks on bass, and Diego Gaeta on keys. See full dates below. Watch the Pachyman band in action in the "In Love" video.
Another Place is out this Friday, May 23. Pre-order / pre-save it here.
TRACKLIST
Calor Ahora
In Love
Berlin
SJU
Take Me To Dance
False Moves
Strikes Back
Hard to Part
Another Place
ADSH
PACHYMAN x MNDSGN TOUR DATES
Sept 25: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
Sept 26: Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Sept 27: Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
Sept 29: Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Co.
Sept 30: Austin, TX @ Antone’s
Oct 1: Houston, TX @ White Music Hall
Oct 3: Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Oct 4: Atlanta, GA @ The EARL
Oct 5: Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Oct 6: Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Oct 8: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 9: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Oct 10: Amherst, MA @ The Drake
Oct 11: Baltimore, MD @ Union Craft Brewery
Oct 13: Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Oct 15: Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
Oct 16: Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch
Oct 17: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Oct 18: Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar
Oct 21: Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
Oct 22: Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
Oct 24: Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
Oct 25: Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
Oct 26: Portland, OR @ The Den
Oct 28: San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Oct 29: Santa Cruz, CA @ Felton Music Hall
Oct 31: Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
Nov 1: Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
PACHYMAN EU / UK TOUR DATES
May 21: Hamburg, DE @ Knust
May 23: Stockholm, SE @ Hosoi
May 24: Gothenburg, SE @ Nefertiti
May 25: Copenhagen, DN @ Ideal Bar
May 28: Berlin, DE @ LARK
May 29: Munich, DE @ Import Export
May 30: Zurich, CH @ Moods
May 31: Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
June 1: Utrecht, NL @ De Nijverheid
June 3: Paris, FR @ Le Point Ephémère
June 4: Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
June 5: London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
June 6: Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade
June 7: Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade
PACHYMAN N.A. TOUR DATES
June 20 - 22: Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
June 26 - July 5: Montreal, QC @ Montreal Jazz Festival
Sept 18: Mexico City, MX @ Foro IR (Sala B)
Sept 19: Guadalajara, MX @ C3 Rooftop
Sept 20: Querétaro @ Salón Salvaje
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