Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner

Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner

1 You

2 Vanilla Minus

3 Parents

4 Same Dream China

5 Snow & Taxis

6 Before We Talked

7 Marriage

8 I'm With You But I'm Lonely

9 After We Talked

10 India Lately

11 You

12 Greek Style [Digital Bonus]

13 Casio Daisy [Digital Bonus]

14 Rush Job [The Ghostly Store Digital Bonus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnMcvacNhk0

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“I didn’t want to write ‘beats,’” says UK producer Gold Panda, “I didn’t want bangers. I wanted songs with structure.” And yet, despite the artist’s protests to the contrary,

his debut album, Lucky Shiner, is full of bangers—of a kind. “Lots of factors affected the way it came together,” he explains, “touring, mixing, moving houses and splitting with

a girlfriend. Family, friends, and lovers, places I’ve never been.” It’s that mix of directness and emotion that characterizes Lucky Shiner, an album of beat-driven electronic music

that’s easy to fall in love with, and to. In Gold Panda’s world, vinyl-static beats and heart-on-sleeve melancholia collide, and the results are breathtaking.

 

Lucky Shiner was mixed by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Shaw and recorded in two sessions at a shady retreat in the English countryside—Gold Panda’s aunt and uncle’s Essex

home. As GP explains, “They went away over Christmas for two weeks and asked me to look after their dog. I’d walk Daisy in the morning and then make tunes till she pestered

me to take her out again. I’d bounce down what I’d done, stick my headphones on and walk her, get ideas, and repeat the process.” Decamping to an idyllic retreat means the

album bears trademarks of a pastorally hued Englishness; GP’s two years spent studying Japanese culture, language, and history at the School of Oriental and Asian studies in

Japan also find their way into the music. Opener and lead single “You” slinks along with a stuttering vocal sample and teary-eyed chord changes in tow; “Snow & Taxis” sounds

like prime dancefloor fodder, but its cloudy string samples and chiming bells situate its melancholy closer to M83 than anything else; and the deconstructed hip-hop of “After

We Talked” employs a minimal, lo-fi drum machine and an array of ever-so-gently bitcrushed synths.

 

And the title’s origins? “Lucky Shiner is my grandmother’s name. Sometimes I think she knows exactly how I feel without me even mentioning anything to her.” And while Lucky

Shiner is clearly a deeply personal album for Gold Panda, the producer insists upon inviting the listener into his emotional world. “It would be nice if people could hear the tracks

and attach their own significance to them,” he says. With that, we welcome to you Gold Panda’s Lucky Shiner.

Ghostly International

Troon, I you. This certainly deserved its own thread.

really worth a listen - had very very high expectations for this full length and didn't let me down

really astounding work here - keeping right up with quality - fans of mount kimbie will love this

love you to my friend ....

Sounds very nice! I might have to investigate further... thank you!

top notch stuff, thanks for the heads up troon

Been looking forward to this, you can stream the whole thing at his site:

http://www.luckyshiner.com/

Sounds really good, king of like a more interesting, organic version of The Field sometimes.

I bought the track "Before We Talked" which is REALLY good, but the rest of the album was a little "meh".

Golden Panda LOL

  On 9/30/2010 at 6:05 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Golden Panda LOL

bought the digital release... nice album! Reminds me a lot of four tet, but with an asian flare here and there. Thanks for introducing me to a new artist, troon!

Just bought this from Ghostly (£5 thanks to exchange rate - yes please). Looking forward to hearing it as I have read very good things.

EDIT: Not enjoying the download speeds though.

ghostly international keeps putting up the fantastic releases hand over fist - hoping for new tycho long player before the year is out

hey Troon, it's Gold Panda, not Golden....

just thought you should change the first post for the artist's sake....

and this album fucking pwns!!!!!!!!!!!!! :emotawesomepm9: :emotawesomepm9:

  On 10/6/2010 at 12:14 AM, Atop said:

hey Troon, it's Gold Panda, not Golden....

 

just thought you should change the first post for the artist's sake....

 

 

and this album fucking pwns!!!!!!!!!!!!! :emotawesomepm9: :emotawesomepm9:

I guess that explains this post:

  On 9/30/2010 at 6:05 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Golden Panda LOL

I have the album and didn't even realize the mistake, lol. I was assuming the above post was mocking the artist's name. Might still very well be, actually.

  On 9/30/2010 at 6:05 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Golden Panda LOL

oops

and it was all good....

He tweeted one of my favorite tweets of all time.

Anyone know if the Rough Trade bonus disc is in fact identical to his tour CD "Unreleased Medical Journal"?

Ola t: Both have nine tracks, so my guess would be that they're the same. The tour cd isn't that great, imo, but a few nice tunes like "Start Point" and "Made In Television" makes it worth checking out.

  On 9/30/2010 at 6:05 PM, Enter a new display name said:

Golden Panda LOL

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