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Massive Attack Fällt Mira Calix The Orb The Konki Duet Spaceheads Populous Plaid Rechenzentrum Pan American During the summer of 1997, Mark Nelson started recording a full length album for kranky at home and at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia. Mark Nelson had been playing guitar and singing in Labradford, but wanted to explore the possibilities of sampling and computer technology as well as his interests in dub and techno. The self-titled, debut Pan•American album came out on kranky in early 1998. A review in Puncture magazine described it later that year: "Dub's influence on Pan•American is pervasive - cavernous, echoed percussion; resonant bass drones; Nelson's hushed vocals dwelling somewhere in the middle ground. Nelson continued to work on Pan•American material as he worked with Labradford, learning to play pedal steel guitar, releasing singles on European labels and getting some studio time in with engineer Casey Rice. Fred Mills wrote in the June/July issue of Magnet that More singles and compilation tracks followed, along with the odd live performance.