An abstract illustration of overlapping geometric shapes with rounded edges. The composition uses vibrant gradients of pink, blue, green and yellow.

Brilliant, freaky new interactive Panda Bear website!

Words: Liv Siddall
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Date: 7 January 2015; Work

All over the world funny and loving music nerds who appreciate whale song, birds tweeting, technology and pizza are crying “Yay! Panda Bear!” The American musician who is currently residing in Portugal has just launched a brand new website, featuring an animated interactive slideshow to accompany the fizzing echoes of the music he makes. Just one tap on your computer keyboard and you can fly through strange, sometimes seizure-inducing audio and visual clips put together by Patakk, Marco Papiro and Danny Perez, with a little help from Seen Studio. Not totally unlike the freaky tunnel boat scene in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, this cunning album promo is a perfect accompaniment to Panda Bear’s well-known and much-loved sound and vibe. You can read a really great interview with Noah Lennox himself over here on Pitchfork.

A colourful graphic illustration featuring bold, stylised letters across three horizontal bands of stripes. The letters are formed by shifting the colours of the stripes to create the words “P B”, “V S”, and “C G”. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

A black and white illustration of a hooded figure and a person sitting opposite each other. They are surrounded by electronic music equipment, tangled cables and fluttering butterflies. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

A black and white illustration of a word formed by a series of continuous, parallel lines. The lines curve and bend to create a stylised, abstract typographic shape against a striped background. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

A person in a pink top and a blue flared skirt stands between tall, fluted columns. They look towards the camera with one hand raised in a greeting. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

A geometric abstract illustration featuring a grid of bold, colourful shapes. Bright pink, blue, yellow, green and red rectangles and semi-circles overlap and intersect across the frame. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

Five people pose against a bright red background, their faces and bodies covered in bold, graphic makeup. They wear expressive looks of shock and joy, with patterns in orange, black, and white painted across their skin. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

An illustration of a graphic pattern featuring vertical pink and green stripes on a black background. In the centre, the lines curve and loop to form a stylised, interlocking monogram. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

An abstract digital composition of rounded, pill-shaped forms and sharp geometric angles. The shapes feature vibrant, multi-coloured gradients in pink, yellow, green and blue. — Above
Panda Bear: PBVSGR

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www.pbvsgr.com

About the Author

Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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