Mundo

Some years ago, Dr. Seltsam established a workgroup with the codename Pon de Panda. You see, while the Doctor spends most of his time on world domination and hedonism, he also works on some good causes of his choosing. Worried his favorite animal would go extinct, he funded research on improving the fertility of the giant panda. 
Combining their expertise in music, medicine and design, Bablo and Geert Jan examined what influences make a panda put down his bamboo stick and get jiggy with it. It turned out giant pandas go crazy for slow, rhythmic, deep and melancholic music! So Bablo and Geert Jan went straight to work to make sounds that set the mood for making panda babies. The magnificent results are displayed as own productions on their Soundcloud page. 
For this week's Private Files, Pon De Panda selected a wide array of their inspirations. From deep classics to nostalgic blues sounds, peppered with some of their own work.

The Private Files Of Dr. Seltsam 018 || Pon De Panda "Pandology" ||

https://open.spotify.com/album/4i4TwsUrWw1NAaUQ80wcbq?si=sKCN3pReT32UZ0a0cNMZ6Q

Pon de Panda is back in the studio so you can expect some great new tunes this year.
 
We start it off with Neverending Nights, a track which reminisces a time for us when the question 'should I go party?' was equivalent to 'should I go down into the basement for a night with no end?' .
 
Let the song take you downstairs into the lights and enjoy.

PDP EP

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Pon de Panda - Neverending Nights

https://open.spotify.com/album/4i4TwsUrWw1NAaUQ80wcbq?si=sKCN3pReT32UZ0a0cNMZ6Q

Back with our second track of 2014, lots more coming!

Delight has arisen from a transitional time in the life of Pon de Panda. It takes you from station to station, never reaching the end of the line.

Pon de Panda - Delight

Three weeks until his Grand Experiment and the search for musical subject matter has begun. 
Dr. Seltsam’s most ambitious researcher, Bablo, was yearning to make Dr. Seltsam’s guinea pigs dance to his newly acquired vinyl records. For months he holed himself up in his dusty laboratory, searching for the correct composition of the black gold as a true auditory alchemist. By pitching up one recording, turning down another and adding more elements he was trying to tone the separate frequencies and mix the ingredients together in one unrelenting groove. 
There was only one drawback that made Bablo a bit moody; the dusty laboratory made him sneeze in the midst of every perfect transition he was making. Frustrated, he opened the window, but instantly the pollen filled spring breeze tickled his nostrils and made him sneeze even more violently. The whole black gold experiment was contaminated; lumps of mucus phlegm were everywhere. 
Undefeated, the researcher tested his new results. Content with his observations because he knew this would stand the scrutiny of the doctors peer-review, he took an empty test tube and, in big capital letters, wrote 'Hay Fever House'.

The Private Files Of Dr. Seltsam 026 || Bablo "Hay Fever House" ||

After spending many musical hours together in dr. Seltsam's fallout shelter, Pon de Panda and Etcha decided it was time to bundle their forces to reach out to the world with a Seltsam message. The result is a song that seamlessly combines the pop sensibilities of Pon de Panda with the electronic production skills of Etcha.
It's an honest track that starts off with more than a nod to the eighties and is joined by a light tickling acid synth line before it dissipates into the stars. An uplifting piece of music equally suited for the dancefloor and the alternative pop charts which breathes one message: let's all toast to love!

Powel Remix:
In the vein of the cosmic norwegian disco pioneers, Powel takes the original further into hyperspace. Slowing down the pace, building on a discoish groove and adding big pad chords to give it this "cosmic flight" feeling. 

Credits:
Music: Bas Blok, Enzio Giljam, Geert Jan Kuperus
Lyrics: Geert Jan Kuperus
Vocals: Geert Jan Kuperus
Backing Vocals: Iris Pielage
Productie: Bas Blok, Enzio Giljam, Geert Jan Kuperus
Remixes: Paul Chriske, Stijn Sadée, Koen Schepens, Alex Wirth
Mastering: Enzio Giljam, Stijn Sadée
Artwork: Nikki Gijselhart

More of Nikki Gijselhart's amazing work:
http://www.nikkigijselhart.com/

Links to the artists involved:
Etcha: https://soundcloud.com/etcha-1
Powel: https://soundcloud.com/powel
Stijn Sadee: https://soundcloud.com/stijnsadee
Koen Schepens: https://soundcloud.com/keon
Zaphod Salmon: https://soundcloud.com/zaphodsalmon

Pon de Panda & Etcha - What You Do It For (Powel Remix)

https://open.spotify.com/album/4i4TwsUrWw1NAaUQ80wcbq?si=sKCN3pReT32UZ0a0cNMZ6Q

Pon De Panda - Same Old

The result of messing around with a childhood love, Bic Runga.
Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec1hqWgqJc8
http://www.bicrunga.com/

Bic Runga - Say After Me (Pon De Panda Remix)

'New ways forward' is the start of a new path forward for Pon de Panda. A path with more releases along the way. Enjoy our first track after having been away for a while.

Pon De Panda - New Ways Forward

New track that's been in the making for a while. Let us know what you think of it!

Photography used for making the artwork is by:
https://www.instagram.com/tsapolka/

Pon de Panda - Bleed For Me

https://open.spotify.com/album/5wgX95H6sBVNVALtOxn6zo?si=gbsYb1iRToiv8qe-OjfVJw
A song about longing, seduced by the charm of the unfamiliar. Exotisme is dutch for exoticisme. Enjoy!

Photography used for making the artwork is by:
https://www.gaellemarcelphotography.com/

Exotisme

Pon de Panda - Exotisme

Pon de Panda - Look around

Dolly Parton - Jolene (Pon de Panda went from 45 to 33 with a pinch of acid edit)

https://open.spotify.com/album/3wzKqcwoD0HzoVWhKPXAxy?si=FBmp_uoYS8Clf5-yR5b2YQ
PTSD is a dark beat and bass driven instrumental track.

PTSD

Pon De Panda - PTSD

https://open.spotify.com/album/7zygvOwxaMB7yLi2vgzaTJ?si=gF4SeJ8DStWszNRKlCc59w

High Times

Pon De Panda - High Times

Kaiser Cobble Boy

"Pupi Ljubav" (Croation/Serbian/Bosnian); Ontluikende liefde

After drinking from dr. Seltsam’s love potion no. 9, Bablo (one half of Pon De Panda) and Evi could not help but sway their hips rhythmically together, so they created this soundtrack to the beat of their new love and happiness. Expect to encounter soothing whispers, intimate sensations, comforting warmth and even some revolting idealism, all sauced by ecstatic hedonism. 

The Private Files of Dr. Seltsam 004 || Bablo and Evi "Pupi Ljubav" ||

Pon de Panda, Geert Jan & Bablo, are electronic songwriters, hailing from Utrecht the Netherlands.

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