[NEW MUSIC]: Gold Panda's YOU EP
The You EP, Gold Panda’s debut release on Ghostly International, is the stuff dreams are made of. Walking on the sunny side of the instrumental hip-hop street, the UK producer drapes the title track’s deep, crunching beat with slyly sliced-up vocal samples, a hint of nostalgia, and just a touch of shoegaze ambience—the results are both head-pleasing and emotionally stirring. What really sets “You” apart, though, is its musicality—Gold Panda knows well enough to set his rhythms adrift in a pool of honest-to-god melody, making the track’s anthemic chord changes sound positively world-changing. And if not world-changing, then certainly summer-defining.
Gold Panda will release the You EP—featuring remixes from Osborne, Seams, Dam Mantle, and Minotaur Shock—on his own label, (Notown) in the UK, and on Ghostlyhttp://ghostly.com/live
International in the US on June 15th, 2010. A full US tour with HEALTH and Indian Jewelry follows.
DOWNLOAD: Gold Panda, "You (worriedaboutsatan Remix)"
Tour dates:
- 06.08 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
- 06.09 San Francisco, CA @ Slims
- 06.11 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
- 06.12 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
- 06.15 Minneapolis , MN @ 7th Street Entry
- 06.16 Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt
- 06.17 Toronto, Ontario @ Sneaky Dees
- 06.18 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
- 06.19 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
- 06.20 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
- 06.22 Philadelphia , PA @ First Unitarian Church
- 06.23 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
- 06.24 Atlanta, GA @ 529
- 06.25 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
- 06.26 Austin, TX @ Red 7
