Pachyman

Pachyman – The Return of… (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:21 minutes | 395 MB | Genre: Reggae
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ATO RECORDS

The Return of Pachyman is a supernatural force from a brave new world that’s a little bit San Juan, a little L.A., and a whole lot of Studio One in Kingston, Jamaica. Designed to be a resurrection of sound systems from the past through which we can celebrate a post-Trump future, the record shows that blasting off into reggae’s deep space has never gone out of style.
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Pachyman – Switched-On (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 34:44 minutes | 367 MB | Genre: Reggae
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ATO RECORDS

While conceptualizing Switched-On, Pachyman gravitated to Lovers Rock-era reggae and the iconic Studio One. Yet the album also pays homage to the era where musicians began manipulating synthesizers for gloriously off-kilter bleeps and bloops. His evolution emerges on You Looked at Me, fusing a Krautrock-esque beat with synths reminiscent of Boards of Canada. Pachy’s sound further expands on Trago Coqueto, a cheeky love song crooned through a cocktail’s prism and an ode to his Puerto Rican roots.

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