For those indie kids who just want some dance music in their lives, this is one for you. Gold Panda is an amazing electronic outfit with all the dancability of popular dance music, but none of the annoying dubstep screamy drops that seem to plague all dance music today.
Gold Panda's debut full-length album, Lucky Shiner, blends electronic dance music with indie pop and folk, creating a completely unique sound. Despite including heavily produced, sample-tastic dance songs like 'You' and full on low-fi indie instrumentals like 'Parents' on one album, it works so well. This isn't an album you could put on at a party - the chill out factor of the non-dance songs is too high, but you're sure going to get a few cheers if you play some of the more dancey numbers to partygoers, clubbers and ravers alike.
The reason Gold Panda seems to work so well is down to complex layers - beats and samples are gradually built up to create some wonderful minimalist electronic music. Mixing acoustic guitars, synths, samples and a whole host of world instruments, Gold Panda is one of the most exciting musicians out there.
Gold Panda is playing a range of festivals this year, so if you happen to be attending one, we'd urge you to go and see - it's bound to bring a great party atmosphere to any serious music fan's festival experience! Movies Music and Soap will be heading to Bestival this year, so if you see us raving to Gold Panda, don't be surprised!
What's The Festival - 27th July
Stuck! Festival - 3rd August
Summer Sundae - 17th August
Outlook Festival - 30th August
FYF Fest - 1st September
Bestival - 6th September
Dimensions - 7th September
No comments:
Post a Comment