Gold Panda - Emo's, Austin TX - September 9, 2010


[from Essex, UK] I don’t see a lot of electronic or DJ shows but always find them exciting – it was one guy, in a hoodie I believe, with an Apple and other gadgets that mystify me - he started out so ambient I kept wondering if the show had actually started – then things picked up and he put on the heavy beats with dirty trills on top of it – this I like but I don’t even know how to talk about it – the mood of the audience was completely transformed: all rapt attention and dancey – it was interesting what drew response from the kids… very different from a rock show or maybe not… basically whenever he’d pause and then break back into it or when he’d do some fancy work with the scratchy top-notes – the bass was so heavy and loud it hurt my heart, seriously disturbs me and always has – electronic music always makes me wonder how do they do it? why do they do it? what does it all mean for the larger picture of humanity? (Photo courtesy of http://www.qromag.com/reviews/concert_reviews/gold-panda-slow-magic/)

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