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Panda Transport
Melodramatic Popular Song / Lounge / Experimental

"HOME OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL EMBRACE"

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   Panda Transport: General Info
Member Since1/10/2006
Band Websitealpinechic.net
Band Members

Kat Panda-vocals, synthe, guitar, marimba, percussions & toys.



Ti Panda-synthe, guitar, vocal, theremin, percussions, toys & recorder.

Plus on stage :

Rudy Panda : Drums, percussion and more.

InfluencesThe Bird and the bee, Zero 7,Psapp,Tender Forever, Robert Wyatt, Straight Punch to The Crotch, Coco Rosie, Portishead, Nicola Conte, Nouvelle vague, Feist, Cibelle,Letta mbulu, Badly drawn boy,Death cab for cutie,Shannon Wright, Juana Molina, Patrick Wolf, James Yorkston, M ward,The shins, Pureape, Playme, Elbow,Claudine Longet, Star sailor,The Pandas way of life, Magnetic Field, Modest Mouse,Jori Hulkkonen, Mogwai, Jay Jay Johanssen, Morcheeba, Ellen Alien, Tim and Puma Mimi,Tom Verlaine, Four tet, Television, Blondie,The Sound, Birthday party, Velvet Underground, The Fiery Furnace, Tortoise, Johnatan Richman, Goldfrapp, Air, Daft punk, Archive, Flaming Lips, Bjork, Cornelius, Ladytron, X, The psychedelic furs, Boards of Canada, Thievery Corporation, Postal Service, Mouse On Mars, Schneider TM, Peter Murphy, Add N to X, Large Number, Kraftwerk, Thievery Corporation, Beach Boys, Guided by Voices, matthew dear, Matador rec., Vive la fête, Garbage, Apparat, Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko,Agoria, Lemon Jelly, Polyphonic Spree, Scalde,Lamb, I-Monster, Stereo Total,The Fall, Young Marble Giants, Mogwai, New Order, Echo & the Bunnymen, Telepopmusik, Depeche Mode, Dave Clark, M83, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, David Bowie, Martin Rev, Kylie Minogue, Aphex Twins, JC-Bach, Alice in Wonderland, Pierre Henry, the Smith, Cure, Michel Legrand, Legowelt, Solvent, Alpine Chic, Mark Moore, Bip-Hop rec,Tombad rec., Chicks on Speed, pop, lo-fi, electro-acoustic, electro minimal, acoustic, jazz, experimental...
Sounds LikeSounds like electro pop, trip-hop, jazz, experimental...I think ;-))


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Our New CD Plush Mechanique, 12 tracks, Digipack designed by Christina Alexandra(Dallas), mastered by Lance Koelher(Minimum Wave Recording-Richmond) featuring for the remix Frank Cavet, Bart Thissen and Noise Affinity

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2008 Bart Remix RMX(experimentale version) on AlpineChic compilation, "Kill AlpineChic". The compilation features newcomers and established artists of the swiss and international underground music panorama. CLICK ON THE ARTCOVER TO DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE !!




2007 Panda Transport first album...8 tracks SOLD OUT!!!!!


2007-Compilation AGooN-agOOn rec.,Transmission Vol 1, 17 finest electro tracks from all around the world artists like The Greenmatics, Mach Fox, Panda Transport, Bloik,Dirty Princess, Playme, Deviationist, Dalex, Risqué, Severin24, Luz&Ki, Banister, Elektradog, Auto-auto, Skult, Pureape, Krib!!! CLICK ON THE ARTCOVER TO BUY IT!!

Buy Transmission Vol1 thru iTunes!

2007-Our first release under the name of Severin24 & Kathy Compton-Compilation Supadope(PIAS) with Agoria, Miss Fitz, The Smagas, Varou Jan, R-Zatz,Weace, Scalde, Monstroplantes, Aku Fen, Paral.Lel, Asian Z, , Maalstrom, Napz, Laurent Dratler...

