Gold Panda
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Gold Panda is a musical composer, performer and producer from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.

He was born in Peckham
Peckham
Peckham is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

, London, in 1980 and hails from Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

, Essex
Essex
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. He lived in Japan and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...

 at University of London. Gold Panda released several small-issue 7" records and singles in 2009, on Various Production's label among others. The song "Quitters Raga" was named number 75 on the 100 best of 2009 by music website Pitchfork. In 2010 he signed with Ghostly International
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

 and released his debut full-length, Lucky Shiner, in September of that year.

Discography

  • Miyamae EP (Various Production, 2009)
  • Quitter's Raga 7" (Make Mine, 2009)
  • Before
    Before
    Before is an EP by electronic producer Gold Panda, released by Gold Panda himself in September 2009. The track "Heaps" came to prominence when it was used as a beat by American rapper Curren$y for a video by Pitchfork Media leading to Curren$y exclaiming "Give me 16 beats from Gold Panda." Gold...

     (Self released cd-r, 2009)
  • You (EP) (Ghostly International
    Ghostly International
    Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

    , 2010)
  • Lucky Shiner
    Lucky Shiner
    Lucky Shiner is the debut album of Gold Panda. The album was released on October 12, 2010.-Track listing:# "You" – 3:36# "Vanilla Minus" – 4:03# "Parents" – 2:01# "Same Dream China" – 4:14# "Snow & Taxis" – 4:40# "Before We Talked" – 5:20...

    (Notown/Ghostly International
    Ghostly International
    Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

    , September 7, 2010)
  • Snow and Taxis (EP) (Ghostly International
    Ghostly International
    Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

    , November 2, 2010
  • Marriage (EP) (Ghostly International
    Ghostly International
    Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

    , 2011)
  • Companion (digital) (Ghostly International
    Ghostly International
    Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....

    , 2011)
  • An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds 12" (Studio !K7
    Studio !K7
    Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...

    , 2011)
  • Gold Panda DJ-Kicks (Compilation) (Studio !K7
    Studio !K7
    Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...

    , 2011)
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