White Panda

White Panda is an American music group, best known for remixing and releasing mashups.[1]

The White Panda
GenresEDM
Occupation(s)
Years active2009–present

Formation and early career

White Panda was formed when two friends, both from Los Altos, California,[1] began producing and performing together as "The White Panda" after creating music on their own at separate colleges.[2] The White Panda were part of a second generation of mashup artists gaining popularity on college campuses and music-streaming websites.[2]

They began a national tour in July 2011,[2] visiting the University of Delaware, and sharing the stage with Flo Rida, Wale and Sam Adams,[3] their live shows featuring black and white suits, with glowing LED panda masks.[4] They continued touring, particularly at universities, such as Swarthmore College, where they were the student choice to headline the 2014 Large Scale Event (LSE).[5]

They were a mainstay of the Firefly Music Festival's dance scene by 2016, having played The Woodlands dance music stage more than any other group at that time.[3]

Later work

White Panda released the single "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" on September 6, 2017, in support of the Michael Jackson compilation album Scream, which charted at 47 and peaked at 41 on Billboard's Dance Songs Chart.[6][7]

In 2018, it was announced on their Facebook page that White Panda was continuing as a solo act.[8]

Discography

White Panda released the albums Versus in 2009, Rematch in 2010, Pandamonium in 2011, Bambooyah! in 2012, Bearly Legal in 2013, The Pawprint in 2015, and Nightcub in 2021.[9][10]

NFTs

White Panda released his NFT collection Almost Famous Pandas. The collection of 8,888 Solana based NFTs sold out on the launchpad of Magic Eden.[11] The project had little momentum after the mint, which is in part due to the fact that White Panda disappeared for a number of months. In which time the team attempted to recover the project and wrote a letter to White Panda. He then posted an announcement where he accused them of being extortionists and subsequently fired the team. White Panda has yet to be seen or heard from since his last message on Discord. The project remains stagnant and is now seen as a rug pull. White Panda is still in control of the funds and has been continuously avoiding the discord. White Panda has also deleted/blocked accounts asking about updates or telling others it's a rug pull.

References
  1. Mendoza, Mariecar (December 22, 2015). "The White Panda returns home for the holidays". SFGate. Retrieved 20 May 2020. Tom Evans and Dan Griffith, the Los Altos buddies known as the mashup masters behind the White Panda
  2. Fetters, Ashley (July 14, 2011). "The next generation of mashups: Super Mash Bros. and The White Panda". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. Cormier, Goss, Ryan, Scott. "White Panda counts down to Firefly". Delaware Online. The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Thomas, Ray (August 15, 2013). "Show Review: Budweiser Puts Wolfgang Gartner and The White Panda On Tap". Vibe. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. Holcolm, Lindsey (March 27, 2014). "DJ duo White Panda to perform at LSE". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. "Top 50 Dance Club Songs". billboard.com. Billboard. February 17, 2018. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  7. "Top 50 Dance Club Songs". billboard.com. Billboard. February 10, 2018. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. "facebook.com/thewhitepanda/posts". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2020-05-19. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. "Nightcub". Nightcub - White Panda. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. "Albums". The White Panda. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  11. https://magiceden.io/marketplace/almost_famous_pandas
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.