Once again, Pan Trinbago is inviting steelpan aficionados to relive the blink/bmobile National Panorama finals 2011 through the DVD and CD productions.Two-disc sets feature the medium and large conventional bands in the case of the DVDs, while the CDs are also double discs of the medium and large bands finalists recorded "live" at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.In all, 20 tracks of "jam in de rama" at "showtime," are captured as band meets band for a riveting musical clash of the top steel orchestras in T&T at the Mecca of pan on Carnival Saturday.
The resulting compilation is the DVD album recorded by Advance Dynamics, Woodbrook, with the CD edition recorded, mixed and mastered by Yoichi Watanabe and Kats Imai of the UTT Academy for the Performing Arts/Music Technology.Feel the rhythm and enjoy the arrangements of musical maestros from the ultimate 20th century invention-the steelpan-even as Panorama celebrates its 75th year as well as 60 years since TASPO made its international debut at the Festival of Arts in Britain.
In celebration of this journey, the Panorama 2011 two-disc CD and DVD pay homage to the top steel orchestras.In addition, the DVD edition contains special features and interviews with the personalities who contribute to the driving these bands to the top.Both products are on sale at major record stores: Cleve's, Crosby's, Kam's, Rhyner's at the Airport, WACK 90.1fm in San Fernando and at Pan Trinbago Head Office, Park Street.
