ARTIST: The Pandas
TITLE: Pan de Monio
LABEL: Rogue Tape Records
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 138kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 10m total
RELEASE DATE: 2004-00-00
RIP DATE: 2007-03-09
Track List
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1. Emma's Ice Cream 6:53
2. Tishina 8:05
3. Graverobber 10:32
4. Red Pundu Garlic 8:10
5. Winter Muse 11:02
6. Into Stone 6:38
7. Wrong Time 6:05
8. To a Long Lost Puppy Love 3:33
9. The Dirty Harlequin 7:03
10. Under the Wing I Slept 2:38
Release Notes:
The Pandas create multi-textured sample based sound collages, and combine them
with ambient tones, beautiful melodies, spoken word, and more traditional song
structures.
the pandas are a collective of musicians and knob twiddlers from worcester ma.
heavy use of found sound samples combine with a 'plug in and play' esthetic to
create a refined sound with a cut and paste approach.
[review by paulcollegio.net]
The more I hear this, the more I love it. So many influences, from Mille
Plateaux Click-Hop to Mole-era Residents to Hacker-era Clock DVA to Livonia
period His Name is Alive. Really lovin' this. And the fact that they sample
James Coleman and Liz Tonne makes this exceptionally high class stuff.
[review by Scott McLennan]:
The Pandas did a beautiful job fusing electro and ambient musical components on
their debut recording "Pan De Monio". The collective created, sampled and
re-sampled sounds to create 70 minutes worth of mesmerizing sonic landscapes,
some instumental, some augmented singing and spoken word passages. Compared to
some of the other projects that members have been engaged in, this work aims for
a broad sound that moves and breathes in an amoebic fashion. The ensemble,
though, avoids the biggest pitfall facing artists in the ambient field by
keeping the mellowest passages from slipping off into the realm of background
noise. Also in the plus category, The Pandas created indelible melodic hooks for
their songs. Yet, in seeking an aural middle ground, The Pandas likewise avoided
the middle of the road, making "Pan De Monio" an off-beat, but thoroughly
engaging affair.