GOLD PANDA - Fort Romeau, John Roberts, Daisuke Tanabe Rmxs (Sealed) (12")

Fresh on the back of the release of his third album 'GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST' this summer, GOLD PANDA signs off an acclaimed 2016 with a very limited 12" of three remixes of music taken from his latest record. Having previously re-worked the Panda track 'Community', Berlin-resident Fort Romeau once again takes the reigns with a gorgeous, nine-minute pulsing, electro-heavy recreation of the track 'Time Eater' complete with ghostly synth motifs that twirl around Japanese instrumentation culminating in a frenetic release. US producer John Roberts, who himself released one of the best deep house records of the year, remixes 'Chiba Nights', transforming it into a thumping, acid-tinged affair that mixes space and warped electronics beautifully. Finally, the contemplative 'Song For A Dead Friend' is taken on by Japanese musician Daisuke Tanabe, whose wide ranging musical influences of electronica, folk and jazz all come to bear on this track. Radically different to the two that run prior to it on the 12", it's more akin to the likes of Boards of Canada and Plaid, as it slowly ebbs to a wistful conclusion over three different musical phases.