Pachyman & Mndsgn
Schedule
Mon, 13 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Sinclair | Cambridge, MA
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PACHYMAN & MNDSGN
MON, 13 OCT 2025 at 08:00PM EDT
Ages: All Ages
Doors Open: 07:00PM
OnSale: Fri, 9 May 2025 at 10:00AM EDT
Announcement: Tue, 6 May 2025 at 12:00PM EDT
Pachyman // Another Place // ATO Records
Over the course of four albums under his Pachyman moniker, Pachy Garcia has proven himself a dedicated craftsman working in the lineage of dub reggae. In a way, the Puerto Rico-born, Los Angeles-based musician had mastered the methodology of genre masters like King Tubby and The Scientist, using vintage gear, constructing glorious walls of sound, and developing an intuitive understanding of the power of repetition.
As the cult around his music grew, Pachy began to seek new motivation.
“I was thinking, How do I feel and how do I evolve with this project? How do I inject excitement and spontaneity in this process? I needed to break out of this formalist dub reggae purist mindset to find a more personal sound, create my own niche.”
If his past work, while indelibly Pachy’s own, was indebted to the masters of dub reggae, Another Place — his fifth album for ATO Records recorded, as ever, in his basement studio 333 House — is the moment when all of those debts are paid off. He leans into the idiosyncratic elements of past projects, synthesizing the myriad scenes that have recontextualized the methods and aesthetics of dub, from pioneering synth-pop weirdos like William Onyeabor and Yellow Magic Orchestra to Basic Channel’s amniotic dub techno.
“I was trying to understand who I am as a musician — not just operating in a distinct lineage but how I’ve metabolized and expanded upon it,” Pachy elaborates. “Who am I behind all of this? It’s a very personal, vulnerable journey. I wanted to build my own world and create these new connections in my brain, incorporating everything: vaporwave, chillwave, soul-jazz, James Brown, Kosmiche musik and krautrock, the driving repetition of drum n bass.”
Throughout Another Place, Pachyman delivers on this far-reaching vision — sonic easter eggs abound. “Berlin” pairs a pastoral, Boards Of Canada-cribbing organ sound with the kind of obscured, textural percussion that might suit a Berghain techno night. “In Love” is a joyful, egg-melting-on-the-sidewalk haze in the vein of Washed Out or Neon Indian. Meanwhile the cowbell-driven “Hard To Part” recalls the skeletal drone-funk of ESG — it’s an early contender for 2025’s best one note guitar riff.
It’s an alchemical mix, one that leans into Pachy’s unconventional musical journey, from playing in reggae and experimental rock bands in Puerto Rico to playing shows in and around the late, great LA noise-pop mecca The Smell as the drummer / vocalist for Prettiest Eyes.
Another element that deepens the album’s distinct personality is Pachy’s growing confidence and capability as a vocalist. Throughout Another Place, he implements a mantra-like repetition of improvised thoughts and snippets, tapping into unconscious anxieties and preoccupations that are bolstered with added harmonies and layers that wax and wane.
On the Slits-inspired “False Moves” (“I’ve always been into post-punk — it shares a working class, anti-establishment DNA with dub reggae”), the dystopian, introspective build is heightened by lyrics improvised in the alienating backdrop of the genocide in Gaza. It’s a fascinating, darker moment that refuses to hold anything back.
Let’s not get it twisted: while the experimental edges of Pachyman’s past work bleed through a little more boldly on Another Place, the anchoring energy is still very much dub reggae. “I journal a lot,” Pachy explains, “so I’m starting to realize that I get into cycles. Every December or January, at the turn of the year, I get back on trying to recreate the Channel One studio sound. Once the cold weather comes in, it’s always Reggae Christmas.”
The album opener “Calor Ahora” is the bountiful fruit of this yearly tradition. “The words were taken from a journal entry I made when I was on the verge of an anxiety attack and felt this oppressive cold,” he shares about the track. (He clarifies: “I know LA isn’t cold, but I’m from the Caribbean.”)
