"I didn't want to write 'beats,'" says UK producer Gold Panda, "I didn't want bangers. I wanted songs with structure." And yet, despite the artist's protests to the contrary, his debut album, Lucky Shiner, is full of bangers--of a kind. "Lots of factors affected the way it came together," he explains, "touring, mixing, moving houses and splitting with a girlfriend. Family, friends, and lovers, places I've never been." It's that mix of directness and emotion that characterizes Lucky Shiner, an album of beat-driven electronic music that's easy to fall in love with, and to. In Gold Panda's world, vinyl-static beats and heart-on-sleeve melancholia collide, and the results are breathtaking.

TRACKLIST :

A1. You

A2. Vanilla Minus

A3. Parents

A4. Same Dream China

A5. Snow & Taxis

A6. Before We Talked

B1. Marriage

B2. I'm With You But I'm Lonely

B3. After We Talked

B4. India Lately

B5. You (Part II)