Gold Panda peddles in the kind of genre-defying electronic music which has critics wracking their brains for a way to categorise it. It arguably fits best into the post-dubstep label which artists like Mount Kimbie helped expand and define but is just as linked to indie, techno, chill and glitch.
The London born DJ and producer’s originality is mainly due to the Eastern element of his work. From his DJ moniker right down to the samples in tracks and the history of Gold Panda’s development, the artist has a uniquely oriental vibe and sound.
Derwin ‘Gold Panda’ Panda (his given but presumably fake surname) grew up in and around London but studied at London’s SOAS – the School of Oriental and African Studies for the non-Londoners among us – and went on to live in Japan. His fascination with the Far East and Asia permeates his album art and music, especially in tracks such as ‘Same Dream China’ and ‘India Lately’.
I love the minimalist, chillwave sound that accompanies the oriental twangs and cymbals present throughout Lucky Shiner, Panda’s debut album and his latest one – Half of Where You Live. Not only are both LPs intellectual delicacies, referencing IDM throughout, they are as danceable as any club-oriented release we’ve heard this year.
This choice picking from Half of Where You Live is blissed out dancefloor magic.
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