Pan American

Pan•American is the long-running solo project of Mark Nelson, guitarist and vocalist of ambient drone-rock legends Labradford. While bearing some similarities to that group, such as drifting guitar textures and hushed vocals, Pan•American has frequently explored dub, techno, and ambient influences, employing shimmering washes of sound and subtle glitch effects. 360 Business/360 Bypass (2000) is his dubbiest, most beat-heavy work, while Quiet City (2004) represents his music at its most stripped-down and intimate. After several electronic-oriented efforts such as 2013's Cloud Room, Glass Room, he went back to his roots with the primarily acoustic A Son in 2019 and 2022's similarly styled The Patience Fader. He collaborated with Kramer for the drifting ambient full-length Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road (2024).