Gold Panda‘s journey has been a long and intermittently strange one. Initially, the essex, UK artist spent his day-job time behind the counters of various houses of ill-repute adult bookstores and record shops finding that the two were equally seedy. He spent the rest of his waking hours building up a library of original, dizzying eclectic electronic music incorporating a disparate mix of influences and source material. The results were gleaming instrumental hip-hop tracks saturated with bright colors and sublimely chopped up vocal samples. Thus, Gold Panda was born. Tour dates, label link and a download can be found at the bottom of this post.

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Gold Panda’s You EP is available now via Ghostly International. You can catch Gold Panda live supporting HEALTH and Indian Jewelry 06.25.10 at One Eyed Jack in New Orleans and 06.26.10 at Red 7 in Austin.