SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ETHNIC MUSIC

11/5/21

Seraphic Light (John Coltrane Cover)

Seraphic Light is one of the most serene and beautiful pieces of music from John Coltrane's late period, posthumously released on the album Stellar Regions in 1995. Ours is a loose interpretation based around his unutterably poignant theme for Tenor Saxophone.

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 Performed, arranged and mixed by James William Sinclair and Warren Nelson.

6/7/21

Unreleased Mixtape

An unreleased two hour mixtape recorded at the St. Valentine apartments, Pico-Union, Los Angeles.

Selected and blended by Warren Nelson and James Sinclair for Pacific Horizons.

Archived at Mixcloud.

Side A.

Side B.



11/26/20

Burning Stars 7"


A: Burning Stars
B: Burning Stars (Peaking Lights Dub)
Written by Warren Nelson Jr.
Produced by James William Sinclair & Warren Nelson Jr.
Mixed by Aaron Coyes at Magnetic Research Lab.
Additional writing, performance & mixing by Aaron Coyes on Peaking Lights Dub.
Artwork by James William Sinclair & Diana Hsieh.
Executive Producer Justin H Miller.

You can stream or buy the digital here. The records are now sold out but there are a few available on Discogs.

1/3/16

PERILOUS


Perilous is Warren Nelson Jr. 

Virtuosic instrumental guitar sketches from one half of Pacific Horizons. Unedited, unrefined & totally inspired home recordings created throughout 2015 at his apartment in the Pico Union district of Los Angeles. 45 minutes of back to mine style chill out journeying. 

Limited edition cassette in an edition of 50 and/or digital available on our Bandcamp page.

PWF012 

A
The Northern Sea  
Albany Street Blues  
Run Stumble & Fall  
Arid Canyons  
Daily Meditation  

B
Game of Thrones Wedding Theme  
Butterbean  
French Inhale 
Rise Above the Ravine  
Lonesome Reverie  
The Greatest 
American Angels  

12/25/15

Balearic Volume 3


It took 4 years but we've finally made the third and final installment in the series.

Selected & blended by James Sinclair, December 2015.

Ibiza photo by Doris Kornish.

Stream or download here.

Mixcloud page



Started a Mixcloud page. For now, we've just uploaded much requested Balearic mix form 2010 that Soundcloud removed. 


12/5/15

PWF011: The Loneliness Your Love Destroys EP


The 11th release on Pacific Wizard Foundation is The Loneliness Your Love Destroys EP. Three unabashedly romantic hymns to the dance-floors that have shaped & sustain our lives.

Edition of 300. No repress.

A: When the Shades Open
B1: The Loneliness Your Love Destroys
B2: Into The Night

Side A at 45rpm. Side B at 33.

Written & recorded by Warren Nelson & James Sinclair. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker.

Buy the digital release direct from us here.

Vinyl distributed by Groove.

New 12" for Vinyls On Wax Records Limited.


New 12" out on Vinyls On Wax Records Limited. Distributed by Pacific Beach Vinyl.

A1: Three Rivers (Displaced)
A2: Starfinder
B: Jungle Years

45RPM.

7/16/15

Palm Springs July 18th, 2015


We'll be DJing poolside all day and in the bar by night with our dear friend Dave. 100% positive energy power players.

10/23/14

A New Bohemia (extended cereal box rework)


A lighthearted rework/extension of the Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians classic. It'll probably be taken down by Soundcloud soon so download asap if you want it. It's a 320 Mp3, feel free to email for higher resolution. 
Edits and additional production by Brother Bear in Los Angeles, PWF 2014. For promo use only.  

10/3/14

Re-Illumination Series Volume 2


A1Bandini (Frisvold & Lindbæk Mix)
A2The Forest Electric (Kenji Takimi & Tomoki Kanda's Being Borings Remix)
B1Beaches Of The Black Sea (Romco Remix)
B2Fata Morgana (J-Disko's Relish Remix)

Limited 12" & digital. Out now. Buy direct or Juno has them.

