Sorry about my absence. Not, it's not because I somehow manage to be lazy in almost every aspect of my life (which is true) but rather it's because I've been unrealistically busy the past couple months of my young life.
To clear things up, I have spent my time (since my last post until now) listening to some of the best music that might have ever crossed my eardrums. I want to inform you. I NEED to inform you.
My top band lately, the one that is synced into every iPod playlist, stuck in my head like those annoying McDonald commercials, and vivid in my dreams, sparkles like silver and shines like gold....
GOLD PANDA that is, if I am not being clear enough.
I could not have asked for anything else in the band. It's got me hooked on Indian and Oriental sounding music, which I must admit is a first for me.
The mastermind behind the works of Gold Panda is a man with a similar name; Derwin Panda. All the way from Chelmsford, Essex, this one-man team spawned a new wave of experimental electronic.
The music has got me thinking about distorted sounds, not catchy jingles.
About the melodies, not the lyrics.
The way music flows and moves through time, not the landmarks of music with lyrics.
It's not about singing along to a song but rather feeling the song.
Gold Panda sounds like an easy combination between Animal Collective, The Dharohar Project, and slivers of smashed-up vinyl. The music is choppy, dreamy, quick, beautifully repetitive- a swirly mix of colorful sounds. It makes me want to grab a raincoat from my closet, slip it on, and dance in a hazy rainy day, stomping around in oil-stained puddles of water. Or maybe grab my camera, grab my friends, and spend a day dancing around in the scents and the kaleidoscope of autumn colors.
Favorites:
You
Quitters Raga
Snow And Taxis
You
Quitters Raga
Snow And Taxis
