The music speaks for itself. I’m lost for words. My tea’s gone cold. If you don’t watch/enjoy this video here then you hate music and therefore life. Self-titled album out in January, new track ‘Ruins’ available as a free download and the band are playing for free in Sheffield this Saturday. Could you ask for anything more? Tailor made, silk-lined, Hefneresque smoking jacket you say? Irrelevant.
The title of this post may seem like nonsense but it’s actually the name of an amazing forthcoming compilation album from R&S records and the return of the legendary In Order to Dance series. Featuring the likes of James Blake, Pariah, Blawan, Bullion, Airhead and a fair few others, the 22 track release is a mix of new and old, with the first disc celebrating the best tunes from the last 18 months and disc 2 offering 10 completely new tracks, including Pariah’s ‘Left Unsaid’ which you can peep below. This is massive. Add it to your “Must Have” list along with Dougal and the Blue Cat on DVD.
Having made the BBC’s longlist for the Sound of 2010, alongside the masterful talents of Giggs, Stornoway and a few others, I decided Gold Panda was a producer I should probably sit up and wrap my ears around. Thankfully, he’s a bit of a genius and I have managed to spend the last couple of hours infatuated by his gorgeous aural treats. Analogue degradation folded into minimal electronica gives his music an insular and comforting quality reminiscent of wrapping yourself up in a duvet on a Winter morning. His three track release, Miyamae EP, is a short but exquisite journey into this soft opulence that will stop your hands shaking and make that hard wooden stool feel like a cotton wool throne.
I don’t like to tip things for success because it makes me feel like I’ve failed if I’m wrong, but I’d just like to state that if the world has any sense, Gold Panda will have a sick start to the next decade. If he flops, fuck it, I’ll claim I tipped somebody else. Video after the jump.
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