Gold Panda


Derwin Schlecker, professionally known as Gold Panda, is an English electronic record producer and songwriter.
Derwin Dicker also performs house music as DJ Jenifa.

Early life

Derwin Schlecker was born as Derwin Dicker in 1980 in Peckham, London and was raised in Chelmsford, Essex. He lived in Japan and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Career

Gold Panda released several small-issue 7" records and singles in 2009, and in 2010 he signed with Ghostly International to release his debut full-length Lucky Shiner. In 2013, Gold Panda released his second album, Half of Where You Live.
On 27 May 2016, Gold Panda's third album Good Luck and Do Your Best was released via City Slang.
Gold Panda released a new single on 16 October 2020 titled Most Books That I've Never Read.
Six years later, Gold Panda released another City Slang album, which was The Work on 11 November 2022 and is Gold Panda's sixth studio album.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Lucky Shiner
  • Companion
  • Half of Where You Live
  • Good Luck and Do Your Best
  • Jag Trax,
  • The Work
  • ''I Only Know Nothing''

    Extended plays

  • Before
  • Miyamae
  • You
  • Snow & Taxis
  • Marriage
  • DJ-Kicks: An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds
  • Trust
  • ''The Dream''

    Singles and EPs

  • "Quitter's Raga"
  • "You" / "Before We Talked"
  • "Mountain" / "Financial District"
  • "Brazil"
  • "Kingdom"
  • "Transactional Relationship"
  • "Cool Bro"
  • "222" / "0.2"
  • "Us Two"
  • "Stay Here"
  • "Plain Sailing"
  • "Untitled 1000 / 500 Tool"

    Compilations/mixes

  • Unreleased Medical Journal
  • Companion
  • ''Gold Panda: DJ-Kicks''

    Tracks on compilation albums

  • "Like Totally" on The Music Sounds Better With Huw
  • "Peaky Caps" on We'll Never Stop Living This Way: A Ghostly Primer
  • "An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds " on DJ-Kicks: The Exclusives
  • "Quitters Raga" on Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. II by Belle and Sebastian
  • "If You Knew " on Get Physical Music Presents: Body Language, Vol. 14 By andhim & on Eclettica 2 By Glass Coffee
  • "Before Tigers " by HEALTH & Gold Panda on Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins by Jon Hopkins
  • "Black Voices" on DJ Koze Presents Pampa, Vol. I by DJ Koze

    Remixes

  • "same crescent song " on A journey to freedom remixes by DÉ DÉ MOUSE
  • "Before Tigers " on DISCO2 by HEALTH
  • "Everything Up " on RECORD by Zero 7
  • "Close "
  • "I Tried so Hard " on I Tried so Hard by Night Works
  • "Brook " on Clamor EP by Throwing Snow
  • "Straight & Arrow " by FaltyDL
  • "And Yet " by Will Samson
  • "slice " on separation anxiety by Seb Wildblood
  • "Nice to See U " on 5am and I Can't Sleep: Take 4 by kelz
  • "Tarifa " by Blanco White
  • "Eating the Rich " by Echo Juliet
  • "Pose Beams " by Ezra Feinberg
  • "New Time " on New Time Versions by Benjamin Fröhlich
  • "PIECES, FALLING " by Bi Disc