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART, PANDA TRANSPORT ACCLAMED VERSION, FREE ON BAOM, JUST CLICK ON THE LOGO DOWNLOAD IT AND SHARE THE LINK!!!!




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   About Panda Transport
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First we want to thank THEM: Ross Hoffman, Andrea Pestoni, Amin Khatir,Christina Alexandra, Todd Hirsh,Masayoshi Yamamiya Derek Hornes, Emy, Olof Adell, Gilles & Valerie, Hussein(25 Y old friendship)Frank Cavet, Rudy Boissy, Sylvain Gibernon, Bart Thissen, J-Marie Lusinchi, Pascal(Laxap), Philippe Petit, Pat, SPPTC, Old Empire, Mark Howard, Kella Prill, Jeremy(Starvation), Lance(minimum Wave), JC(Buzz), Jones(ST2), Marita Delgado, Mary Ellen, Nicolas(Spidart), Isa & Piero, all the clubs we have played, our family... Thanks so much for your support..BEE ZOO!!!

Back to school
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Paint By Numbers



She is Kathy Compton and she is a leo He is Thierry Holweck and he is insane. They are panda transport and they fight like brother and sister. She wanted to be a pussycat, a witch or an astronaut, he a globetrotter or a shepard in the alpes. She became a chanteuse and writer of jazz and pop, he a punk electro experimental musician. Polar opposites but drawn together by a lust to become acquainted with the unknown. Their meeting was not self evident in a world where cultures fight to guard themselves from foreign ideas, but every good person knows that a mixed race baby is the most beautiful thing 2 people can create. They are a by product of the global village, creating music where jazz phrasing coupled with simple melodies is set upon a sonic soundscape of deceptively complex harmonies and tiny sounds; astral lounge. The notion of travel remains central to their nomadic lifestyle, most of the songs from it were composed on the road in europe or the states, in motels alongside the highway, as opposed to the comforts of a proper recording studio, utilizing dilapidated laptops and wires strewn about. The product is more natural sunlight than well placed studio lighting. It is human music for human people.

Kat and Ti's varying tastes in musical styles are what dictates Panda Transport's sound- a melange of electronic and natural instrumentation, utilizing vocal harmonies, theramin, flute, vocoder, guitars, wood percussion, synths and toys.

Panda Transport formalized in september of 2006 when work begain in earnest to record material for the debut album. since then, we have travelled both extensively in Europe with members of Add N to X and in the U.S. recently supported Girl Talk.. Between March and June 2007, we have played 25 shows.

Their video "Back to School" will be published on the DVD "la B.O. de Lyon", distributed by the city of Lyon and with the magazine Les Inrocks june 2008. The video will be broadcast on TF1, french national TV channel on a show dedicated to the web and called WATTV, may2.

Their interpretation of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was released on Dope Beat compilation (Play It Again Sam Records) this February and is now enjoying airplay on french national radio, France Inter.

"Paint by Numbers" was playlisted on SR, the National Swedish radio, May 14 2007..

"Paint by Numbers" appears on Agoon-agoon compilation featuring the Dirty Princess (Gigolo Records), Pureape (Alpine Chic Records.), and Risqué (Substream Records), among others.

In 2006, Philippe Petit, Bip-Hop Records label manager, and member of Strings of Consciousness signed on Barry Adamson’s label, CCI/Mute Records requested Panda Transport create a remix for his upcoming release, entitled “Deviasonist”.

The talented techno producer Bart Thissen(Wolfskuil Records-Netherland) has recently done a remix of "Paint by Numbers".

Pantrans is touring in 2008 in North America and Europe in support of their new full length release.

