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JFeather: Beats, DJ, Electronics | JustinP: Vocals

Genre: Hip-Hop & Rap

Sound description: Ghettotech and porn-hop.

RIYL: Ghostland Observatory, Rjd2, Soul Coughing, NIN, People Under the Stairs, Aesop Rock, Ratatat, MF Doom, Octo, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Prince, Phil Collins

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Song Downloads

• Burn Down the Disco

Related Links

• Beat Panther website

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2009

Influences: Ghostland Observatory, Rjd2, Soul Coughing, NIN, People Under the Stairs, Aesop Rock, Ratatat, MF Doom, Octo, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, Prince, Phil Collins

Background:

Based in North Park, Beat Panther calls itself a “beat-driven tribute to the love of house, hip-hop, electronic, rock and roll, and pornography. Beat Panther blends dance floor squalor with spaced-out keys, only to bring a glitchy climax to the stage with such full force that Prince would blush.”

Rev (frontman JustinP) and JFeather (DJ/beatmaster) met while their ramshackle bands were touring together. With ghettotech savvy and experimental sensibilities, the duo debuted with “Burn Down the Disco,” a dark, dance-pop anthem about “a girl too sexy for her own good,” which would set the precedent for the new project.