Magic Panda Influences

Magic Panda, a lo-fi electronic music producer from the distant and mystic hinterland of Norfolk, gives us his influences ahead the release of his new album, ‘Temple of a Thousand Lights’ which can be streamed for your listening pleasure here.
When I first heard Aphex Twin many years ago, I was pretty much listening exclusively to alt-rock and had naively more or less written off all ‘dance’ music as repetitive and derivative. However, I was instantly mesmerised by girl/boy song’s beauty. It really challenged my preconceptions about music and opened up my mind to the endless possibilities of electronic music. I love the splicing of mellow plucked string harmonies with wild beats, and the emotional power of the break downs. Years later, when I started to get into electronic production myself, this was very much my initial point of reference – I wanted all my tracks to sound like this.
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