Panda Eyes
Oskar Steinbeck, known by his stage name Panda Eyes (born May 28, 1996), is a Swiss composer, record producer and DJ from Zurich, Switzerland.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Oskar Steinbeck |
| Born | May 28, 1996 |
| Origin | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Genres | Dubstep, glitch hop, drumstep, chillstep, melodic dubstep, trap, future bass, drum and bass, electro |
| Labels | Independent, Disciple Records |
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Career
Steinbeck started in 2014 bringing together elements of chiptune, dubstep and other genres of bass music to form his own style of glitch-hop.[1] Recording multiple singles, he gained recognition by releasing them on YouTube and SoundCloud.
In early 2015 he released the song "Superheroes" with German producer Virtual Riot. Later that year, he worked with Brighton-based producer Teminite on their collaboration "Highscore". The song was released in the same year by Panda Eyes and Teminite, and has surpassed 44 million on streams on YouTube alone. His song "Colorblind" has surpassed 32 million views on YouTube. Ultimately he released a selection of his best recordings on iTunes and Spotify without a label in October 2015. [2]
In 2016, Steinbeck gave his first interview to UKF.com naming Nero, Rusko and Knife Party as triggers that switched him to Dubstep and the French-Duo Justice as his main inspiration to go for electronic music. Announcing the release of "Nostalgia 64" he said "...it's the first tune when I’ve had an idea when I'm out with friends having a beer and I’ve actually recorded it down on my phone. It's the first tune I’ve made from a memo. I felt stupid doing it but I thought ‘f**k it’ and sang it in my phone."[2]
In 2017, he released a remix of the 2012 Seven Lions song "Days To Come" with approval from Skrillex founded OWSLA to release the tune for free, saying, "You know when you have these melodies in your head and you know you know it, and you know you once knew what the name of it was but you've forgotten it? Well I had that with this. I woke up from a dream and had it in my head. I was like shit! I know this! What is it? After 10 minutes of intensely interrogating my brain I remembered it was Seven Lions." [3] In April he posted a video on Facebook, announcing that he was working on a new album.[4] Oskar was diagnosed with autoimmune disease while producing his album Continue.[5]
On May 28, 2018, Steinbeck officially signed to Disciple Records.[6] "Disciple was definitely my first choice for a label since they seemed to care a lot about values of being a family and supporting each other and having fun while doing that." he said. "I'm very happy about the situation since a lot of the artists on Disciple are people I look up to and I adore them so it's such a pleasure to work with them." To celebrate his arrival, he also released his EP "Isolation." Steinbeck describes his EP as the story for his trip to Los Angeles. He wrote the first two songs to be more introspective, which set the overall message for the EP. Steinbeck says he's here and alive, and that he will never stop pursuing his dreams and inspirations. "The second two tracks are more uplifting melodically and particularly the collaboration with Virtual Riot and Barely Alive felt like the first step in pursuing a new journey and getting out of Isolation in Switzerland."[7]
