747 on Community Service Radio in Toronto for a 90 minute vinyl mix
747 joins the Hi-Gene show on Community Service Radio live from Rhythm Space Toronto.
Tracklist:
Andrea - Floating [Ilian Tape]
The Invariants - Hubris The Systematic [The Invariants]
Blind Observatory - Way [Gravitational]
Valent - Black Wool [Be As One]
Stefan Vincent - Synesthesia [Dynamic Reflection]
Seraphim Rytm - Sumaritma (Edit Select Remix) [Silent Season]
Boston 168 - Cosmic Radiation [Involve]
Alfredo Mazzilli - Windy Side [Edit Select]
Yogg - Platform 8 [Non Series]
JXTPS - Perimeter [Palinoia]
Johannes Heil - By Night Part Two [Odd Even]
Emmanuel - Saver [Enemy vs Arts]
Valent - Akira [Be As One]
Alien Rain - Alienopolis [Alien Rain]
Matrixxman - Deep Mind [Manhigh]
Daito - Gamble [Front Left]
Mike Parker - Atom Soldiers [Sonic Groove]
Shifted - White Flare [Semantica]
Polar Inertia - Passive Synthesis [Semantica]
Polar Inertia - Smothering Dreams [Northern Electronics]
Mike Parker - Sabre-Tooth [Samurai]
Hoover - Hoover1 A Side [Hoover]
Arcane - Wheel Up [Foxy Jangle]
747 - Lost Lagoon [Aquaregia
747's Pacific Spirit in Stock at Hard Wax Berlin
Pacific Spirit in stock at Hard Wax Berlin.
“Electrifying acidic Drum & Bass adventures”
Shawn Reynaldo Reviews 747's Lost Lagoon on his First Floor Newsletter
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747 “Lost Lagoon” (Aquaregia)
What would it sound like if Tin Man made a jungle record? 747’s new Pacific Spirit album provides a pretty solid—and highly enjoyable—answer, even though the Toronto producer most likely had other things in mind when he started working on the record. With its billowing textures and dreamlike atmosphere, LP standout “Lost Lagoon” might actually qualify as liquid drum & bass, and while its tweaky wiggles will surely excite the acid crowd, the song also nods toward the majestic end of the trance spectrum, populating its closing minutes with a volley of elegantly fluttering melodies.
DJMag France Reviews Pacific Spirit
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Six ans après son dernier album, 747 revient avec Pacific Spirit, un virage break et introspectif, inspiré par Vancouver et habité par la brume.
Six ans après son dernier album studio, le producteur canadien 747 – alias Ryan Chan – sort de l’ombre avec Pacific Spirit, un disque audacieux et profondément personnel, paru ce 26 juillet 2025 sur le label Aquaregia. Loin de l’acid techno linéaire et mélancolique qui avait fait sa renommée avec le classique Aurora Centralis en 2017, le musicien s’aventure ici dans une direction nouvelle, pleine de ruptures rythmiques, de nostalgie liquide et d’introspection nébuleuse.
Un virage jungle plein de nuances
747 n’a jamais été un simple producteur d’acid techno. Son travail a toujours trahi une sensibilité mélodique, une recherche d’atmosphères. Sur Pacific Spirit, cette recherche s’élargit, se densifie, change d’horizon. Inspiré par sa ville natale de Vancouver, par ses forêts humides et ses ciels laiteux, Chan plonge dans un bain d’influences breakbeat et jungle, avec des éclats de trance 90s, tout en gardant son acide fétiche : la 303 serpente toujours en fond, mais il est ici plus joueur, moins autoritaire.
L’album ne s’impose pas comme un manifeste club, mais plutôt comme une fresque de paysages mentaux. Les neuf morceaux se construisent par contrastes : nappes ambient contre rythmiques fracturées, lignes de basse brumeuses contre percussions précises, mélancolie contre euphorie contenue. Un équilibre subtil qui fait toute la force du disque.
