DANCER VS. POLITICIAN (formerly known as Panda) is the new band/recording project of Audition With Max Reinhardt's Sanni Baumgaertner. After leaving Athens, Georgia in 2005, heading for Berlin with a newly recorded full length album in her pocket, she is now splitting her time between Germany and the US, with bands in both places.
Produced by Andy Baker (The Glands, Azure Ray), Sanni Baumgaertner, and Matt Yelton (The Pixies, Frank Black), the album "A City Half-Lost" features a number of Athens and Berlin musicians, among them members of Phosphorescent, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Five-Eight. It was released in the US on March 16th 2007 and will be available in Germany later this year. STOMP AND STAMMER calls it ..."A WONDROUS MASTERPIECE, LIKE A NICO ALBUM PERFORMED BY GHOSTS AND ANGLES. FIND IT, BUY IT." (Stomp and Stammer, April 2007)
One of the tracks, "Ratcliffe Highway", is featured on the Nikki Sudden tribute album "Suddenly Yours" on Sunthunder Records. Sanni Baumgärtner also appears on the recently released last album of Nikki Sudden, a dear friend who is sorely missed. It is titled "The Truth Doesn't Matter".
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