Panda Transport

See, it pays to contact me with new artists that I may be interested in! Some wonderful lady contacted me and said, if you like so-and-so, you might like this little duo… oh yes I did! Welcome to Panda Transport, a French-American duo who are recently getting recognition due to one of their songs appearing on the drama of drama’s Grey’s Anatomy. A video for that is due to be made, but for now I wanted to share this video gem for the song “Painting By Numbers” and long live home made animals!!! Hopefully, if all goes to plan we’ll have an interview with them in the near future.

Simon Smith

Grey’s Anatomy Editor to direct the first single, “Saint’s Revel”  from Panda Transport’s “Monorail”. We’re headed to the West Coast this February to shoot our first video with a budget above 4 euro. Exciting times. Tell us you love us and we’ll make sure to do right by ya!

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

thierry’s video for “transmission” is no. 3 on the german youtube charts. check it here:

(also features uber criticism about my vocals and lyrics. undoubtedly celine dion would have made much stronger choices;)

http://www.c-tube.de/view_video.php?viewkey=555cfd09cd5d991da0f5

today i feel hopeful in my kneecaps because we will send our new ep “monorail” off to be mastered in mastering land. this is very exciting and maybe we really will get our shot at being big in japan.

power paws! i am just loving my bandmate today.

~kat

Our video Faith was selected by the Nuits Sonores festival crew and fans to appear in a selection of 3 videos played during the festival on big screens in all the Nuits Sonores event platform.

when i look outside my yurt window what do i see? do mine eyes deceive me or is that german shepherd wearing a necklace of baby chicks around his neck? 10 downy pom-pom sized chicks sprouted from their eggs at easter and now their aromatic corpses are a reminder to their murderer that murder is not a nice thing to do. and that you will probably not get as many dates if you accessorize in such a fashion. bad dog.

while thierry slaves with his paper and crayons making the next video for “transmission” it is my job to find a residence for us for 2 weeks in july. we want to play everyday for the second half of the month somewhere in the world. be it ocracoke, bangkok or new zealand. if you know of someone who would like to host such a residency, please let us know. you will make us very happy pandas.

our friend and heroine mary ellen turned us on to this blog featuring this video and now i turn it on to you, click opera:

www.imomus.livejournal.com

Working on a new video for Transmission, donno about the result(I never know), but it’s a mess in my living room…I want to share this part of work with you.I have done three set design, I need five or six at least.

Don’t have a big script thing, just follow my ideas, step after step…Ti.

Notre video Back to School sera diffusée pour la 3éme fois dans l’excellente émission pour noctambules ou insomniaques Watcast sur TF1 ce vendredi soir.

L’occasion de voir la video sur grand écran…oui, une Télé c’est plus grand que Youtube, et de découvrir cette émission.

C’est vers 2h30, 3 heures du mat, le programme est composé de sketch, de videos, de musique, d’art…bref, eclectique, marrant et déjá culte !!! Nous on adore!!!