Gold Panda makes minutely detailed electronica that is filled with imagination. Snow & Taxis is a perfect example - a carefully constructed piece of music layered with a sleigh bell-like glockenspiel and a brief appearance by a Titanic soundtrack type vocal synth that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The track has a muted techno beat and is breathlessly danceable, despite never really reaching any kind of a crescendo.
Comparisons with the likes of Four Tet are easily made because of Snow & Taxis' unfussy structure and the geeky attention to detail that gives the track a real thickness and quality feel. A slightly confusing video that’s more David Attenborough meets Blair Witch Project, than twinkling car lights and glistening snow just makes it all the more intruiging. Snow & Taxis is the first track to be released from Gold Panda’s album - Lucky Shiner – that is due on 11th October. If you want to hear the whole thing go to http://www.luckyshiner.com/.
Snow & Taxis by Gold Panda
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