MUSIC


GOLD PANDA ‘COMPANION’ GHOSTLY


LAST YEAR, London-based producer Gold Panda released his debut album ‘Lucky Shiner’ to much critical acclaim. Now Ghostly International has put together ‘Companion’, a compilation of three of his 2009 EPs (‘Before’, ‘Miyamae’, and ‘Quitter’s Raga’) plus one non-EP track.


The album might lack the seamless aural narrative of ‘Lucky Shiner’, but it promises to be a journey into the melancholic heart of Gold Panda, as he churns out the sounds of horns, Indian sitars, and water droplets from his Akai MPC2000XL sampler. Essential.


COLECO DJWEEKLY PODCAST #31


FIRST COMING TO OUR ATTENTION with Julio Bashmore’s superb double-header of ‘Around’ and ‘Batak Groove’, the Bristol-based label Soul Motive celebrate the deeper side of bass music, knowing that a delicate melody can have as much power as the physical heft of bass. Put together by label artist Coleco, his podcast looks at current


and forthcoming release for Soul Motive, plus sister label Two Floors Down, whose digital and CD releases will feature bands, live performers and singers with a dance music backbone, and SM White, their bootleg label for you to play spot the sample with…


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