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Some Presse

C-Ville Mag, Brendan Fitzgerald

In all honesty, Bastille Day has about as much to do with music as Amy “Crackhouse” Winehouse currently does. Come to think of it, the Bastille—a French prison during the reign of Louis XVI—might’ve made a nice rehab joint. The thing is, a good beat trumps a bad party, no matter the occasion. It holds true for Amy Crimehouse, and it sure as hell counts for Panda Transport, who ring in the holiday with a pair of performances at Zinc. Kathy Compton—one half of Panda Transport, one-fifth of Straight Punch to the Crotch and one saucy vocalist—left me a copy of Plush Mechanique, the band’s second proper record, last week. Compton and her Panda partner, Thierry Holweck, began recording together in 2006, but hit their stride recently, nabbing an opening spot for mash-up magician Girl Talk and won a bit of love from the music monarchs at The Onion. (Not an easy crowd to please.) No bears allowed: Panda Transport plays a rare gig at Zinc to celebrate the release of its new record, Plush Mechanique. That the band plans to release Plush Mechanique at a space as small as Zinc is miraculous, a hometown treat thanks presumably to Straight Punch’s increasingly crowded gigs at the bistro franco, and your best reason for celebrating French independence since Daft Punk paired up with Kanye West for “Stronger.” A good deal of the songs on the record buzz with the sort of minimal drum machines and synthesizers that Radiohead swiped from lesser-known techno acts, and more get close to that synth-pop pleasuredome occupied by Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard’s side project, The Postal Service.

The Hook(USA)

Panda Transport’s CD release show at Zinc is definitely the can’t-miss event of the night. Habitual crotch-puncher Kathy Compton met French musician Thierry Holweck when both were working on solo projects and hit it off as mutual musical advisers and confidants during the two years Compton spent in France. They only realized they made a good team shortly before she was to return to the States, thus kicking off what unfortunately had to be a transatlantic collaboration which had them internetting song fragments to one another and saving every penny for airfare. The result is Plush Mechanique, a debut which is built on understated vocals and sparse electronic loops. It’s also one of the more unique projects to come out from around these parts — we don’t know of another local album that has used the Cher effect. But Compton doesn’t think she’s all that different underneath from the other folks you’ll find performing around town this week — “Our drummer is an iPod,” she says, “but it’s still about having fun.”

Trespass.CH

So gegensätzlich wie Plüsch und Metall sind die amerikanische Jazzsängerin Kathy Compton und ihr französischer Musiker Thierry Holweck. Sie wollte einst Hexe oder Astronautin werden, er ist schlicht wahnsinnig, schreibt die Promo. Das ungleiche Duo präsentiert mit "Pluch mechanique" ein Debut-Album mit Anspruch. In einem Genre, das oft von Künstlichkeit durchzogen oder gar fast dominiert wird, erschaffen Panda Transport menschliche Musik und fordern das Gehör heraus. Feine Zwischentöne wie beispielsweise das Cello in "Back to School" veredlen die ziemlich minimal gehaltenen Eletrotrakcs und bilden - in diesem konkreten Fall - einen dunklen Kontrastpunkt zur hellen Singstimme. Der jazzige Einfluss, den die Singer/Songwriterin Compton einbringt, verschmilzt schon mal mit einem Bossanova, der von sanften Synthi-Piepsern begleitet wird. Akustische Gitarren vermischen sich zärtlich mit elektronischen Elementen und am Mikrofon macht Kathy ihren Berufswunsch Hexe doch noch wahr, wenn sie wie einst Erykah Badu am Rumble in the Jungle zischt wie eine Schlange in Trance. Die relaxte Soundlandschaft ist auf schlichte Melodien und trügerisch komplizierte Harmonien aufgebaut. Entspannung ist für den Hörer aber trotz schon mal komplexen Aufbau jederzeit garantiert!

