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Having stormed that year's Great Escape Festival in Brighton and earning US Summer tour supports with both HEALTH and Autolux, Derwin came back to the UK in October to find the nation's blogs and critics alike going crazy over his debut LP Lucky Shiner, with DJ Magazine giving it 9\/10 and the NME describing it as ''just blissful''. The album eventually went onto be win the 2010 edition of The Guardian's First Album Award - for the finest debut LP to be released that year, and the introverted artist suddenly found himself thrust into the limelight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe success has snowballed into this year, with headlining tours across Europe, the US and Australia cementing his rising reputation. 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Lauded names like Zomby and Ramadanman are mixed in with new stars like Ninja Tune’s Matthew David and Berlin producer Pawel; “Tracks like Pawel’s ‘Coke’ and ‘Amstel’ by Opiate I sort of wanted to hide in the mix, hoping that people might go and find the original,” Derwin explains, “others I’ve gone for are because of the production; LV \u0026amp; Untold’s ‘Beacon,’ for instance, has all these little intricacies that makes it so interesting – [dubstep producer] Untold just seems to be a master at finding and building these lovely percussion sounds.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe overall linear to the mix is the sense of strong melody that links all of the tracks within it; from Drexciya’s ‘Andraean Sandunes’ minimal 80s electro pop feel to Christopher Rau’s ‘Do Little,’ there’s a light touch applied throughout, counterbalanced by the more lo-freq friendly sounds of Nao Tokui’s ‘Monolith’ and ‘Shake’ by London techno producer Sigha. Altogether, the set showcases not only the breadth and depth of Derwin’s musical palette. But also an ability he’s already shown with his own material, including a brand new GP track ‘An Iceberg Hurtled Northward Through Clouds’ which opens and is exclusive to the mix and will also be committed to 12”, in keeping a constant momentum and freshness to proceedings. Of course, some tracks are simply in there because he loves them and couldn’t leave them out, “‘Puerto Rican Girls’ by Melchior \u0026amp; Prosanto has one of the loveliest hand claps ever, and then there’s ‘Maria’ by Closer Musik which has been a complete favourite of mine for a number of years.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough for Gold Panda the day job rumbles on, with an upcoming tour to Asia and the UK this October, Derwin may even the chance to sit down and work on a second album (“around Christmas time,” he speculates). 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That's where - for me - the electricity lies: in the moment, not crafting something that's perfect on a computer.\" Of course, it's not the first time Erol has released a Bugged Out compilation. The current mix comes eight years after 2004's landmark 'A Bugged Out' mix, which defined the then nascent electro house scene, featuring music from the then relatively unknown Justice alongside Steve Bug and Roman Flugal. However, Erol feels that it was the second disc, the 'Bugged In' selection, that made the most impact. \"The club mix was fine, it was representative of me evolving at that time, but it was the more gentle - and far more musical - mix that seems to have stayed with people over the years.\" The reason is simple enough. Erol is an obsessive crate-digger, both real world and virtual. He spends thousands of hours searching for lost gems. And his knowledge of music is encyclopaedic. He was keen that the 'Bugged In' disc have a similar impact this time round and spent time searching for the right songs. \"The internet means that everyone has access to the same records these days, however many there are out there, there are a hundred times more which have yet to exist in digital form\" he explains. \"The only way to stand out is to find tracks that people have forgotten about, music which is off the beaten track. Then you have to assemble them into something that works as a whole.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt certainly does that. The 'Bugged In' disc is a revelatory listen. It starts with 'Don't You Know' by the Jan Hammer Group. 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