LIVE UP! is a selection of high-quality, previously unreleased live recordings, hand picked by Rochester NY’s psychedelic reggae road warriors Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (GPGDS). The independently released album’s 11 tracks were selected from five different concerts in 2008 and 2009.
GPGDS has played 500 shows in the past three years, touring relentlessly and developing a widespread grassroots following. The group has performed at premier venues and festivals across the U.S. including Red Rocks and Rothbury. LIVE UP! exemplifies the tight musicianship and dynamic live show experience Giant Panda is known for. The album was produced and mixed by the band’s sound engineer and show archivist Joel Scanlon. It complements their debut studio release Slow Down (2006).
LIVE UP! is the closing statement of Giant Panda’s former six-piece lineup, as they are now forging ahead as a quartet.
"The reality of this band is that we're always evolving — musically, spiritually, and within our own circle," says GPGDS bassist James Searl. "LIVE UP! documents the sound and chemistry that six people shared with each other and crowds around the nation. We’re excited about the future as a quartet, and eager to explore new territories."
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is currently on tour in their vegetable-oil fueled van and has already begun working on material for a new studio album.
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WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
We the band would like to extend our feelings of gratitude to all of the gracious souls who have continued to support us mentally, spiritually, and physically in our pursuit to create beautiful and original music for the world to enjoy. For the past three years we have been traveling through your cities, sleeping in your houses, and sharing in your stories that power us to create and give thanks for the life that we all live together. The blessing is truly ours to share and we are forever grateful to be part of your lives.
LIVE UP! is to live ultra-positive. It is to not let the past take you down and to glide with positive force toward the future. It is to live life everyday to the maximum potential for the benefit of yourself and everything around you. With this attitude we supply the energy for each other necessary to make the most out of this world and the time we share together inside of it. We have found it to be no coincidence that we are all in this experience together, right here and right now, in support of one another. The meaning and significance of it all continues to reveal itself through the passing of time.
LIVE UP! is a collection of LIVE PANDA that offers a reflection of the time we have shared together so far and the sonic reality that you all helped to create. To our family, friends, staff, teachers, and listeners around the world, we encourage you all to LIVE UP! to the maximum level, full time, all the time, as you have allowed for us to do over the past few years.
LIVE UP! would not have been possible without the devotion and hard work of a few extraordinary individuals. Special thanks to Joel Scanlon, Jocko, Joe McCaffrey, Curtis Bergesen, Matt McHugh, Buddy Honeycutt (who musically inspired Redrico), Alex Perialas, John Brown's Body, Scott Padell, Val Wolfe & Anthony Paolercio of The Agency Group, Gabe Johnson & ITPA staff, Olan & Lia Cox, as well as all of our families who continue to push and support us in our life pursuit of musical freedom, creativity, and the appreciation of the beauty and perfection that surrounds all of us. LIVE UP!
With Love, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Thanks to Scott Flynn for playing trombone on "Pockets"
Engineered & Mixed by Joel Scanlon Mastered by Alex Perialas Live Shows Mixed by Jocko & Joel Scanlon Front Photo by Dave Bernis Back Photo by James Searl Designed by Bill Shouldis & Evan Brock // fadedsea.com
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