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Fictionalize.org

Si pour échapper à la déforestation, un panda imaginaire devenait globe trotter et parcourait le monde, il voyagerait certainement sur cette compagnie franco américaine, lestant de son image d'animal pataud et sympathique l'électro de Panda Transport, légère comme les nuages au dessus de l'Atlantique. Et si l'on entreprend de considérer l'album comme un plan de vol, les premiers titres sont placés sous le signe d'une voix féminine entre lounge et trip hop, élégante, brillante, distante comme chez Thievery Corporation. S'ensuit une escale, une chanson plus groovy, et le panda imaginaire d'esquisser un pas de samba ou d'une autre danse chaloupée, au diapason d'un nouveau continent. Toutefois, en compagnie de l'animal noir et blanc, nous ne sommes jamais mieux transportés qu'en passant par Manchester. Ainsi, « Faith », chanson de milieu de parcours, emprunte beaucoup à New Order, mélangeant cliquetis synthétiques et guitares attrape-coeurs tout droit sorties des lumineux disques de pop anglaise des années 80. L'audacieux mélange fait à nouveau merveille sur une relecture de « Love will tear us apart », où les deux, Thierry Holweck le lyonnais musicien producteur électro rock et Kathy Compton la chanteuse de pop jazz américaine trouvent un bel équilibre. A ce moment précis, où que l'on soit, nos yeux s'emplissent de mélancolie au son de ce chant d'appel à un nouveau départ. .

.Le Progrés de Lyon" Jeudi 1 nov. 2007

.... Panda Transport, composé de quatre musiciens dont un surprenant duo : le français Thierry Holweck alias Severin24 et la chanteuse de pop jazz américaine Kathy Compton. Cette formation va surprendre : pleine de douceur, de mélancolie, de rêverie intemporelle, elle affiche un rythme bien marqué aux nuances pop, rock et trip-hop.Originaire de Virginie, Kathy Compton a appris le jazz très tôt. Elle a démarré sa carrière il y a une dizaine d'années et a déjà enregistré trois albums. Les musiciens de Suzanne Véga ont participé à son dernier CD et à ses tournées. Elle joue de la guitare, du synthé, du vocoder, des percus, chante et compose. Thierry Holweck s'est quant à lui fait remarquer comme guitariste dans des groupes lyonnais et a enregistré deux albums. Sa collaboration artistique avec Kathy remonte à 2OO6, avec la création de « Panda Transport » et l'enregistrement d'un 1er CD entre Lyon et Charlottesville, des tournées en Europe et aux USA. Un concert très optimiste, dynamique et plein de sensualité.

Music.CH(Swiss)

roz. Hinter Panda Transport steckt das französisch-amerikanische Duo Thierry Holweck und Kathy Compton. Sie machen sanftmütigen Synthiepop mit luftigem Frauengesang und deutlichem Bossa-Einschlag. "Plush Mechanique" lebt von Gegensätzen. Die Songs sind harmonisch leicht verschroben und wirken doch geschmeidig und mild. Die Stimme der amerikanischen Jazzsängerin Kathy Compton erinnert stellenweise sehr an Roisìn Murphy. Der synthetische Soundteppich von Thierry Holweck ist eindeutig französischer Herkunft. Ihr Minimal-Elektro-Pop hat einen seidigen Charme. Die entspannte Soundlandschaft wirkt schlicht, der jazzige Einfluss kommt durch die Hintertür. Ein Album wie ein beglückender Sonnenstrahl.



Le Petit Bulletin(Lyon-France) about Le Peuple de L'Herbe compilation.

"Courage was needed to do an other cover of LWTUA from Joy Division.S24 and Kathy Compton have choosen to envelopp it with a piece of cotton impregnated with formol, and to sing it with a pervers innocence, which the result of a certain idea of the contemporary melancholy.."


TRAX (février 2007/n°103) / mensuel spécialisé

Le Peuple de l’herbe ayant beaucoup d’amis, le second volet de sa compile Dope beats ratisse large dans le panorama lyonnais. ..Dope beats 2 s’invite aussi au Brésil, le temps d’une parenthèse disco-punk secouée par la basse imparable des Smagas. Puis retour à la casa, plus près des pentes, où l’on découvre alors un Agoria sous perf’ Basic channnel, un Dj Poulet remixé par Flore, ainsi qu’une énième reprise de «love will tear us apart » par S24 & Kathy Compton, aux dissonances électronica. Stéphanie Lopez

Signal Ethik radio.

