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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, may 2.

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" 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”.

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

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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(Lyon-France)

....This band will surprise you: full of sweet, melancholy, timeless dream, it show off a well marked rythm with pop, rock, trip-hop nuances......

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-

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...

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De : (Los) Chicros

Posté le Vendredi 16 Mai 2008

De : KAMIDO:TU_2008-0...

ah bon tu connais déjà "La Tangente" ? :-)))

merci pour l'ajout 

Posté le Mardi 29 Avril 2008

De : ORY CHALK

Deux belles chansons, tout un univers personnel et d'excellents arrangements. Bref, c'est très bon.
Merci pour les écoutes et bonne route... pleine de succès!
A tout bientôt j'espère :)

Ory

 

Posté le Dimanche 30 Mars 2008

De : JJM

Bonjour! 

 c'est bientôt les fêtes de fin d'années! youpi! alors on se fait beau et pour la soirée du 31 on met du jjm dans nos enceintes !

 viens faire un tour su ma page et donne moi tes impressions 

a+ JJM

 

ps : vu votre presentation, j'attend votre morceau avec impatience 

Posté le Mardi 04 Décembre 2007

De : PAM

Welcome here! Bienvenue à vous! Je repasserai. JF

 

Posté le Mardi 04 Décembre 2007