(photo by David Luraschi)
The only London act named in Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands of 2010, producer Gold Panda possesses a Salem-like ability to make electro somehow so moving and narrative that I want to cry or whoop or gasp. In Back Home, I stand on the precipice of the main chord for ages, begging, yearning for it to come. When at last it does, stringy and melodic, I go slack and giddy-eyed in the face of such digital goodness.
Of course, there are times when all I want are tribal chants:
Gold Panda – Back Home (mp3)
Gold Panda – Quitter’s Raga (mp3)