Gold Panda Fights Off Tough Competition to Win The Guardian First Album Award
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Friday, 28 January 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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Electronica producer Gold Panda has managed to fight off some pretty tough competition from the likes of Tinie Tempah and Marina and the Diamonds to walk away with the Guardian First Album Award for 2010 for his release ‘Lucky Shiner’. Each year, the newspaper presents the prize to the artist deemed to have released the best debut album. Other artists shortlisted include Everything Everything, Rumer, Mount Kimbie and Delphic.
Speaking to The Guardian’s Alex Petridis, Gold Panda said: “I've never won anything before in my life. I came second in paperboy of the year once. I got a McDonald's voucher for that.”
“I can't really believe the success the album's had. I thought it would be really badly received, to be honest, because it was so simple. So pop, almost.”
Last year’s winners were the xx for their eponymous debut, which went on to win the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize as well.
The Guardian First Film Award went to director Clio Barnard for his film ‘The Arbor’, a documentary about playright Andrea Dunbar. Among the other nominees for this category were ‘The Day Today’ and ‘Brass Eye’ creator Chris Morris for his satire ‘Four Lions’ and graffiti artist Banksy for his film ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’, which has also been nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars. The film’s score was composed by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow. NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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