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Who Is Frank Panduh?

Name: Francisco Montes
Astrology: ☉ Gemini ☽ Scorpio ↑ Virgo
City Of Birth: San Jose, CA
Blood Type: O

Frank Panduh (Frank Panda: panda is stylized with the phenetic spelling PAN + Duh) is electronic music I have composed since 2013. That ranges from random influences or moods. Kinda like an electronic hodgepodge. From House to dreamy shoegaze Esque synths. To trap to rock drums breaks. I made music in between breaks with my band the panduhs and to make stuff I felt didn’t fit in an indie rock band as an electronic music composer. I and old music friends in the Central Valley had some fun with other projects like PopNerd, and House of Representatives (lol, I was in high school… and the Initials were H.o.R), and I used to make music as Knarf which is “frank” backward but stopped when I found out someone was using it in Europe at the time. When I was in high school at the time. I used to host free music shows at my parent’s house before we finished high school and hit the road touring. Some of these events even got mentioned in our local newspaper in Patterson, CA.

HellaPop show

https://www.ttownmedia.com/patterson_irrigator/free-rock-fest-a-hit-at-patterson-house/article_ddb275de-cc50-5157-8f94-ca3743606179.html

Last “Frankenfest” article (Patterson Irrigator)

https://www.ttownmedia.com/patterson_irrigator/patterson-music-venue-hosts-final-show/article_069ff830-1c0a-521c-8e6e-9be13576d7ac.html

frank panduh, yellow backdrop, water spilling on studio equipment, green clear plastic desk, trippy art, water, 3D render

Music Videos:

Frank Panduh – Brain Poofs (2020)

filmed by Ben Barker @ Moon Safari Films

Other Music Projects by Frank Panduh:

Other music projects include. The Panduhs is an indie rock band from Modesto, CA started by Neil Vento and myself in high school. We released our first EP on Halloween in 2012. I got to play drums and go on the road and play with a lot of cool bands and people like Calvin Johnson (who also did a cool adlib on our last album), The Shivas, Math The Band, Sour Patch, Dandelion Massacre, The Hive Dwellers, IJI and many other great bands.

Here’s a video of The Panduhs playing in Ashland, OR. We played on a local access TV program called “Southern Oregon Songwriters Circle”. A fun experience on the road, Ashland, OR is also a rad city IMO.

The Panduhs on Southern Oregon Songwriters Circle [youtube.com livestream capture]

Here’s a rad music video we did for our song “Love Her More!”, Filmed by Ben Barker in Modesto, CA.

The Panduhs – Love Her More [Music Video]

Some more links on “the panduhs” stuff:

https://thepanduhs.bandcamp.com/

https://thepanduhs.com/

More on Frank Panduh:

When I make music as Frank Panduh, I get to break loose. I tend to try and make expressive electronic music. That I try to make feel either cinematic or just a space to escape for a few minutes. I draw a lot of inspiration from electronic music I grew up listening to or films or sounds.

But I have used making electronic music as an escape from my Bipolar Disorder. As I am not great at conveying my ideas with words so I try to do my best with sounds. Tend to be a huge daydreamer so I tend to spend a lot of time dreaming and creating funky weird sonic pieces that take you out a bit. Being a drummer at heart, drums, and lush synths and old retro 8-bit sounding synths are my jam. So if any of that sounded remotely interesting my music may interest you. Sign up for email updates?