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Birth name | Oskar Gabriel Steinbeck |
Born | 28 May 1996 |
Origin | Zürich, Switzerland |
Genres | Dubstep, glitch hop, drumstep, melodic dubstep, trap, future bass, drum and bass, electro, EDM |
Labels | Monstercat, Disciple, Rampage Recordings, Panda Eyes Records, Magnum Records, Ghosts & Skulls |
Oskar Gabriel Steinbeck, known by his stage name Panda Eyes or Lil Panda X (born 28 May 1996) is a Swiss DJ and record producer. [1]
Steinbeck started in 2013 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 62 million on streams on YouTube alone. His song "Colorblind" has surpassed 45 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] Steinbeck was diagnosed with autoimmune disease while producing his album Continue. [5]
On 28 May 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 described his EP as the story of his trip to Los Angeles. He wrote the first two songs to be more introspective, which set the overall message for the EP. Steinbeck said "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, Steinbeck announced his decision to leave Disciple Records to continue his independent career. [8]
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| 21 April 2021 |
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| 2 February 2022 |
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| 7 November 2018 |
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| 13 December 2019 |
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| 15 December 2023 |
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| 1 May 2014 |
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| 31 August 2018 |
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| 29 July 2022 |
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Released | Title |
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2024 | Money, Love & More (as Lil Panda X) |
Rupees (as Lil Panda X) | |
All Night (feat. Huskai) (as Lil Panda X) | |
Stardust Galaxy | |
2023 | Designer Girl (w/ Mindy) (as Lil Panda X) |
I Wish U Were Here (as Lil Panda X) | |
You Are Already Dead | |
Asteroid | |
Despair | |
Lie 2 Me | |
Tell Me (feat. Huskai) | |
Time and Space | |
2022 | Heart (as Lil Panda X) |
Watch It Snow | |
Wild Jungle Animal | |
Take It All | |
Always | |
I Want Nothing To Do With U Ever Again (as Lil Panda X) | |
NGL (as Lil Panda X) | |
Particles | |
Bad Friend (feat. Mindy) (as Lil Panda X) | |
Dream Land Express | |
Kinda Wavey (Weekends) (as Lil Panda X) | |
2021 | How To Feel |
Insaturable | |
Broken | |
Giving Up On U (w/ Laser) | |
2020 | Soulmate |
These Memories | |
Fk Around Like | |
Ever Again | |
Hold U | |
Im Numb | |
Dakara | |
Lost | |
Violence (w/ Nasko) | |
Think Different (w/ Gabriel Guardian) | |
2019 | Lucid Dream (w/ Geoxor) |
Open Your Mind | |
Who Am I (w/ Gabriel Guardian) | |
Too Much Sugar | |
Back Again | |
Blastin' Em | |
Neve's Theme | |
2018 | Hold On |
Purple Smoothie (w/ Snail's House) | |
Lonely Island | |
Master Sword | |
Death Rattle | |
Opposite Side | |
Mizu | |
White Magic (w/ Chime) | |
Super Panda 64 | |
2017 | Take My Hand (feat. Azuria Sky) |
Serotonin | |
2016 | Shuriken (w/ FYER) |
2015 | Immortal Flame (w/ Teminite & Anna Yvette) |
Antipixel | |
Superheroes (w/ Virtual Riot) | |
2014 | Snake Bite |
Nafta (w/ Spag Heddy) | |
The Elite (w/ OmegaMode) | |
Rage Temple (w/ Funk4Mation) [Original Mix] | |
Final Temple (w/ Sian) | |
Nightrush (w/ MaXD) | |
Cadillac (w/ Alpha Noize) | |
Pussy Pop (w/ iNexus) | |
Game Boy (w/ EH!DE) | |
Against The Light (w/ SORA) | |
Galaxy | |
Hype (w/ EH!DE) [Original Mix] | |
2013 | Bass Machine |
Dubsex (feat. MagMag) [VIP] | |
Raving Zombies (w/ Zephex) | |
Mushroom Factory (VIP) | |
Dubsex (feat. MagMag) | |
Insanity | |
The White Shark | |
FaceBass (VIP) | |
Wonderman | |
Up For This | |
Glitched World | |
2012 | FaceBass |
Zombie | |
level up (unmastered) | |
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2022 | Tate McRae - You Broke Me First (Panda Eyes Remix) |
2021 | Mindy - Nothing Else (Panda Eyes & Mindy Remix) |
2020 | Madeon - No Fear No More (Panda Eyes Remix) |
Tokyo Machine - Play (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2019 | Super Mario Sunshine - Delfino Plaza (Panda Eyes Remix) |
Virtual Riot - In My Head ft. PRXZM (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2017 | Dillon Francis - Say Less feat. G-Eazy (Panda Eyes Remix) |
Tokyo Machine - Party (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Seven Lions - Days To Come ft. Fiora (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2016 | Boombox Cartel & Quix - Supernatural ft. Anjulie (Panda Eyes Remix) |
2015 | Flux Pavilion & Matthew Koma - Emotional (Panda Eyes Remix) |
MaXD – Liable (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2014 | Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) (Panda Eyes Bootleg/Remix) |
Zedd - Shotgun (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Monkey Freakz & Dirty Zblu - Overview (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Barely Alive - Welcome To The Real World ft. Diamond Eyes (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Skrillex - Puppy (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2013 | Dank – Wonderchild (Panda Eyes Remix) |
DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now feat. Rita Ora (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Rodridan - Brain Damage (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Dada Life - So Young So High (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Bro Safari & Ufo - Drama (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Marina and the Diamonds – Primadonna (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Krewella – Alive (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Trouble Andrew – Dream On (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Nero - Crush On You (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Savant - Trust Issues (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Diplo – Express Yourself (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
Dead Lung - 8-Bit Flex (Panda Eyes Remix) | |
2012 | Florrie - Call 911 (Panda Eyes Remix) |
Panda Eyes Records is a label created in 2018 by Oskar himself. This label allows him to publish his tracks on music streaming apps (like Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and more).[ citation needed ]
In 2021, Oskar announces that his label will be able to discover new artists by releasing compilations.[ citation needed ]
The first compilation named "Gems Only, Vol. 1" is a succession of 13 tracks created by artists on the way to success.[ citation needed ]
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| 15 January 2022 |
| Piracle |
| 14 February 2022 |
| Vanatice |
| 30 June 2022 |
| Piracle |
| 1 August 2022 |
| Cadilius |
| 10 August 2022 |
| ELEPS |
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| 1 October 2021 |
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| 8 December 2021 | Akmte |
| 17 August 2022 | ELEPS & Soffizlly |
| 24 November 2022 | Amvars & restless (ft. Jay Karin) |
| 24 December 2022 | Piracle |
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