Tag: Pan Amsterdam

  • Pan Amsterdam x Iggy Pop – Mobile – Def Pressé

    For the record Pan Amsterdam are everything I used to love about the spoken word. Clever, informed combinations of poetical polemics that sting, accompanied by music that twists and reworks old formulas into something excitedly defiant, screwing up the past, reflecting todays mood swings. And who else but the timeworn voice of Iggy Pop to…

  • Pan Amsterdam X Open Mike Eagle – No Snare – Def Pressé

    From the very opening bars of No Snare the stripped down yet resolutely beautiful trumpet by Leron Thomas intones a suggestion of what comes next. Of course this being Pan Amsterdam a nod to the past is employed and while you may recognise the vibe blown there is a timeless quality to both their definition…

  • Pan Amsterdam – Landlord Elijah – Def Pressé

    I don’t know why this perfection of rough and ready emotion is so utterly heart wrenching. It’s not like a review much in the line of this genre anyway, so I guess it’s the sheer impact of Pan Amsterdam’s story that hits hard and home. The music is captivating robustly giving strength and blessing to…