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TRANSPACIFIC is not a rock band. It performs on guitars, basses and drums. It does not write songs. It constructs events. It exploits volume. It panders to hush. It favors lilting melody. It exploits forceful harmony. It is the quiet gentle invitation. A passing thought. A memory. Tension. Release.
TRANSPACIFIC submits to you our mini-epics, noise sinfoniettas and moody-pearls. Remove the orator and let the story unfold itself.
transPacific recently made their indie label debut when Emperor Jones records released "Hall of Mirrors" a 2CD set featuring tracks by Kinski, Gravitar, DMBQ, SubArachnoid Space, Acid Mothers Temple, Abunai!, Bardo Pond, Primordial Undermind, Yeti, transPacific and others.
TRANSPACIFIC has a membership roster of Carl Farrow, Kevin Goldsmith, Robert Henson and Stuart McLeod, who collectively contribute backgrounds from punk/psychedelic, experimental, noise, symphonic and electronic through the distribution of Unit Circle Rekkids, KVRX Radio, P22 Records, Monotremata Records, Orac, Partial, MSBR, C/Z, Earthling/Caroline and Schizophonic.
TRANSPACIFIC has performed with Kinski, SubArachnoid Space, The Moggs, Wow and Flutter, Stanford Arms, SciFlyer, Nervewheel, Chris Cutler, SushiRobo, Black Nite Crash and other engaging and unusual projects. It has performed at the Crocodile Cafe, the Sunset Tavern, Consolidated Works, I-Spy, the Re-Bar, the Hideaway, Studio Seven, KEXP and the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, along with destinations regionally.
TRANSPACIFIC recorded twelve compositions at Avast in Seattle with Mel Detmer in April of 2003. These are unreleased. In May of 2002, prior to the addition of Carl Farrow, a seven-song demo was recorded at Jackpot! in Portland by Larry Crane. Larry's work with Quasi, Pavement and Sleater-Kinney showcases a more garage savoir-faire.
"...(Transpacific's) sweeping orchestral rock creates a sound that could not only fill the Rose Garden, but that would also leak out and grab your attention while your stuffing your face at the hot dog cart. If this were to happen, their tight booming sound would pick you up like a magic carpet and escort you back to your seat, at which point you would realize... YOU DROPPED YOUR HOT DOG. No, just kidding, you'd sit happily, lulled into the physical relaxation/mental stimulation only soothing guitars can create." KATIE SHIMER, The Portland Mercury
"...post-rockers Transpacific do a good job of keeping the images cold as a berg while the sounds stay warm and cozy. Lilting at times like Icelandic luminaries Sigur Ros, theses Seattlites' former fascination with eastern waters is no surprise. It's not hard to imagine an igloo on that floe, sailing out way Norther and Wester than Portland or Seattle--but the pad in this igloo has electric sheets and a morphine drip. Sonic and psychedelic, Transpacific can coddle with feedback and carress with wah, never jarring the listener further than the more emotive moments of early Unwound." NATHAN CARSON, The Portland Mercury
