Panda Bear (musician)
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 Panda Bear at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, 2007
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 17, 1978 [1] |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Psychedelic pop Neo-psychedelia Freak folk Dance |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, drums, sampler, guitar, piano |
| Voice type(s) | Tenor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Paw Tracks, FatCat Records, Domino Records, Catsup Plate, St. Ives, UAAR, Soccer Star |
| Associated acts | Animal Collective, Jane, Together |
| Website | www.myspace.com/rippityrippity |
Noah Lennox (born July 17[1], 1978), known as Panda Bear, is an experimental musician and a founding member of Animal Collective. He chose the name "Panda Bear" because he drew pictures of pandas as artwork on the recordings he made as a younger musician. [2]
Lennox grew up in the Roland Park section of Baltimore, Maryland, and had attended high school in Pennsylvania. As a child, he played sports and had studied piano and cello. He later sang tenor in his high school chamber choir.[2] Lennox and Animal Collective member Deakin (Josh Dibb) have been friends since the second grade.[3]
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Lennox briefly attended Boston University where he majored in Religion.[4] While a student at the University, Lennox starred in three student short films: Fish Sticks and Fecal Matters, both directed by Andrew Drazek; and Appy Halloween, directed by Black Nasty.
[edit] Animal Collective
Deakin had introduced Lennox to his high school friends Avey Tare (Dave Portner) and Geologist (Brian Weitz). For years, the four of them had swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations. Lennox, along with Deakin moved to New York in 2000.[5] The band started to become more collaborative in nature and had finally settled on the name "Animal Collective". Lennox and Avey Tare are the only members who have contributed to all of the band's releases.
In addition to singing, Lennox had mainly played drums in Animal Collective's live performances. But, since the 2007 releases of Panda Bear's Person Pitch and Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam, he has focused more on using samplers and other electronics in their shows. In 2008, he stated in an interview that he is currently working on the follow up to Person Pitch.[6] A release date is yet to be mentioned, but Lennox has performed some new material at a show with No Age in Miami, FL on December 5th, 2008.
Lennox also plays in the bands Jane and Together.
[edit] Personal life
Lennox is married to fashion designer Fernanda Pereira. They live in Lisbon, Portugal with their daughter, Nadja.[7] In 2007, he and Pereira collaborated a line of sweatshirts called 2nd Things. [8]
[edit] Solo discography
[edit] Albums
- Panda Bear (1998, Soccer Star)
- Young Prayer (September 28, 2004, Paw Tracks)
- Person Pitch (March 20, 2007, Paw Tracks)
[edit] Singles
- "I'm Not/Comfy in Nautica" (September 22, 2005, UUAR)
- "Bro's" (December 4, 2006, Fat Cat Records)
- "Carrots" (January 23, 2007, Paw Tracks)
- "Take Pills" (June 19, 2007, Paw Tracks)
[edit] Discography with Animal Collective
[edit] Albums
- Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000) - Animal
- Danse Manatee (2001) - Catsup Plate
- Hollinndagain (2002, 2006) - St. Ives, Paw Tracks
- Campfire Songs (March, 2003) - Catsup Plate
- Here Comes the Indian (June 17, 2003) - Paw Tracks
- Sung Tongs (May 3, 2004) - FatCat Records
- Feels (October 18, 2005) - FatCat
- Strawberry Jam (September 10, 2007) - Domino Records - (US #72)
- Merriweather Post Pavilion (January 12, 2009) - Domino Records - (US #13, UK #26)
[edit] EPs
- Prospect Hummer (May 24, 2005) - FatCat
- People (October 23, 2006) - FatCat
- Water Curses (May 6, 2008) - Domino
[edit] Compilations
- Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished / Danse Manatee (October 6, 2003) - FatCat
[edit] Singles
- "Who Could Win a Rabbit" (July 19, 2004) - FatCat
- "Grass" (September 26, 2005) - FatCat
- "The Purple Bottle" (July 4, 2006) - White label
- "Peacebone" (August 21, 2007) - Domino
- "Fireworks" (November 5, 2007) - Domino
[edit] Splits
- Wastered (w/ Black Dice) (2004) - Paw Tracks
[edit] Discography with Jane
- Paradise, (2002, self-released)
- COcOnuts (2002, self-released, Psych-O-Path Records)
- Berserker (2005, Paw Tracks)
[edit] References
- ^ a b YouTube video
- ^ a b Interview, The Milk Factory, March 2005.
- ^ Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam, PBS 106.7FM, 2007
- ^ Interview, Má Fama radio, January 8, 2007
- ^ Coyle, Jake. "Animal Collective Sings Alien Pop Tunes", The Washington Post, 2007-10-12.
- ^ Dickman, Orna. "A different breed of folk arrives" The Jerusalem Post October 16, 2008
- ^ Kelly, Jennifer. "Good Times, Other Realities: A Conversation with Panda Bear", PopMatters, March 26, 2007
- ^ 2ndthings @ Blogspot
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