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Back to school
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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, may2.

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" was playlisted on SR, the National Swedish radio, May 14 2007..

"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”.

The talented techno producer Bart Thissen(Wolfskuil Records-Netherland) has recently done a remix of "Paint by Numbers".

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

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So gegensätzlich wie Plüsch und Metall sind die amerikanische Jazzsängerin Kathy Compton und ihr französischer Musiker Thierry Holweck. Sie wollte einst Hexe oder Astronautin werden, er ist schlicht wahnsinnig, schreibt die Promo. Das ungleiche Duo präsentiert mit "Pluch mechanique" ein Debut-Album mit Anspruch. In einem Genre, das oft von Künstlichkeit durchzogen oder gar fast dominiert wird, erschaffen Panda Transport menschliche Musik und fordern das Gehör heraus. Feine Zwischentöne wie beispielsweise das Cello in "Back to School" veredlen die ziemlich minimal gehaltenen Eletrotrakcs und bilden - in diesem konkreten Fall - einen dunklen Kontrastpunkt zur hellen Singstimme. Der jazzige Einfluss, den die Singer/Songwriterin Compton einbringt, verschmilzt schon mal mit einem Bossanova, der von sanften Synthi-Piepsern begleitet wird. Akustische Gitarren vermischen sich zärtlich mit elektronischen Elementen und am Mikrofon macht Kathy ihren Berufswunsch Hexe doch noch wahr, wenn sie wie einst Erykah Badu am Rumble in the Jungle zischt wie eine Schlange in Trance. Die relaxte Soundlandschaft ist auf schlichte Melodien und trügerisch komplizierte Harmonien aufgebaut. Entspannung ist für den Hörer aber trotz schon mal komplexen Aufbau jederzeit garantiert!

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