Fenomenon - Pacific Memories: The Early Tapes Fenomenon

Fenomenon are a trio hailing from Stavanger, on the west coast of Norway. Throughout their career they have released four full-length records, effortlessly moving between future jazz, downtempo, soul and broken beat.

Their lush debut 12", Pacific Memories, on Nuphonic made considerate waves and made the ears of many DJs perk up.

As a result, the tracks Pacific Memories and Solara were featured on many big-name compilations and mix CDs such as Tom Middleton’s The Sound Of The Cosmos, Hed Kandi, and MTV Summer Lounge. The latter was also featured in Michael Bay’s sci-fi thriller The Island, starring Scarlett Johansson.

The follow-up single visjon.nord was only released as a white label promo due to the unfortunate demise of Nuphonic in 2002.

Pacific Memories: The Early Tapes collects tunes from both these EPs, complemented by songs recorded around the same time. Originally released on CD only in 2006 by the Norwegian label Beatservice, it is now available on vinyl for the first time for its 20th anniversary.

If you're a fan of Jazzanova, The Cinematic Orchestra, Kinobe and Blue States, you can’t miss this.

Pacific Memories: The Early Tapes is available as a 20th anniversary edition of 250 copies on turquoise (LP1) and translucent yellow (LP2) coloured vinyl.