Paradoxically, Pachyman, despite his demonstrated and well-publicized love of repetition, hates repeating himself. With Another Place, he’s avoided that trap entirely: While tethered to his past work, the weird and vulnerable elements of his artistry come through loud and clear. Pachyman has, intentionally or not, made a record thoroughly in tune with the vision of early dub, tapping into a sense of wonder at the endless possibility of sound and rhythm with an unmistakably personal perspective.
Mndsgn
Mndsgn, aka Ringgo Ancheta, is a producer, beatmaker, and songwriter born in San Diego, raised in the southern region of New Jersey, and now currently based in Los Angeles. Born in 1988, he grew up the youngest of four, in a family of Filipino descent. From childhood, he recollects the sounds of his father playing covers on the guitar, frequent visits to his uncle’s house whose garage was a rehearsal space for a local naval base cover band, watching his sisters learn choreography for school talent shows, attending local church revivals, delving into the art of bboying, self teaching piano on the household keyboard, and his big brother introducing him to rap music and beat production at a pivotal age. The love and joy of the music was always synonymous in the lifestyle of his family.
His inspiration, profoundly sourced from both the beauty and discomfort of the unfamiliar, tastefully illustrates the harmony coded in moments; His work, constantly shifting and evolving, exists as an effort to discover resolutions that can gravitate us closer to our truths.
As instrumental beats bloomed in 2008, platforms like Myspace and the sharing capability of AIM messenger played a key role in bringing together contemporary beatmakers Knxwledge, Suzi Analogue, Devonwho, and Mndsgn to form a voltron of kindred musicality & sensibility, known as Klipmode. An undeniable synergy was present amongst each other which led to playing showcases in Philly, Richmond, Portland and Los Angeles and releasing a series of beat tapes through a then budding platform, Bandcamp. As the music gained a cult following, Ringgo embarked on an exodus to Los Angeles in 2011, where electronic/beat music had already long begun establishing a fortified haven. His reunified residency on the west coast birthed continued works in which he would showcase at various hubs such as the infamous Low End Theory. Although most of these developmental works were self released, Leaving Records and Fresh Selects were some of the first record labels to officially release tangible beat tapes of Ringgo’s.
His debut studio album with Stones Throw, Yawn Zen (2014), contains early explorations of Ringgo introducing his vocal talents to reach further into these concepts. “It’s such a shame the pain we put ourselves through..” Ringgo laments on “Exchanging,” and continues “I guess it’s somewhat necessary to get where we belong.” Body Wash, his follow up 2016 release, also gives a refined glimpse into Ringgo’s expansion, utilizing a palette with evident traces of R&B from his decade of birth. In the chorus of the track “Cosmic Perspective,” he invites us along for the ride singing: “...let’s get redirected- to the land of music”.
Throughout his work you will find a journalistic collection of music that chronicles an evolution of self through raw, mixtape-style titles such as Snax (2018), Snaxx (2019), Gonna B OK (2020), and his ambient, live recorded collaboration with Lionmilk, Forever In Your Sun released in May of the same year through Leaving Records. However, in the Fall of 2018, Ringgo had already begun building upon what he described as “dreams & sketches” of songs that would later sprout into new epiphanies for his work, Rare Pleasures (2021.)
In 2023, Mndsgn’s discography has become further enriched with the release of “Snaxxx”, the latest offering in his ‘Snax’ series out now on Stones Throw Records. Capturing his signature playful rhythms and melodies, this album is a delightful collection of "fun-sized treats," striking a balance between a casual beat tape and a full-blown album. It oscillates between moods and features collaborations with close friends like Anna Wise, Liv.e, and Devin Morrison. Following the iconic release, he held the direct support slot for Flying Lotus in London, embarked on a tour through Europe, and graced the Spotify stage in NYC at SOBs.
$.25 from each ticket purchased will go to The Shout Syndicate, a Boston-based, volunteer-run fundraising effort who raises money to help fund youth-led arts programs at proven non-profit creative youth development organizations in Greater Boston. Housed at The Boston Foundation, The Shout Syndicate works in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's creative plan, Boston Creates. https://www.theshoutsyndicate.com/
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