At the end of December 2018, Panda Eyes announced to leave Disciple Records to continue his independent career.[8]
Discography
Long Plays
| Title | Year | Singles |
|---|---|---|
| Continue | 2017 | One Smile
Turning Point Continue feat. Subkey Daydreamer Insomnia Pretty Things Apocalypse Stand Still Dark Matter feat. Subkey Fake Princess Galaxica feat. Subkey Second Life Colorblind |
Extended Plays
| Title | Year | Singles |
|---|---|---|
| Demons Part 1 | 2020 | Demons
Game Over Maniac Gangsta Nostalgia From Hell Delirious |
| Journey Part 1 | 2019 | Can't Move ft. Mindy
Home Alone (Panda Eyes & Nasko) Better Than Ever ft. Baer Anybody Else Looking Back (Panda Eyes & Mindy) Wait Anymore |
| Society | Society
Exodus Null (Panda Eyes X Kozmoz) Wake Up | |
| Let's Fly | 2018 | Gold Grillz (Panda Eyes & Nasko)
Let's Fly (Panda Eyes & Nasko) Sucka (Panda Eyes & Nasko) |
| Isolation Remix | Triforce (Dodge & Fuski Remix) (Panda Eyes X Barely Alive X Virtual Riot)
Isolated (Bossfight Remix) Triforce (Eliminate Remix) (Panda Eyes X Barely Alive X Virtual Riot) I Am Undead (Nasko Remix) (Panda Eyes & Nasko) | |
| Isolation | Isolated
I Am Undead The Beauty & The Lazergun Triforce (Panda Eyes X Barely Alive X Virtual Riot) | |
| Take My Hand Remix | 2017 | Take My Hand ft. Azuria Sky (Teminite Remix)
Take My Hand ft. Azuria Sky (Desembra Remix) Take My Hand ft. Azuria Sky (Hi I'm Ghost Remix) Take My Hand ft. Azuria Sky (Z∆NE Remix) |
| Harmonic War | 2015 | Crystal Cave
ILY On my Own |
| Keep Going Remix | Keep Going ft. Cozy (Cormak Remix) (Panda Eyes & Datphoria)
Keep Going ft. Cozy (Ray Volpe Remix) (Panda Eyes & Datphoria) Keep Going ft. Cozy (Dec3mber Remix) (Panda Eyes & Datphoria) | |
| The Elite Remix | 2014 | The Elite (Y!P Remix) (Panda Eyes & OmegaMode)
The Elite (Paradox Theory Remix) (Panda Eyes & OmegaMode) The Elite (Monkey Freakz Remix) (Panda Eyes & OmegaMode) The Elite (Corbin Sobrito Remix) (Panda Eyes & OmegaMode) |
| Gameboy Remix | Gameboy (OmegaMode Remix) (Panda Eyes & EH!DE)
Gameboy (Evilwave Remix) (Panda Eyes & EH!DE) Gameboy (Divinity Remix) (Panda Eyes & EH!DE) | |
| Buckle | 2013 | High
Rage Mushroom Factory |
Singles
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| These Memories | 2020 | Panda Eyes | Drum and Bass |
| Ever Again | Alternative Rock | ||
| Hold U | Future Bass | ||
| I'm Numb | Dubstep | ||
| Dakara | Melodic Trap | ||
| Lost | Dubstep | ||
| Violence | Panda Eyes X Nasko | ||
| Think Different | Panda Eyes X Gabriel Guardian | Future Bass | |
| Lucid Dream | 2019 | Panda Eyes X Geoxor | Midtempo/Glitch Hop |
| Open Your Mind | Panda Eyes | Dubstep | |
| Who Am I | Panda Eyes X Gabriel Guardian | Future Bass | |
| Too Much Sugar | Panda Eyes | Hybrid Trap | |
| Back Again | Dubstep/Glitch Hop | ||
| Blastin' Em | Dubstep | ||
| Neve's Theme | Future Bass | ||
| Hold On | 2018 | Complextro | |
| Purple Smoothie | Panda Eyes & Snail's House | Melodic Dubstep/Future Bass | |
| Lonely Island | Panda Eyes | Melodic Trap | |
| Master Sword | Future Bass | ||
| Death Rattle | Dubstep | ||
| Opposite Side | Glitch Hop | ||
| I Am Undead | Dubstep | ||
| Triforce | Panda Eyes X Barely Alive X Virtual Riot | ||
| The Beauty & The Lazergun | Panda Eyes | Breakbeat | |
| Isolated | Dubstep | ||
| MIZU | Future Bass | ||
