Ton Up

Description

Gold Panda returns with TON UP, a brilliant and tenacious album for Studio Barnhus: eight raw dance tracks and two intimate interludes, all shaped with the determination of a producer who knows that 140 bpm is much more than just a tempo, it's a true way of life. Imbued with the unmistakable touch of Derwin Dicker, the tracks of Ton Up carry the raw power of old-school hip-hop instrumentals, propelled by house machinery and ready to wreak havoc on any sound system worthy of the name. Here, there is none of that dreaded and over-analyzed "maturity," often demanded of established electronic artists. Gold Panda still sounds as fulfilled, savoring without restraint the physical pleasures of pressure, swing, and repetition. TON UP is effective club music, funny and surprisingly tender, arriving just in time.