Pacifika Releases New Music Video For 'Yo Te Amo'

Timing is everything. When you're in no hurry, with no expectations or outside pressure, the process of creation seems natural. This was the case in the making of global fusion outfit Pacifika's third album, Amor Planeta. The Vancouver-based trio of vocalist Silvana Kane, guitarist Adam Popowitz and bassist Toby Peter has never sounded more at home with the world.

Vancouver based Pacifika has recently released their new album Amor Planeta on Six Degrees Records. The album was featured as an NPR "First Listen" where they noted - "The music of Pacifika draws you in almost immediately: The Vancouver trio's musicianship is superb, buoyed by a voice that stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it. The group's acoustic base and subtle electronic flourishes provided a great way to start its musical journey, but Amor Planeta raises the stakes with an electric-guitar bite that adds a crucial dimension." Canada's CBC Music also featured the album as a "First Play" and raved "the record has a more lush, relaxed sound."

PopMatters just premiered "Yo Te Amo" as their first video.

You can view and share it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pCMu_dYDrI

For Pacifika's fourth album, Amor Planeta, the Vancouver-based trio of vocalist Silvana Kane, guitarist Adam Popowitz and bassist Toby Peter has never sounded more at home with the world. "This record is much like the title of the album, which means Love Planet," says Kane, a native Peruvian. "It's love in its various forms: love of nature, love of another, love that is lost, love that is eternal-basically all that makes us what we are as humans."

Entering the studio with a new frame of mind following the success of 2008's Asuncion and 2010'sSupermagique, as well as Kane's 2012 solo album, La Jardinera, Pacifika tried out a new process of songwriting and recording. "In the past the three of us would sit together and jam ideas," says Peter. "This time Adam and I built a track, then Silvana would come in and vibe off of it."

The addition of trumpet player Malcolm Aiken as well as a more organic approach to recording-less electronica, more live performance-kept things fresh for the band. Whereas before the songs would often be built around Kane's poetic lyricism, Amor Planeta offers lush textures and guitar-driven ambient soundscapes, not to mention a harder edge keeping a nice balance between both.

Perhaps the key to understanding Pacifika's music is as simple as three friends living out their dreams on one stage. In a society that seems to be getting speedier by the day, the relaxed environment created by this trio's songs offers a robust antidote to the hectic nature of daily life. Charming and charmed, we'd all be better suited on a planet as full of love as this one.

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