Mr. Panda
About
Mr. Panda is the solo electronic music project of Benjamin Sellers. It is his flagship project and used as a testing ground for many different styles ranging from IDM, Ambient, Industrial, Shoegaze, Noise, Pop, Folk, and everything else in between. The project was begun in 2002 and has been steadily expanding since then to a catalog of over a hundred songs, most of which have been released digitally under a creative commons license.

Currently, the project has had a major focus on organic ambient music, utilizing field recordings, tape loops, radio noise, guitar, synthesizers, vocal samples and rough mixing. The release of songs under the Mr. Panda name has slowly tapered over the past serveral months and there is a potential for the project to go on a hiatus, while Ben follows creative pursuits under other names, potentially in collaboration with other artists. His other most active project is dark-ambient focused and under the name Subbasement. That being said, the nature of this project has always been cyclical, moving through many different phases since its induction.

The project has many different influences, both musical and not, however, here are some of the major ones, in no particular order: Boards of Canada, Death in June, My Bloody Valentine, Zoviet France, Dead Voices on Air, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, Brian Eno, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sonic Youth, Sunn o))), Boris, Merzbow, Erik Satie, Bjork, Current 93, Boyd Rice/NON, Slowdive, etc.


Gigs
Upcoming
none

Past
05/24/2006 - Stardust Coffee and Film in Orlando, FL. w/ DJ Spatula
05/24/2004 - Stardust Coffee and Film in Orlando, FL. w/ Rowboat and DJ Spatula


Downloads
Much of my music is available for free to download under a Creative Commons License. To view a copy of the license, see below. To go to the download directory, click here.


Licensing
Creative Commons License
This music free to share under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License. For permission to use my works commercially or to sample/remix them, please contact me. 99% of the time, I will be happy to oblige you, as long as you credit me, or if you're making a profit, give me something in return.


Links
Mr. Panda @ MySpace
Mr. Panda @ Virb