Annika Wetzko AKA Panda Lassow is one of the multi-talented musical creatives the Greater Dresden (DE) area has to offer. After living 11 years in Rotterdam (NL), she now returned to the place where everything started.

She DJs, produces, runs the labels ANUS Records and LES CIDRES, organised The Beatmakers Union, has been a resident at Red Light Radio Amsterdam for 8 years and since this year she hosts her new 4-weekly show called Endlich Wochenende on the new launched radio station Echobox in Amsterdam. She is also broadcasting a sister radio show live in-between from the Fat Fenders record store in Dresden where people can come along and network with the scene.

Listening to Panda Lassow always is like going on a journey for explorations - electronic music from all over the world with an affinity to dances, rhythmic structures and mental explosions.

“CREATIVITY TO ME IS WHAT I MAKE OUT OF IDEAS AND VISIONS. HERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THOUGHT IS A STRONG ACHIEVEMENT WHICH I VALUE ABOVE MOST OTHER VALUES.”

Born and raised in East-Germany, her personal history influenced her today’s attitude to music and all her creations in general - simplicity, DIY, just do it, learning by doing, surprises happen out of your comfort zone, people are fascinating.

“I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. AND MUSIC INTEGRATES BOTH - IN MAKING AND EXPERIENCING.”

Hearing this makes it logical that after a MSc degree in Computer Science (data privacy and security) and deepening in Electronics of acoustics and sound design, she started DJing and producing her own creations next to working in IT.

“DECIDING TO MOVE TO ROTTERDAM (NL) IN 2009, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS IN MY LIFE SO FAR. ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD INFLUENCED AND STILL DO INFLUENCE MY MUSIC AND SELECTIONS VERY MUCH. MY MUSIC FEELS LIKE HOME TO ME SINCE THEN. THIS JOURNEY WAS NEEDED. I LOVE IT. THIS IS ME.”

Her creations like the TRORA Vol. 1 & 2 releases show that at its best - global bass creations influenced by her roots like techno and rave. And Laurel Halo knew it too and selected her track Lachowa to be one of the tracks on her DJ Kicks in early 2019. In unstable times like 2020, her track Stability got selected by Dutch superstar Carista for her United Identities compilation called Modern Intimacy Vol. 1. Her contribution Trip for the Nous'klaer Audio Summer Sampler 2021describes the rollercoasters of the moment. Also in 2021 she opened DAVE Festival 2021
with her debut live set which has left a mark on new ways of approaching and performing her own creations.

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