Pacifika

I picked up a sample of this group's songs at Starbucks.. Yes they are passing out ITunes songs again.. only once a week.

Its a great group.. unusual sound. Most songs are in spanish and I needed the dictionary to figure out some of the titles..

Olas = waves
Hijas= daughters
Miel= honey


I downloaded the album as part of my July 90 songs budget at emusic.

Their new album is Asuncion

They are an alternative trio from Vancouver, Canada.

Here is their background from their website:

Pacifika. The name is at once familiar and mysterious, implying endless seascapes and tropical beaches, golden sunsets and endless summers, warm tides and mighty tsunamis. “Words are powerful,” says the band’s lead singer and chief lyricist Silvana Kane. “We wanted a word that described the music and our feelings. Pacifika sounds warm and eternal, like the ocean itself, open to limitless possibilities.

Pacifika is the multi-talented Silvana Kane, a Peruvian born singer, re-formed pop sensation (West End Girls), and accomplished actress with a love of flamenco, electronica, and textured percussion; Adam Popowitz a Canadian bred guitarist adept at new wave, classical, and pop, and a skilled producer responsible for a catalogue that includes indie rock and Armenian folk music; and Toby Peter, a dub wise bassist born in Canada and raised in Barbados, explorer of jazz, hip-hop, metal and Caribbean grooves. Together the Vancouver based trio is making a new kind of global pop, music that nods to its diverse international influences, while forging its own unique voice. Jazz infused and Latin tinged, marked by gently flowing melodies, deep grooves, waves of cracking percussion and the occasional burst of exhilarating guitar noise, Pacifika’s comfortable, complex sound defies categories, creating soothing soundscapes held together by Kane’s smooth, intimate vocals.

Pacifika produced Asunción in 2006, with the three partners working all night, eating, playing and writing together. Arrangements were done on the fly, as the songs evolved, and the trio’s multifaceted influences came into play to create their own singular style. “We have a clear vision of our sound,” Peter explains. “And we all have the experience and know how to fulfill the vision. We shared creative duties with minimal friction. We’d try different things until we caught a wave, then let it take us wherever it wanted to go.” The freewheeling music of Pacifika borrows from Latin America, Spain, North America and the United Kingdom to generate a positive vibe guaranteed to relax your nerves and uplift your spirit.

“We look at Asunción as a body of work, an album that takes you on a journey,” Kane explains. “The songs flow and tell you a story, starting with ‘Sol,’ the rising sun, and ending with ‘Las Olas,’ the waves, lifting you up and floating away with you. Asunción is the journey we all take back into the light.”

Pat: I think that this group has all the right parts.. check them out on Itunes and see if you don't agree.