Southpacific (colloquially, "SoPac") was a Canadian post-rock/space rock band with prominent shoegaze leanings, originally based in Ottawa. Southpacific's guitar-oriented music was generally psychedelic in nature and filled with reverb, yet at times contained sheets of noise and heavy drumming. History Southpacific's members were multi-instrumentalists Joachim Toelke (primarily electric guitar), Graeme Fleming (primarily drums/percussion), and Phil Stewart-Bowes (primarily bass guitar). The trio formed in 1997, began playing live in 1998, and went on to release two recordings on the Turnbuckle label. Their self-titled 1998 EP/mini album (also known as 33) was supposedly recorded in a ski chalet. Southpacific soon relocated to the more musically-fertile community of Toronto. Full-length album Constance was recorded in early to mid-1999, and made it to stores in early 2000. The band never released any singles. The music was highly recording studio-intensive, using many layers of guitar tracks and subtle samples to create a dense overall sound. Only one of the band's songs ("Built To Last") had vocals. They performed at the 1999 Canadian Music Week Festival, and embarked on a cross-Canada tour with indie rockers Tristan Psionic and Crooked Fingers between April and May 2000. The band's last performance was on August 26, 2000, with shoegaze band SIANspheric. Southpacific released Depths, their first track since the disbandment in 2000, digitally on February 21, 2020. Post-breakup After disbanding in August 2000, Toelke focused on an experimental recording project entitled Frihavn, which created a demo CD. Turnbuckle Records soon folded, leaving southpacific's albums both out of print. Fleming and Stewart-Bowes are both currently residing in Toronto, while Toelke has been living in Europe since 2003. Discography Albums Constance - Turnbuckle 2000 EPs/Mini-albums 33 - self-released on 15 August 1998; promo release (green cover) on Turnbuckle, 1999; re-pressed (purple cover) in 2000 Radar Road - 2023 Singles Depths - 2020 References External links Southpacific Official website "Here Come The Waves" Eye Weekly coverage of the CMW showcase Archived at the Wayback Machine. Southpacific at eMusic Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 2000 Musical groups from Ottawa Canadian post-rock groups Canadian shoegaze musical groups Canadian space rock musical groups 1997 establishments in Ontario 2000 disestablishments in Ontario