X-Panda - progressive metal and fusion

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X-Panda � Progressive metal and fusion band from Estonia.

Website: 

            www.x-panda.net

            http://www.facebook.com/pages/X-Panda/158985547481592

            www.myspace.com/xpandaband

            http://signmeto.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/x-panda
(here are also some comments about our music)

            youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3a93FbZvVk

            youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ristoromot

Band biography:

X-Panda is a progressive
metal and fusion band from Estonia. The band is known for their concerts full
of emotion and power - pure pleasure for people who like to dream, imagine and
feel.  The music of X-Panda will move both experienced musicians and just
music lovers. Their creations are full of surprises and changes of mood,
sounds, complex rhythmical characters, rhythmic illusions, jazz-fusion chord
progressions, mean and evil guitar riffs and in all this one can also find
heroic film music melodies that you can sing along to.

X-Panda tries to
expand their musical horizon and knowledge by creating technically and
musically more entertaining music for themselves in the first place. 

The band was
founded as a one time project for an original song competition in april
2009.  They ended up winning the competition with a song "Dickybirds".
The feedback for such unusual music approach was extremely positive,
so they decided to continue as a band. X-Panda has won several
competitions, including the title Noorteb�nd 2010, which is one of the two
biggest band competitions held in Estonia. 

X-Panda released their debutalbum ��Flight of Fancy�� in september 2011 

Kaarel Tamra about
X-Panda:

 "I think that it is
unusual that four people can share the same musical interests.

 It is so cool that
sometimes  when
beginning to describe a particular riff or pattern, they already know what to do without me even
saying it. I find that really rare  and special. We have a
really good chemistry and
we are all such good friends. The band is like a summer holiday -everybody
is anxiously waiting for the rehearsals and
concerts. They�re just so much fun, because we can do exactly what we want!"

X-Panda lineup:

Kaarel Tamra �
keyboards

Risto Virkhausen �
guitars

Tamar Nugis � bass
and vocals

Karl-Juhan Laanesaar
- drums

Main influences for X-Panda are:       

Dream Theater,
Planet X, Liquid Tension Experiment, Jordan Rudess, Virgil Donati, Gavin Harrison,
Simon Phillips, Joe Satriani,
Porcupine Tree, Nightwish.

X-Panda discography:

Flight of Fancy (2011) 

Track list:

1. Intro (0:49)

2. Black (11:00)

3. Dickybirds (7:01)

4. Flight of Fancy (7.04)

5. Siren (4:22)

6. Journey of a Dream (11:06)

7. Keyboard Solo (3:20)

8. Rhythm Department (5:58)

9. Calm Waters (4:17)

10. Crystal Gazing (8:16)

11. Revelation (6:24)

 More promo photos:

Edited by X-Panda - 13 Oct 2011 at 10:52pm