Un voyage intime, sans climax forcé
Dès le morceau d’ouverture, on comprend que Pacific Spirit est un album qui prend son temps. Les intros sont longues, souvent texturées comme un brouillard sonore. Puis viennent les breaks, parfois chaotiques, jamais gratuits. On sent une volonté d’échapper au format, de désapprendre les codes du dancefloor tout en les gardant à portée d’oreille. Le rythme n’est jamais imposé, il est proposé.
L’ensemble évoque autant le souvenir d’une rave que le silence d’un matin pluvieux. On pense à l’école de Berlin, à la tension froide de certains disques de Delsin ou Modern Love, mais aussi à l’énergie jungle des pionniers anglais, et à la lumière trance de labels comme Eye Q ou Platipus. Un patchwork maîtrisé, jamais pastiche, toujours sincère.
Le disque-objet, entre code et matière
À l’heure du tout digital, Pacific Spirit se distingue aussi par son format physique. Chaque vinyle de l’édition limitée à 300 exemplaires est unique, orné d’une œuvre générative conçue par 747 et Emily Nicoll en partenariat avec la plateforme Art Blocks. Pas une simple pochette, mais une série algorithmique issue d’un code aléatoire, qui transforme chaque disque en pièce d’art autonome.
Ce geste n’est pas anecdotique. Il prolonge l’intention de l’album : brouiller les frontières entre passé et futur, entre club et musée, entre souvenir et invention. Pacific Spirit n’est pas seulement un retour musical ; c’est aussi un « statement » plastique, une réponse subtile aux formes figées de la musique électronique contemporaine.
Une nouvelle ère
Pour les fans de la première heure, ce virage pourra surprendre. Mais pour qui suivait les signaux faibles des derniers sets de 747, l’évolution semblait déjà en cours. Pacific Spirit n’efface rien. Il reconstruit, à partir des racines, un langage plus fluide, plus libre. Ryan Chan y signe peut-être son disque le plus personnel, le plus contemplatif aussi, mais sans jamais sombrer dans le confort de l’intime.
Un disque brumeux, exigeant, généreux, à écouter comme une randonnée solitaire en forêt. Ou comme le souvenir d’un set rêvé, dans une warehouse qu’on n’a jamais quittée.
English Translation:
Six years after his last album, 747 returns with Pacific Spirit , a break and introspective turn, inspired by Vancouver and inhabited by fog.
Six years after his last studio album, Canadian producer 747 – aka Ryan Chan – steps out of the shadows with Pacific Spirit , a bold and deeply personal album, released on July 26, 2025 on the Aquaregia label . Far from the linear and melancholic acid techno that made his name with the classic Aurora Centralis in 2017, the musician ventures here in a new direction, full of rhythmic ruptures, liquid nostalgia and nebulous introspection.
A jungle bend full of nuances
747 has never been a simple acid techno producer. His work has always betrayed a melodic sensibility, a search for atmospheres. On Pacific Spirit , this search broadens, densifies, changes horizons. Inspired by his hometown of Vancouver, by its humid forests and milky skies, Chan dives into a bath of breakbeat and jungle influences, with bursts of 90s trance, while keeping his favorite acid: the 303 still meanders in the background, but here he is more playful, less authoritarian.
The album doesn't come across as a club manifesto, but rather as a fresco of mental landscapes. The nine tracks are constructed through contrasts: ambient layers against fractured rhythms, hazy bass lines against precise percussion, melancholy against contained euphoria. A subtle balance that gives the album its strength.
An intimate journey, without forced climaxes
From the opening track, we understand that Pacific Spirit is an album that takes its time. The intros are long, often textured like a fog of sound. Then come the breaks, sometimes chaotic, never gratuitous. We sense a desire to escape the format, to unlearn the codes of the dancefloor while keeping them within earshot. The rhythm is never imposed, it is proposed.
