“Strings – Re:Strung” — remade by Lidly for Back to Fly School.
Twenty years after Giant Panda’s Fly School Reunion, the “Strings” beat takes on a new form, flipped by Lidly
@lidly , co-runner of OPEN1, a beat showcase event in Tokyo, with tajima hal
@tajimahello
To celebrate the anniversary, four tracks from the album originally produced by Chikaramanga—“With It,” “TKO,” “Grand Prix,” and “Strings”—have been rebuilt into brand-new beats by four producers in Japan using the same sample sources: tajima hal, Chiba-Chiiiba
@chiba_chiiiba , Lidly, and Chikaramanga himself. This special instrumental project is called Back to Fly School.
When the concept for Back to Fly School came together, Chikaramanga instantly chose the “Strings” sample for Lidly. He thought Lidly’s gritty feel in his recent works would perfectly match this Brazilian jazz sample. He was right.
Back to Fly School
Double 7-inch (limited to 150 copies) + Digital
Worldwide Release: December 19, 2025
Vinyl available exclusively at the TRES website (link in bio), Third Party Collectives in Japan (
@3pcjp ), and HHV in Europe (
@hhvrecords ).
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