NEWS  RELEASES VIDEOS ARTISTS DATES GALLERY CONTACT LINKS  panda transport - monorail < back panda transport: new mini-album monorail out now ! panda transport was conceived in 2006 by kathy compton and thierry holweck. after meeting and becoming friends via the internet, pen pal style, they began to record material for their debut album, plush mechanique. kathy wanted to be a pussycat, a witch, or an astronaut: thierry, alone in a boat or a shepard in the alps. she became a chanteuse and writer of jazz and pop: he, a punk electro-experimental musician and virtual faders master. they are polar opposites drawn together by their shared desire desire to explore the unknown. their meeting was a twist of fate. their musical creations are a twist of cultures, experiences, influences and personalities. their debut, plush mechanique, featured the single transmission which was featured on the american medical drama television series greys anatomy. building upon discoveries from the creation of their breakthrough plush mechanique, kathy and thierry set out to create the monorail ep more organically. they traded in their postal service-esque transcontinental internet based collaboration for a face-to-face personal effort. sitting down in the same room in the south of france, getting instant inspiration from each other and a shared environment, they created the fundamental elements of monorail. drawing on acoustic, electronic, and found sounds, they set out to capture the sounds of their imaginations – and it worked! monorail is fun to listen to – a six song mini vacation into the panda transport sound. acoustic and electric, spontaneous yet impeccably produced, retro pop tinges with futuristic production, monorail is a triumph of the moment, and of cross cultural collaboration - american and european sensibilities combined into a fantastic creation that is panda transport. their sound is fully self aware and the stronger for it. monorail ep is available in europe as digital download. the cd version is currently available in usa only. cd release in europe in 2010. listen & buy the album