Pacifika - July/August 2007
Who: Pacifika
Where: Vancouver
What: pacifying
Contact: www.pacifikaonline.com
Proof that music has no language barrier, Vancouver-based Pacifika creates gorgeous Latin-pop, sung almost entirely en espanol, on its second album, Asunción, released on its own label, Watermark, distributed by Fontana North. The trio’s first album, Unveiled, came out in 2004, and had mostly English titles. The group spelled its name with a ‘c’ instead of the ‘k.’ Now, it’s the opposite. Peruvian-born singer Silvana Kane (who began her recording career in the early ’90s as part of teen pop group West End Girls); her long-time friend, Canadian-bred guitarist Adam Popowitz (ex Mollies Revenge); and newest member, Barbados-raised bassist Toby Peter (formerly of k-os’s band) holed up at Vancouver’s Rear Window Sound & Song last year, working on Asunción’s 10 songs. They self-produced and mixed everything. Only the gentle “Sweet†has some English verses. The others are purely in Kane’s native Spanish, including the percussive “Me CaÃ,†whose video can be seen on Bravo and MuchMoreMusic’s Clip Trip. The only lyric explained in the bio is “Más y Más,†a one-voice-one-guitar dark delicacy about “a butterfly flying across the ocean despite an inevitable end.†The rest could well be about the same thing for all we know. Doesn’t matter. The results sound beautiful. Can’t escape the city this summer? Throw on this album and be transported. After Pacifika’s European tour, the band will be back on home soil for fall dates.