....This album is indie and original, and very accessible by it's pop side. It is listenable everywhere, in all circumstances, in any ambience, unforgettable: "Paint by Numbers" sounds like looking out of the window of a plane in an open sky---"Back To School" is a track to wake up to or to listen to while deciding to rest in bed- "Transmission" is for bubble bathing, fly to the moon with "Cozy" and run away "Wanted".
Finally, the premiere album from panda transport has the look of a chameleon, a camoflage of sound.Amandine
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Jarrod, I-Monster(message on myspace)

« that is some serious good music you have.

The Onions(USA national):

« Kathy Compton's breathy melodies and sassy song writing float pleasantly over Thierry Holweck's warm digital textures and live instrumentation.Though it certainly isn't bland, it sometimes brings to mind a more club-friendly take on Air. »


C-Ville (Pick of the week)

« Think the Postal Service or Air and you're on the right track: breathy vocals floating and fluttering across glithchy electronics and techno-fuzz, with occasional theremin and guitar blasts for good measure.. »


Bigstereo

« Panda Transport seems to be the perfect soundtrack for me as i'm curled up on my couch...Their melange of electronic and natural instrumentation help them fit in with the likes of the Chromatics, Glass Candy, Thievery corporation, etc...



THE SITES WHICH TALK ABOUT US(CLICK ON THE LINKS):

C-VILLE Magazine(CharlottesVille-USA)

THE HOOK(CharlottesVille-USA)

MUSIC.CH(Swiss)

Rock Town Weekly(USA)

Daily Progress(USA)

TRESPASS(Swiss)

MUSIC ISLANDS(Japan )

CODESTATICS(German )

TF1..Watcast(French)

Site Ikea Videos..

SR..National Swedish Radio

Sara Martinsson blog(Swedish journalist)

VAGALUME(South America)

78s Sound System(German)

ELBO.WS

OUT OF SPACE(Swiss..German)

FICTIONALIZE(French)

KLANGSCHAU(Swiss..German)

LE NME

LA CATRINA

TRIP-HOP.NET(French)

Popop(Popkultuuri ajutine kodu..Sweden)

EARLABS

FICTIONALIZE.ORG(French)

MISSTHESIGNPOST(US)

INDIETRONICA(French)

MUSIC VICTIM.COM(Spanish)

CULTURE CLASH(US)

LOCALM.COM(US)

INDIECENTMUSIC.PODBEAN(US)

WORTELTJESVANORANJE(NL)

MOO.PT

KAI(Japan)

STARFROSCH(Swiss)

NETLABELISM(Swiss)

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Oct 10 2008 12:59 PM

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Oct 3 2008 6:15 PM

Samedi 18 Octobre
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Trois jambes, Un bigoudi

Exposition de dessins originaux, sérigraphies
et autres reproductions

de Fabio Viscogliosi, Geraldine Kosiak, Alex Baladi, JM Bertoyas, Madame Lapin, Julien Dupont, Amandine Urruty , HuncH, Lisa Linnéa, César Brun , Nicoz Balboa, Ophelie Bernaud , Marie Caudry, Nine Antico, Sandra Plantiveau.

Vernissage Mercredi 29 octobre, à partir de 18h

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Ouverture du mardi au samedi de 10h00 à 19h00.
Jusqu’au 8 novembre 2008.

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Mardi 21 octobre, 20h30, projections de films experimentaux à l’Atelier, 91 rue Montsquieu. (www. inattendus. com)
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Sep 25 2008 9:32 PM

Hey, thanks! Stop by any time....
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Sep 25 2008 4:38 PM

Very smooth, very cool! Top gear.....The-Yuve salute you!
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Sep 25 2008 4:01 PM

Hy Panda Transport, thanks much for the add=)=)=)
Your site is great with all your Pandafirends=)
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Panda power world wide !!!
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Sep 22 2008 11:42 AM

hi, have a nice week
cheers
jorge