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DJ Kicks – Gold Panda

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Gold Panda is the latest name to play DJ for !K7 Records’ 16-year-old DJ-Kicks compilation series. And its a very well curated mix indeed featuring both familiar household names such as, Zomby, Ramadanman and Autistici as well as some exclusive new tracks from the master himself. In true DJ kicks style this compilation explores minimalist fringes of electronica, drawing in deep house, future bass, glitch, breakbeat, afro-tek, ambient and much more. Given the wildly disparate materials used to construct it, the bubbling, slurping, rustling flow of this DJ-Kicks is wicked and will most certainly impress beyond the fans of Gold Panda.

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