There are at least two bands named Pacha:

(1) Pacha Massive (from Pa… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two bands named Pacha:

(1) Pacha Massive (from Pachamama, meaning 'mother earth'), the debut MTV Tr3s' “Descubre and Download” artist, has been making a buzz since playing their first gig at Madison Square Garden in 2004 (opening for Aterciopelados). The Bronx-based act’s rhythmic blend of funky Latin jams with Colombian cumbia, Afro-Cuban son, Jamaican reggae-dancehall, dub and drum-and-bass has made them a New York club favorite. DJ Nova (writer/producer, King Chango, SiSé, Om) on keys/guitar and Maya (writer/bass) make up the core of Pacha Massive, often sharing the stage with up to seven or eight collaborators. They are the first U.S. group to be signed by Nacional Records.

Exposed from birth to the pulse of Palo, Son, Cumbia, Reggae and the whole gamma of the Afro-New World tradition, Pacha concoct a positively charged blend that will hit you like a rum laced organic smoothie on the hottest summer day.

The duo met in New York while working on a project with Ivan Benavides (Sidestepper, Bloque, Carlos Vives) where a creative collaboration between the two led to the formation of Pacha Massive in 2005.

After winning the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) Battle of the Bands contest (previous winners include Kinky and Los Abandoned who have both gone on to launch successful careers) the duo caught the attention of Nacional Records. Pacha Massive’s infectious track “Don’t Let Go” was featured last year on the Nacional Records soundtrack to the box-office hit “La Mujer de Mi Hermano,” and landed airplay on such leading tastemaker stations as Indie 103.1 (Los Angeles), KCRW (Los Angeles), KEXP (Seattle), and KUT (Austin). The new album ‘All Good Things’ is already being hotly anticipated, with first single “Don’t Let Go” recently selected by NBC to air in the popular show ‘Las Vegas’.

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(2) Pacha is the solo work of percussionist Pierre-Guy Blanchard, who recorded this album at home with engineer Radwan Moumneh in 2009 and subsequently self-released it in a tiny run of CD-Rs. Affaires Étrangères features intensely satisfying rhythm-heavy instrumentals often propelled by fried, amped-up Middle-Eastern synth lines and sprinkled with guitar, bass and oud along with the odd looped field recording. Think early Trans Am if they had come out of Cairo or Beirut, or Oneida in their motorik mode and with an Arabic pop fixation.

Blanchard received a BA in music in 2003, majoring in percussion performance, and then escaped the 'new music' trajectory by traveling extensively and immersing himself in Middle Eastern and Balkan traditions, studying under various masters and playing with a wide range of regional groups. During his periods back in Canada he performed in countless ensembles and first came to Constellation's attention when he was recruited as guest percussionist for Black Ox Orkestar and ultimately appeared on that group's Nisht Azoy album, about which Tiny Mix Tapes wrote "Blanchard's freeform jazz-indebted playing opens the album up to even more adventurous terrain…the second leg plays like a Balkan Henry Cow". Pierre-Guy has also performed regularly with Sam Shalabi's jazz/psych/arabic orchestra Land Of Kush.

Son Tantas Noches
Pacha Lyrics

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si estas pensando que no sufri
que ha sido facil vivir sin ti
no te equivoques quise morir
no te equivoques senti morir

cuanto te amaba no se decir
fuiste mi aire para vivir
y sin embargo te fuiste tu

y sin embargo te fuiste tu
son tantas noche que no dormi
tantas estrellas que vi morir
porque te fuiste lejos de mi
son tantas noches que no dormi

cuanto te amaba no se decir
fuiste mi aire para vivir
y sin embargo te fuiste tu
y sin embargo te fuiste tu
son tantas noches que no dormi tantas estrellas que vi morir

porque te fuiste lejos de mi
son tantas noches que no dormi(2 veces)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Pacha's song "Son Tantas Noches" convey the pain and heartbreak of a love lost. The first verse starts with the singer saying that if you're thinking that they didn't suffer after the break-up, then you're wrong. They express how difficult it was to live without the person they loved, and how they felt like dying without them. The singer then explains how much they loved the other person and how they were their reason for living, but they still left. The chorus repeats the phrase "son tantas noches que no dormi" (so many nights I didn't sleep), emphasizing the loneliness and sadness that accompanies the break-up. The singer also mentions how they saw so many stars die, which could be interpreted as seeing all of their dreams and hopes for the future fade away with the end of the relationship. The repetition of the chorus adds to the feeling of hopelessness and despair.

Line by Line Meaning

si estas pensando que no sufri
If you are thinking that I did not suffer

que ha sido facil vivir sin ti
That it has been easy to live without you

no te equivoques quise morir
Do not be mistaken, I wanted to die

no te equivoques senti morir
Do not be mistaken, I felt like dying

cuanto te amaba no se decir
I cannot put into words how much I loved you

fuiste mi aire para vivir
You were my reason for living

y sin embargo te fuiste tu
Yet, you still left

son tantas noche que no dormi
There have been so many nights where I did not sleep

tantas estrellas que vi morir
So many stars I watched die

porque te fuiste lejos de mi
Because you left me and went away

son tantas noches que no dormi
There have been so many nights where I did not sleep