Trust vinyl

The Essex born but Berlin dwelling Gold Panda has always represented an amusingly self effacing anomaly amongst an ever swelling sea of electronic producer's stricken by a lack of humour and original ideas Having receded from the spot light in the aftermath of his highly lauded debut album Lucky Shiner and largely worked on building the roster of artist on his NoTown label, Derwin Panda (no doubt reluctantly) returns offering a glimpse at where his sound is now on this Trust 12". A brief intro sets the tone before the hazy, saturated textures of the title track engage in cold war with the crisp, slinky groove and slightly maudlin melodics. Vinyl crackle and clopping drums expand into a wonderful organic techno refrain on the highlight that is "Burnt Out Car In A Forest" whilst "Casyam 59#02" is contemporary electronica at its finest. The forthcoming Gold Panda album should be very interesting on this basis of this.