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潘PAN (Aristophanes) Drops ‘Reborn’ EP Produced by Clams Casino

Making an unforgettable entrance with her boundary pushing artistry, welcome 潘PAN (real name Pan Wei Ju) – Transgressive Records’ latest signee, and one of the most groundbreaking musicians you’re likely to hear this year. Today, the Taiwanese artist who previously released under the moniker Aristophanes for which

潘PAN Releases 'Reborn' EP via Transgressive (Artist FKA Aristophanes) Produced by Clams Casino

Pan worked on the EP with BON (Kojey Radical, Mykki Blanco, Gaika) and Clams Casino on production duty and mixer David Wrench (Sampha, FKA Twigs, The xx), who are equally regarded for their forward-thinking approach to sound. Across a constantly morphing sonic palette that moves from metallic, apocalyptic beats to delicate nods to the traditional music of her Asian heritage, via heavy, industrial moments, spacious soundscapes and much more, the thread in Pan’s music is utterly mesmeric vocal. Performing in a mix of Mandarin and English, Listen to the Reborn EP

Pan wrote the lyrics in Hong Kong, Berlin and Taipei, recorded and produced in London and Melbourne representing an emotional and physical journey across cultures and identities. Talking about the EP,

About the title track,

It’s perhaps no surprise that Pan needed a little more time to settle into herself and her art. Raised by a mother who “hated music” and refused to have it in the house, rappers that

Working with Grimes – a fellow self-taught female artist who produces and engineers everything herself – was the confidence booster that Pan needed. “If you’ve got ears and you’ve got a desire to express, then you can learn all the things from Youtube – it’s not just limited to men,”

And so arrives the long-awaited rebirth of Pan Wei Ju. Stay tuned for lots more new music to follow.

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