| White Magic | Panda Eyes & Chime | Dubstep | |
| Super Panda 64 | Panda Eyes | Future Bass | |
| Fruits | 2017 | ||
| Burnout | Breakbeat | ||
| Take My Hand | Panda Eyes ft. Azuria Sky | Melodic Dubstep | |
| Serotonin | Panda Eyes | Dubstep | |
| Lightbreaker | 2016 | ||
| Vortex | |||
| Shuriken | Panda Eyes & FYER | ||
| Aurora | Panda Eyes & Shivaji | Dubstep | |
| Nostalgia 64 | Panda Eyes | Dubstep | |
| Artificial | |||
| Drippy Dub | |||
| Pump It Up | |||
| Radiate | |||
| Boss Level | |||
| 95K | 2015 | Dubstep/Future Bass | |
| Immortal Flame | Panda Eyes & Teminite ft. Anna Yvette | Glitch Hop | |
| Euphoria | Panda Eyes | Drum and Bass | |
| Antipixel | Electro | ||
| Colorblind | Dubstep | ||
| Crystal Cave | Glitch Hop | ||
| ILY | |||
| On my Own | Drum and Bass/Dubstep | ||
| Sky Race | Dubstep | ||
| Weed N Fries | |||
| Adventure Time | Panda Eyes & Teminite | Electro | |
| KIKO | Panda Eyes | Glitch Hop | |
| The Returning | Dubstep | ||
| Keep Going | 2014 | Panda Eyes & Datphoria ft. Cozy | |
| The Lights | Panda Eyes | Glitch Hop | |
| Highscore | Panda Eyes & Teminite | ||
| Love Game | Panda Eyes | Electro | |
| Miracle | |||
| For You | |||
| Rainbow Road | Drum and Bass/Drumstep | ||
| Snake Bite | Dubstep | ||
| Nafta | Panda Eyes & Spag Heddy | ||
| Rage Temple (Original Mix) | Panda Eyes & Funk4Mation | Drum and Bass/Drumstep | |
| Final Temple | Panda Eyes & Sian | Drumstep | |
| Nightrush | Panda Eyes & MaXD | Electro | |
| F*ck Off | Panda Eyes | House | |
| Cadillac | Panda Eyes & Alpha Noize | Drumstep | |
| Pussy Pop | Panda Eyes & iNexus | Dubstep | |
| Game Boy | Panda Eyes & EH!DE | Dubstep | |
| Jump On It | Panda Eyes | Glitch Hop | |
| Against The Light | Panda Eyes & SORA | Dubstep | |
| Galaxy | Panda Eyes | ||
| Dubsex | Panda Eyes ft. MagMag | ||
| Insanity | 2013 | Panda Eyes | |
| High | Glitch Hop | ||
| Rage | |||
| Mushroom Factory | Dubstep | ||
| Glitched World | Glitch Hop | ||
| Raving Zombies | Panda Eyes & Zephex | Dubstep | |
| level up (unmastered) | Panda Eyes | Glitch Hop | |
| Delay | Dubstep | ||
Remixes
| Title | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| Madeon - No Fear No More (Panda Eyes Remix) | 2020 | Future Bass |
| Tokyo Machine - Play (Panda Eyes Remix) | Electro House/Dubstep | |
| Virtual Riot - In My Head ft. PRXZM (Panda Eyes 2019 Remix) | 2019 | Dubstep |
| Dillon Francis - Say Less feat. G-Eazy (Panda Eyes Remix) | 2017 | Trap |
| Tokyo Machine - Party (Panda Eyes Remix) | Dubstep | |
| Seven Lions - Days To Come ft. Fiora (Panda Eyes Remix) | ||
| Boombox Cartel & QUIX - Supernatural ft. Anjulie (Panda Eyes Remix) | 2016 | Hybrid Trap |
| Flux Pavilion & Matthew Koma - Emotional (Panda Eyes Remix) | 2015 | Dubstep |
References
- "Panda Eyes - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic.
- "The Rise of Panda Eyes". 17 August 2016.
- "The Perfect Remix: Panda Eyes". 6 February 2017.
- "Panda Eyes". www.facebook.com.
- "How Panda Eyes wrote his album while coming to terms with an incurable disease". UKF. 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- Disciple (2018-05-28), PANDA EYES JOINS THE BATTLE!, retrieved 2018-06-17
- "Panda Eyes officially joins the Disciple family with vital new EP: Isolation". UKF. 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- https://twitter.com/RealPandaEyes/status/1079139011057180672