Panda Eyes

Oskar Gabriel Steinbeck (born 28 May 1996), known by his stage name Panda Eyes or Lil Panda X, is a Swiss DJ and record producer.

Career Steinbeck started in 2013 bringing together elements of chiptune, dubstep and other genres of bass music to form his own style of glitch-hop.

In 2016, Steinbeck gave his first interview to UKF.com naming Nero, Rusko and Knife Party as triggers that switched him to Dubstep and the French-Duo Justice as his main inspiration to go for electronic music. Announcing the release of "Nostalgia 64" he said "...it's the first tune when I've had an idea when I'm out with friends having a beer and I've actually recorded it down on my phone. It's the first tune I've made from a memo. I felt stupid doing it but I thought 'f**k it' and sang it in my phone." In April he posted a video on Facebook, announcing that he was working on a new album. Steinbeck was diagnosed with autoimmune disease while producing his album Continue.

On 28 May 2018, Steinbeck officially signed to Disciple Records. "Disciple was definitely my first choice for a label since they seemed to care a lot about values of being a family and supporting each other and having fun while doing that." he said. "I'm very happy about the situation since a lot of the artists on Disciple are people I look up to and I adore them so it's such a pleasure to work with them." To celebrate his arrival, he also released his EP "Isolation." Steinbeck described his EP as the story of his trip to Los Angeles. He wrote the first two songs to be more introspective, which set the overall message for the EP. Steinbeck said "he's here and alive", and that he will never stop pursuing his dreams and inspirations. "The second two tracks are more uplifting melodically and particularly the collaboration with Virtual Riot and Barely Alive felt like the first step in pursuing a new journey and getting out of Isolation in Switzerland."

At the end of December 2018, Steinbeck announced his decision to leave Disciple Records to continue his independent career.

Discography

Albums / Long plays Continue (2017) Journey, Pt. 2 (2021)

Compilations Kiko (2015) Nostalgia 64 (2016) The Lost Levels (2018) The Lost Levels, Pt. 2 (2022)

Extended plays Buckle (2013) Harmonic War (2015) Isolation (2018) Let's Fly (w/ Nasko) (2018) Society (2019) Journey, Pt. 1 (2019) Demons, Pt. 1 (2020) Episode 1 (as Lil Panda X) (2021) Orange Soda (2023)