Browse by Artist: PAN AMERICAN

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
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Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 025CD

"Mark Nelson has been recording and trading tapes under the name Pan American for some time now. Mark's contributions to Labradford, as the trio's guitarist and singer, may prepare the listener somewhat for the debut Pan American album. It is a resolutely rhythmic album, carrying with it traces of dub and bossa nova. A drummer plays on 2 tracks. All of the other beats you hear are samples. Tones generated from voice, guitar and electronics are maneuvered and warped across the soundfield. At times Pan American is reminiscent of the long lost Embrace the Herd album by the Gist (with the low key traces of dub rhythms) and at other times of current practitioners of minimalist techno such as Panasonic or Porter Ricks or of old school sound organizers like Zoviet France." A lo-pulse mood-enhancer and one of the finest Kranky label home-listening documents to date.

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
Title:	360 Business/360 Bypass
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 041CD

"The second recording Mark Nelson has made under the Pan American imprint continues and expands the rhythmic intricacies of its forbearer as new instrumental and melodic textures are added to the mix. Like Pan American, 360 Business/360 Bypass was recorded by Mark Nelson at his home studio. Special guests Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low add vocals, cornetist Rob Mazurek from the Chicago Underground Duo/Trio contributes some distinctly Cherryesque horn solos, and the entire album was mixed digitally with the aid of Casey Rise, the designer at Classics, Chicago. Rhythms trace and underpin vaporous melodies, or disappear altogether. Pan American balances atmospheric dread with hints of dub, funk and bossa nova as few artists can, hinting at a whiff of Studio One while utilizing digital technologies."

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
Title:	Quiet City
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD/DVD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 065CD

"Quiet City is the fourth album from Mark Nelson's Pan American project and combines the computer-centric approach of The River Made No Sound with the organic instrumentation that marked Nelson's work in Labradford and the first two Pan American albums. Three of the eight tracks were recorded with Charles Kim (Sinister Luck Ensemble) and feature upright bass, drums, trumpet and flugelhorn. Nelson even sings a bit. The rippling electronics and muffled beats of the first three Pan American albums are still there; distended into elegiac, resonant, wavering, and ambient song craft. The CD version of Quiet City comes with a DVD that contains a video essay shot and edited by Mark Nelson and Chicago visual artist Annie Feldmeier."

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
Title:	For Waiting, For Chasing
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 152CD

"For Waiting, For Chasing was originally issued in a limited pressing by the Stefan N�meth (Radian) curated Mosz label in 2006. This is the first time it is being made widely available in North America and elsewhere. As Mosz eloquently stated at the time of release, '...it is not about the process or the media, which have been used. It is about how elements and structures are put in a detailed relation to each other, ending up in a slow-moving, breathing organism. Filaments of percussive elements condense to polyrhythmic elements, layers of sound, instruments and field recordings merge to build up a mystic parallel, not so much fictional world.' Perhaps the most skeletal and minimal of all of the works in the Pan American canon, it may also be the most compelling."

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
Title:	For Waiting, For Chasing
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 152LP

LP version. "For Waiting, For Chasing was originally issued in a limited pressing by the Stefan N�meth (Radian) curated Mosz label in 2006. This is the first time it is being made widely available in North America and elsewhere. As Mosz eloquently stated at the time of release, '...it is not about the process or the media, which have been used. It is about how elements and structures are put in a detailed relation to each other, ending up in a slow-moving, breathing organism. Filaments of percussive elements condense to polyrhythmic elements, layers of sound, instruments and field recordings merge to build up a mystic parallel, not so much fictional world.' Perhaps the most skeletal and minimal of all of the works in the Pan American canon, it may also be the most compelling."

Artist:	PAN AMERICAN
Title:	Renzo
Label:	VERTICAL FORM (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	VFORM 016

"In preparation for Pan American's River Made No Sound album (released on Kranky in the US), 'Renzo' has been put together as a subtle taster of what is soon to come from this highly acclaimed production project. Three tracks are included, each exclusive to this EP, clocking in at just under thirty minutes playing the time. Each track drifts effortlessly through the varying emotions and feelings that the Pan American project has become synonymous with, whilst also providing a calculated glimpse of what is yet to come. The EP opens with 'Running Dog (Reborn)', a deep and spatial visionary journey that plays heavily with dub based sound aesthetics whilst maintaining a balance with techno and electronic production techniques. 'Toy Triggers', is a short ambient piece that drifts through the motions of melancholia and hopeful melody, allowing for change and paving the way for the closing groove. 'Renzo', which is essentially the key track here, provides a valuable insight into why Pan American has become such a highly acclaimed production project. Containing all the classic trademarks of early Pan American productions by combining the ever present elements of warmth, groove and feeling, the track drifts further and further into the use of haunting melodies and atmospherics, an element very much at the heart of forthcoming River Made No Sound album."

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