The whole thing evokes both the memory of a rave and the silence of a rainy morning. We think of the Berlin school, the cold tension of certain records by Delsin or Modern Love, but also the jungle energy of English pioneers, and the trance light of labels like Eye Q or Platipus. A masterful patchwork, never pastiche, always sincere.
The object disc, between code and matter
In the digital age, Pacific Spirit also stands out for its physical format. Each vinyl in the 300-copy limited edition is unique, adorned with a generative artwork designed by 747 and Emily Nicoll in partnership with the Art Blocks platform. Not just a simple cover, but an algorithmic series derived from random code, transforming each record into a standalone piece of art.
This gesture is not anecdotal. It extends the album's intention: to blur the lines between past and future, between club and museum, between memory and invention. Pacific Spirit is not only a musical comeback; it is also a visual statement, a subtle response to the fixed forms of contemporary electronic music.
A new era
For longtime fans, this shift may come as a surprise. But for those who were following the faint signals of 747's latest sets, the evolution already seemed to be underway. Pacific Spirit isn't erasing anything. It's rebuilding, from the roots, a more fluid, freer language. Ryan Chan has perhaps made his most personal and contemplative album yet, but without ever sinking into the comfort of intimacy.
A hazy, demanding, generous album, to be listened to like a solitary hike in the forest. Or like the memory of a dream set, in a warehouse you've never left.
Visions Germany Reviews Pacific Spirit in their August Print Edition
Visions Magazine from Germany reviews Pacific Spirit in their August Print Edition
Visions Magazine (DE) reviews 747’s Pacific Spirit in their August print edition. Text transcript below:
In der elektronische Musik lösen sich Revivals in noch schnellerer Folge ab als in der Rockmusik. Derzeit feiert Drum’n’Bass ein Comeback. Das ist nicht auf das Mutterland des Genres beschränkt, sondern ein weltweites Phänomen. Zu dem trägt diesen Monat der kanadische Produzent Ryan Chan bei. Unter dem Namen 747 veröffentlicht er mit Pacific Spirit ein Album, das an Drum’n’Bass-Helden wie Peshay oder Photek erinnert. Über seine filigranen Beats legt Chan trancige Synthie-Flächen oder lässt die Roland TB-303 ins Trudeln geraten. Pacific Spirit ist eher Listening- als Dance-Music, wirkt im Vergleich zum aktuellen Goldie-Album aber weit weniger wie ein Signal aus der Vergangenheit
English Translation:
In electronic music, revivals follow each other even faster than in rock music. Drum 'n' bass is currently enjoying a comeback. This isn't limited to the genre's homeland, but a global phenomenon. Canadian producer Ryan Chan is contributing to this this month. Under the moniker 747, he's releasing Pacific Spirit, an album reminiscent of drum 'n' bass heroes like Peshay and Photek. Chan layers trance-infused synths over his delicate beats or sends the Roland TB-303 into a spin. Pacific Spirit is more listening than dance music, but compared to the current Goldie album, it feels far less like a signal from the past.
Juno Reviews Pacific Spirit
Juno reviews 747’s latest album Pacific Spirit.
“Toronto, Canada-based acid techno head 747 is back with his first studio album since 2019 and his third on Emily Nicoll's Aquaregia label. This one taps into his roots in the Pacific Northwest with a retro-future collision of jungle breaks, 90s trance and acid across nine cuts that range from atmospheric acid techno to more introspective, breaks-driven sounds, but always with great pad work and rolling basslines making for bursts of chaotic energy. The title cut immediately locks you in with thrilling drum programming and pensive 303s, then cuts like 'Second Narrows' get more frantic and mind-melting and 'Camosun Bog' pairs plunging bass with more meticulous drums.”
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Pacific Spirit stocked in the bins at London's Phonica and Planet Wax
British crate diggers can grab their physical copy of 747’s album Pacific Spirit in store at Phonica Records or jungle haven Planet Wax in London.
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