Gold Panda – Half Of Where You Live

Gold Panda – Half of Where You Live (Ghostly International)

With a name like Derwin Schlecker, Gold Panda was destined to find a profession that justified the use of a stage name; happily his choice was to make warm, crackling electronica flecked with bits of hip hop and folk. He possibly modestly claims to have done little of note in his life before releasing his Mercury Prize-nominated debut, 2010’s Lucky Shiner, which he recorded while dog-sitting for his aunt and uncle. He returns with Half Of Where You Live, the product of and a tribute to a period spent touring the world multiple times over, picking up influences and ideas along the way. It finds his signature production style festooned with exotic instrumental touches like souvenir magnets on a refrigerator door, the contents on par with leftovers of good takeout.