Archive for October, 2009

BE A PANDA POP STAR.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Dear PanTransFans,

We would appreciate and adore you even more if you would consider being pop stars in our upcoming video for the first single “up the disco” from the forthcoming album “monorail” . The concept is that you download, (which we will give you for free!- and! That’s not all you’re gonna get!) the song and play it in the background while you film/webcam yourself either:

  • Singing  (lyrics below)
  • Playing an instrument (link to chords below)
  • Dancing (any way you want!)
  • Doing something extraordinary and unique inspired by the song- like putting something up. up. up. your. disco.

Send the video clip to us at:

Thierry, our chef of the A/V department will then create a video collage of all of your submissions (if you would like your name included in the credits, please make sure to provide us with the correct spealling). Then! we’ll send the completed video back to you and you can show all your friends the popstar emerge out of you. Like a PHOENIX.

&&&&&& please understand- this is NOT lip synching- we are really going to be using the audio from the video you send us. that is why it is important that you keep the playing of the song at a low background volume- we want to hear your! rendition of “up the disco”, not ours- we already have that one- we want to feature you! our beloved PTFs- &&&&&&& if you only want to do one section of the song, that’s cool with us.

so, everybody ready for fame and no fortune (not this go round anyway;)- ?

please write to the above email address if you have any questions-

Deadline december 2009

If you do this, in addition to double panda bear hugs, we will send you a copy of the cd as a thank you gift when you provide us with your mailing address.

love and pandamore,

kat & ti

panda transport

Link to the song, “up the disco” for download:

http://www.03_up_the_discoS.mp3

guitar tab:

lyric:

Up the disco –by- panda transport


Verse 1

Here! The atmosphere is a full scale replication
Of a standardized map of the imagination
if you set your eyes to the widest aperture
You get a better Dazzle factor, mais oui, for sure


Verse 2

Some seek forever looking for resurrection
I found mine in the hotel ! imagination
Every night ambrosia’s served under the stars
I like mine with a shot of chartreuse and a bit of vonderbar

Chorus

I’d love to trust those who live next to me
But I’d be a fool with my eyes covered snug and wooly
I fear they’re swimming in a gene pool too shallow
Like action figures who like their culture up the disco

Spoken word

Chasing me are light-soaked dreams, blips of restoration

It’s a journey that requires constant careful modification

De-Marked by over-hyped and exposed scary skull and crossbones
But with fuchsia lenses, the world’s dynamite. It’s high tone

chorus 4 times

Plush reviewed by Jon Peritz published in Mi2N, Top40, MusicDish.

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The melody in Panda Transport’s latest single “Transmission” seems to float on a viscous stew of synthesized sounds and rhythms. This bubbly binary brew is the perfect medium for the duo’s catchy melodic lines, silky, if familiar, harmonic rhythm, and airy vocal tones. The combination of real, that is, acoustic instruments and electronic sounds is seamless, and each sound supports the tune’s infrastructure as it builds, gurgling and popping like a thick lava flow growing slowly and gracefully.

“Transmission” is a morsel from this unlikely duo’s album, “Plush Mechanique,” an apt name for the soupy mix of traditional and computer music. The two artists, Kathy Compton and Thierry Holweck, met over the internet; she an American jazz and pop composer, he’s a Frenchman and master of the virtual music world. What would seem to be an odd mixture turns out to be a successful experiment in music-meshing and genre-bending. Panda Transport has already found commercial success in America with “Transmission” being featured on Grey’s Anatomy. Their new EP “Monorail” will be released this fall.

Review by Jon Peritz

Traduction en francais

La melodie du dernier single de Panda Transport semble flotter dans un melange épais de sons synthetiques et de rythmes.

Ce breuvage mousseux binaire est le milieu idéal pour le l’assemblage des lignes mélodiques accrocheuses, soyeuses, si familière, le rythme harmonique, et aérien des tonalités vocales. La combinaison du réel et du virtuel, d’instruments acoustiques et sons électroniques est sans faille, et chaque son prend en charge l’infrastructure du morceau qu’elle bâtit, gargouillis et éclatée comme une coulée de lave épaisse qui se développe lentement et avec grâce.
“Transmission” est un morceau de l’album de ce duo improbable, les “Plush Mechanique”, un nom approprié pour le mélange  traditionnel et de l’informatique musicale. Les deux artistes, Kathy Compton et Thierry Holweck, se sont rencontrés sur Internet; elle une chanteuse américaine de jazz et compositeur pop, et un Français maître dans le monde de la musique virtuel. Ce qui semble être un mélange bizarre s’avère être une expérience réussie dans leur musique, faite de maillages et d’inflexion. Panda Transport a déjà connu le succès commercial en Amérique avec “Transmission” présent dans Grey’s Anatomy. Leur nouvel EP “Monorail” sortira cet automne.

Jon Peritz

Quizz…

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Someone send me that, a french site he has found on the internet…it’s a quizz about Panda Transport songs.

What for, I don’t know..

But you know what? I played and I lost, can you believe it???  hey…It’s true and ok, I know it’s a shame !!!!!

Anyway :-) ))) I guess it’s a site done to make money with the advert click..

Ti