After 4 years of operating behind the Pangaea moniker, I have decided to change the name of the label to Natural Selection. Everything, including the current roster and catalog, will remain the same except for the name and logo.
I will be checking this page less and less frequently so please direct any urgent queries to capillaryaction (at) gmail (dot) com.
A collection of deeply personal accounts set to 11 succinct, precise compositions, feat. strings, horns, percussion, and, for the first time, vocals!
Call it 'experimental rock' if you must, but "So Embarrassing" is way past the experimentation stage. Capillary Action knows exactly what it's doing.- Etan Rosenbloom, Prefix Mag
A kick upside the head is probably less jarring than "So Embarrassing"- Jason Heller, The Onion AV Club
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PAN003- Hi Red Center- Architectural Failures [CD]
The debut release from Brooklyn, NY's Hi Red Center, explores a dizzying mix of dense polyrhythms, asymmetrical melodies, barbershop quartet harmonies, and bubbling synth sounds. Hi Red Center operate in the realm of the esoteric, but offer an underlying sweetness that contributes to a collection of graceful, sculpture-like songs.
Hi Red Center don't shy away from sunny pop melodies and not only do they not shy away from them, they dont sound like they're winking when they use them. Hi Red Center aren't a pop band by any stretch of the imagination, but they dont avoid major keys, either...Hi Red Center has found a nice balance of pop and noise.- Charlie Wilmouth, Dusted
Impossible to classify and mixing their influences effortlessly and effectively into a new music for the future, Hi Red Center will hopefully continue erecting these architectural failures in the future, making each one more dizzying and grand.- Grant Capes, Indieworkshop.com
PAN002- Capillary Action- Cannibal Impulses [CD EP]
The second Capillary Action release encompasses themes of sexuality, confusion, and the struggle of man against machine, all set to tightly controlled, hyper-detailed, totally abrasive (yet utterly infectious) compositions. DVD coming soon! Click here to preview videos for four of the album's tracks.
The debut Capillary Action and Pangaea release, "Fragments" is a literally genre-defying exploration equal parts metal, noise, bossa nova, spazzy synths, and free improv.
Musical fragments are layered one upon another, or put end to end and overlapped, resulting as often in dense polyrhythm as they do in deliciously intertwined melodic lines.- Nick Southgate, The Wire
"Fragments" is a nifty guitar record that plays well with different moods and feels, making for a cohesive whole that flows from track to track in an almost suite-like fashion. It's an assured debut, and Pfeffer is a clearly talented musician who bears watching to see where he'll take his craft.- Joe Tangari, Pitchfork Media
tour dates: 16.09.08 Siena (I) - Il Cambio 18.09.08 Vevey (CH) - Café Le Ve 19.09.08 Nancy (F) – Bar l'Alhambra 20.09.08 Karlsruhe (D) – Kohi Kulturraum 21.09.08 Leipzig (D) – Projekt g16 25.09.08 Berlin (D) - Lokal 26.09.08 Berlin (D) - Antje Öklesund 27.09.08 Berlin (D) - Arcanoa 29.09.08 Berlin (D) - Intersoup 02.10.08 Zlìn (CZ) – U Tetoura 03.10.08 Prague (CZ) - Skutecnost
Yo, where's all the hip-hop on Pangaea? More like interesting and sincere work made by crusty white people. What qualifies interesting and sincere work? What if I record myself brushing my teeth with dildo? That's interesting and you can't do anything with a dildo that isn't sincere. What I'm trying to say is Jon needs to get kicked in the ovaries. Peace
A collection of deeply personal accounts set to 11 succinct, precise compositions, feat. strings, horns, percussion, and, for the first time, vocals!
The debut Capillary Action and Pangaea release, "Fragments" is a literally genre-defying exploration equal parts metal, noise, bossa nova, spazzy synths, and free improv.
