Pachyman's 'Switched On' Honors His Puerto Rican Roots

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English - October 23, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratings
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Pachyman is a one-man dub band; that one man is Pachy Garcia, and though he’s based in LA, he grew up in Puerto Rico, at a time when Jamaican music – especially dub reggae - was having a big impact on the island’s music scene. Pachyman’s new album is called Switched On, and is an homage to the era when musicians first began manipulating synthesizers to emit gloriously off-kilter bleeps, bloops, and whooshes - think Switched On Boleros and Switched On Bach. The new record brings Pachy and his dub-drenched sound system from another dimension to our studio.

Set list: "Trago Coqueto", "Lovers", "Switched On"

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