Cougar Microbes are marching in like army ants…

I’m having a lazy Sunday and booming Gold Panda’s tunes out of my window. I have been meaning to feature the Shoreditch based DJ/Producer for a while and with the sun outside shining bright his tracks are a great companion.

With some awesome remixes under his belt, including great takes on Bloc Party and Little Boots, he could afford to sit back and relax. Instead he has released a stream of constantly brilliant material that builds on cut-and-paste sampling and reminds me of the likes of Dntel and Boards Of Canada and Múm. Not a bad group to be bunched with.

Gold Panda is on tour right now, catch him while you can.

TRACKS:

Gold Panda – Quitters Raga

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Múm’s fabulously titled debut ‘Yesterday Was Dramatic- Today Is OK’ was hailed as a genre masterpiece upon its release and its sound was quickly seized upon by others. The Icelandic collective’s seamless blending of atypical electronic sounds with traditional instrumentations had me wondering where they would turn next at every subsequent release.

Several lineup changes and albums later the band are gearing up to release ‘Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know’ and by the sound of the title track they continue to meddle with awkward sounds and curious vocal deliveries. The track is occasionally eerie but possesses an obvious organic quality.

I look forward to yet another curiously named and brilliantly sounding album.

TRACK:

Múm – Sing Along