Candice Pacheco - If Then...Else
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Track Listing
- If Then... 4:27
- Sola Ban 4:21
- Inside the Oval 5:10
- Jagabadai 4:19
- In the Never Rose 4:03
- Habitat 13 1:00
- In Two & Then 5:16
- ...Else 4:42
- Rest Ego 4:17
- With the Light Still On 4:48
- Yin Yang 4:20
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- D'Cuckoo co-founder Candice Pacheco lays down a hot new solo version of her techno/tribal vision. Virtuoso sampling, cool instruments from everywhere, distinctive synths and multi-ethnic vocals add up to a joyful pop-infused world.
- D'Cuckoo co-founder Candice Pacheco is an ethnomusicologist, instrument inventor, sound designer, software engineer, composer, performer and founding member of D'Cuckoo, the all-women ensemble whose multimedia output crosses the boundaries of pop, techno, dance and world music. Umoja (the Swahili word for unity) served as the title and the cultural vision for D'Cuckoo's 1994 debut on RGB. The band relies heavily upon Pacheco's passion for technological innovation.
Pacheco has also collaborated with ambient music maestro Brian Eno and the Grateful Dead's world music explorer, Mickey Hart. In 1994, she composed and produced the first full-length CD-ROM film soundtrack for the Hyperbole Studios interactive feature film The Vortex: Quantum Gate II. Released on RGB, The Vortex is a showcase for Pacheco's masterful composing, sampling, and engineering skills.
On her second RGB solo release, Candice Pacheco achieves an otherworldly synthesis grounded in the beats and voices of planet Earth. Drawing on the talents of ten singers and four instrumentalists, she conjures images of ethnic choral performances in space cathedrals and post-millennium techno dance parties in ancient Arabic mosques.
If Then...Else realizes a universal musical language which assumes a myriad of forms, from the bubbly pulse and snappy polyrhythms of the opening track "If Then," with its intriguingly layered voices weaving serpentine patterns, through a dazzling array of earthy and atmospheric textures, to the concluding techno-tribal chant "Yin Yang."
"Jagabadai" joins the brittle, lyrical twang of the oud and the jittery polyrhythms of dumbek, finger cymbals and tambourine with electric guitar drones and compelling drum track. "In the Never Rose" features a choir of female voices wafting like veils in a perfumed breeze, bearing foreign-yet-familiar traces of a sitar-like guitar and enigmatic electronic textures, while the brief "Habitat 13" invokes a peaceable kingdom in the far reaches of time.
If Then...Else takes a trip through a series of imaginary worlds brought to life by an artist using leading edge music technology to fulfill the promise of a global culture.
A native of southern California, as a child she was drawn to the multicultural environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. She made the move on her own when she was 14 and never looked back. While earning her degree in music composition at Sonoma State University, Pacheco helped develop the Electronic Music Department and Music Theory program. Later travels in Asia, Indonesia, Polynesia, and Europe, further broadened her exposure to the music of the world.
Back in San Francisco, Pacheco performed with Balinese gamelan, East Indian vocal, and West African dance and music ensembles, as well as various pop bands. It was in the San Francisco Underground Marimba Ensemble that she met Bean (Tina Blaine), with whom she co-founded D'Cuckoo. The group relies heavily upon Pacheco's passion for technological innovation. She instigated the creation of their unique electronic marimbas and drum triggers, as well the DCckoo Midi Ball, a 4' wireless helium-filled sphere that triggers sounds and visuals when bounced around by the audience like a giant beachball .
With If Then...Else complete, she has moved on to the next D'Cuckoo album, a Middle Eastern crossover experiment with Susu Pampanin, and a virtual band in the vein of This Mortal Coil.
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Candice Pacheco - Vortex
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Track Listing
- The Maze 3:27
- The Observer's Memory 2:16
- The Temple 4:25
- Inside the Triangle 2:09
- Outguessing the Machine 2:39
- Liquid Eyes 2:34
- Veil Nebula 3:11
- Reverse Gate 2:16
- Orbital Drift 3:44
- Point of Contact 3:53
- One Photon Goes to Alice 3:59
- River of Shadows 3:37
- The Dream Remembered 3:40
- Aerial Gardens 3:02
- Kalimbe 4:02
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- The Vortex Soundtrack, by CANDICE PACHECO, is the first full-length feature 'film' soundtrack created expressly for CD-ROM. The 15 pieces reflect The VortexÕs multi-layered plot and characters with a virtuoso mix of African, Middle Eastern and Techno rhythms. The Vortex is the fantastic follow-up to Quantum Gate, the world's first full-length VirtualCinema TM CD-ROM, produced by Hyperbole Studios. That "interactive movie" - viewed on a computer - takes you to the planet AJ3905 in the year 2057 A.D. through the eyes of the main character, 'Drew Griffin.' Critically acclaimed as "fast-paced, original and compelling, an audio-visual experience unlike that of any other CD-ROM," Quantum Gate set the standard for this exciting new genre of interactive entertainment. The Vortex: Quantum Gate II brings back the protagonists and antagonists of that multi-media epic and involves us in guiding their maneuvers as they face new realities and duel with danger. The suspenseful, apocalyptic plot is supported by mesmerizing visuals, lush graphic detail - and a powerfully compelling soundtrack.
Composed, produced and engineered by CANDACE PACHECO of D'CUCKOO, The Vortex soundtrack is historic - the first feature-length film soundtrack created expressly for the new interactive CD-ROM medium. The soundtrack's 15 pieces reflect The Vortex's multi-layered plot and contrasting characters. its distinctive high energy sound is influenced by musical styles from techno and hip-hop to pop and world music. A virtuoso mix of African and Middle eastern rhythms, Pygmy chants, state-of-the-art sampling and exotic percussion celebrate the hippest music in the local galaxy.
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