8/23/14

Pacific Horizons at Sunny Side Up

We'll be in session at Sunny Side Up in Los Angeles this Sunday, 8/24/14, along with our friends Dewey, J-Disko, Spencer and Junior. It's at General Lee's in Chinatown 8-2am. Flyer by James.


6/7/14

Pacific Horizons / Dirty Dave June 25th


For those in Los Angeles: Dave has been hosting his Wednesday night weekly at the Shortstop in Echo P for a while now. He continues to support the finest in local and out of town talent. In June he is hosting the homies Tony Watson and Joshua James, and on the 25th Pacific Horizons will be DJing.



As always, no cover. Come out any week and support one of the best weeklies in Angel City.


4/22/14

Mix for Mischio Dischi Disco

We recorded a mix for the Italian website Mischio Dischi Disco.

Selected & blended by Warren & James, April 2014.




Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) the Time of My Life (RCA)
Killing Sound - Thousand Hands (Blackest Ever Black)
Missing Brazilians - Igloo Inn (On-U Sound)
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19 A2 (Workshop)
Aquarian Foundation - Mystery Track (Going Good)
Arto Mwambé - Btwo (Brontosaurus)
Kim Brown - Cristabel (Just Another Beat)
Cloudface - Devonian Garden (Mood Hut)
Anom Virus - Demos B2 (Going Good)
Will Berridge - I'm The Jack (One Offs)
DJ Richard - Benzos (White Material)
Joy Orbison & Boddika - More Maim (Sunklo)
Band of Gypsys - Who Knows (Capitol)




Download.

3/13/14

The Witching Hour on KCSB


Pacific Horizons were guests on the Witching Hour radio show in Santa Barbara on February 13th. We presented a 43 minute mix of spooky esoteric psychedelia and were interviewed about a variety of strange subjects, among them: The North American Great Ape, chain letters, Castaneda's Tensegrity cult, the skullduggery of the Cryptocracy and much more. Thanks to Beck Hexx and The Good Professor Doctor for having us. Their show is every Thursday night on KCSB 91.9 FM

You can download the show here. Mix starts at 18:30 and the interview from 01:03:15 onward. 

Vinyl mix selected and recorded by James Sinclair for an empty moonlit Santa Barbara night.

1. Laura Huxley - Your Favorite Flower
2. Time Machines - 7-Methoxy-B-Carboline (Telepathine)
3. Nurse With Wound - White Light From the Stars in Your Mind (A Paramechanical Development)
4. Coil - MU-UR
5. Tomorrow The Rain Will Fall Upward - Up To The Skies
6. System Planning Corporation - Kaltbruchig Acideath
7. Lussuria - American Babylon



2/5/14

Los Angeles, February 9th


We are DJing downtown on the rooftop of the Standard Hotel Sunday night with our friends Hugo Capablanca all the way from Berlin and local legend the man like Dirty Dave.

11/19/13

Bandini EP



Our new 12" is out December 1st. 3 songs at 45 rpm in an edition of 540 vinyl copies and digital.

A1: Bandini
A2: Bunker Hill
B1: Working In Four
Pacific Wizard Foundation
PWF009
Written & produced by PH in Los Angeles 2012/2013
Cut by Steven at Y-MIxx
Mastered by Erick Labson at Universal
Sleeve concept by James Sinclair
Layout by Diana Hsieh


You can hear short sound clips here.

Purchase direct from us here.

"Pacific Horizons dive deeper into their musical heritage with two emotive explorations of 2step garage on the A side. Side B is a floor-focused house workout in the modal jazz tradition. These are among their more complex and expressive numbers to date."



10/18/13

Songs



We pulled some of our favorite upbeat songwriting-based records and made a mix for the Greek site Music on Air. A few words in Greek and English are here and you can download or stream the mix here. Features music by Prefab Sprout, Pere Ubu, Gary Ogan, Gary Wright, Alabama, Cleaners From Venus, Judee Sill, Cock Robin, Love & Money, The Style Council and more...