Roughly 12 years Pandaura set his sights on DJing. Originally from Helena MT, now residing in Missoula. He’s been playing tons of parties over the years and has developed a style and sound that I personally admire and tune into whenever I get the chance. He’s put together a fantastic Deep House mix for us and a little Q and A.
-BK Love-
Why did you get into it? The first reason I ever mixed two songs together was because I was really getting into/discovering house music, specifically Kaskade’s first couple albums, and I wanted to listen to my favorite songs without the intro and outro, so I pirated virtual DJ and started mixing with a mouse and keyboard and recording them for myself. I knew like two people who even knew what house music was at the time, one of whom was my brother Beav, I showed him some of my mini mixes and he said “you know there’s parties out in the forest where people DJ and dance to this stuff right?” Rest is history.
What events have you played? My first show ever was at the Broadway Bar with like 6 people there (who were all involved with the show). I had what you could call a residency with my music crew’s monthly show at the Badlander called Foxxy Friday, it went for 5 or 6 years in a row. I’ve played at Burning Man both years I’ve gone (2012, 2022). I played at Love Your Mother Earth out at Ryan Creek Meadows before that got shut down. Many Shines, Pirate Party, Fairy Tale, Neon Forest (I think that’s what it was called? The first one was my first festival DJ performance), Forest Creatures the past two years. DAT was a really memorable/special event, I did not play all of them but some. Opened for Absolutely once, I’ll House You, Travis’s Monday local DJ thing that used to be at the Palace, Queer Rodeo (part of pride in Helena). Various shows in Bozeman at the Zebra and Colonel Blacks (can’t remember what the events were called). Funk Yer Burn at the Quarry. Several Disco Blood Baths. I’m sure I’m missing some haha.
What inspires you? Friends and family, hardship, friendship, love, creativity, music, art, and advocacy.
Please tell us a little bit about this mix?
This was a one-shot, unplanned, impromptu mix. BK asked if I wanted to do a mix for the series and that night I just hit record messing around and it turned out great to me. There’s imperfections for sure, but I was also taking way more risks than if I sat down and curated/planned a mix. To me it feels way more alive than my planned mixes.
-Pandaura-
For More Pandaura Check out https://soundcloud.com/pandaura There’s currently nothing on it because I haven’t recorded/shared a mix in a long long time, hopefully this mix is the start of a change.
