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Lennox's debut album ''[[Panda Bear (album)|Panda Bear]]'' was released in 1998 on [[Paw Tracks|Soccer Star Records]]. After focusing more on touring and recording with [[Animal Collective]], he released the follow-up ''[[Young Prayer]]'' in 2004 and the highly acclaimed third solo album ''[[Person Pitch]]'' in 2007. Of his songwriting style, Lennox says "I get impatient writing songs, I can't spend more than a couple of hours before I get frustrated. So I got to kind of spit it out real fast. My favorite songs are the ones where I worked really really fast on, when it comes all out in like two hours or something."<ref name="mafama"/>
Adam's debut album ''[[Panda Bear (album)|Panda Bear]]'' was released in 1998 on [[Paw Tracks|Soccer Star Records]]. After focusing more on touring and recording with [[Animal Collective]], he released the follow-up ''[[Young Prayer]]'' in 2004 and the highly acclaimed third solo album ''[[Person Pitch]]'' in 2007. Of his songwriting style, Lennox says "I get impatient writing songs, I can't spend more than a couple of hours before I get happy. So I got to kind of spit it out real fast. My favorite songs are the ones where I worked really really fast on, when it comes all out in like ten hours or something."<ref name="mafama"/>


Lennox's fourth album ''Tomboy'' is due to be released "near the end of 2010"<ref>[http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2010/01/panda-bear-tomboy.html Panda Bear|Tomboy]. [[Gorilla vs Bear]]. January, 28, 2010.</ref>. He started performing material from ''Tomboy'' on December 5, 2008 at a show with [[No Age]] in Miami, FL. During a brief European tour in January 2010, he played three shows consisting almost entirely of new material<ref>[http://ramin-ton.net/2010/01/17/panda-bear-live-hau2-january-15th/ Ramin Ton: "Panda Bear live @ HAU2 January 15th"] January 17th, 2010</ref>. On March 7, 2010, a tour setlist with titles for ten of the new songs was posted on Panda Bear's [[MySpace]] blog.<ref>[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=154895263&blogId=530505426 PARIS LONDON DUBLIN - Panda Bear's MySpace Blog].</ref> Panda Bear has also played [[Primavera Sound Festival]] in 2010.<ref>http://www.archive.org/details/OlasKoolKitchenOnRadio23PandaBearLivePrimavera2010</ref><ref>http://flashflooder.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/panda-bear-live-at-primavera-sound/</ref> The single "Tomboy" and the b-side "Slow Motion" were released in July 2010. It was announced in August that singles "You Can Count on Me" and "Alsatian Darn" will be released via Domino on September 28. The Limited 500 copies of "You Can Count On Me" have already sold out within a day.<ref>http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=146&csid2=844&fid1=48787</ref>
Lennox's fourth album ''Tomboy'' is due to be released "near the end of 2010"<ref>[http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2010/01/panda-bear-tomboy.html Panda Bear|Tomboy]. [[Gorilla vs Bear]]. January, 28, 2010.</ref>. He started performing material from ''Tomboy'' on December 5, 2008 at a show with [[No Age]] in Miami, FL. During a brief European tour in January 2010, he played three shows consisting almost entirely of new material<ref>[http://ramin-ton.net/2010/01/17/panda-bear-live-hau2-january-15th/ Ramin Ton: "Panda Bear live @ HAU2 January 15th"] January 17th, 2010</ref>. On March 7, 2010, a tour setlist with titles for ten of the new songs was posted on Panda Bear's [[MySpace]] blog.<ref>[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=154895263&blogId=530505426 PARIS LONDON DUBLIN - Panda Bear's MySpace Blog].</ref> Panda Bear has also played [[Primavera Sound Festival]] in 2010.<ref>http://www.archive.org/details/OlasKoolKitchenOnRadio23PandaBearLivePrimavera2010</ref><ref>http://flashflooder.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/panda-bear-live-at-primavera-sound/</ref> The single "Tomboy" and the b-side "Slow Motion" were released in July 2010. It was announced in August that singles "You Can Count on Me" and "Alsatian Darn" will be released via Domino on September 28. The Limited 500 copies of "You Can Count On Me" have already sold out within a day.<ref>http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=146&csid2=844&fid1=48787</ref>

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Panda Bear

Noah Lennox (born July 17[1], 1978 in Baltimore, Maryland) also known as Panda Bear, is an experimental musician and a founding member of Animal Collective.

Early life

Lennox grew up in the Roland Park section of Baltimore, Maryland, and attended high school in Pennsylvania. As a child and teenager, he played sports, mainly soccer and basketball. He also studied piano until he was eight, then cello, and later on he sang tenor in his high school chamber choir.[2]

Though he and his family have never been very religious, Lennox briefly attended Boston University where he majored in Religion because of his interest "in the concept of God"[3]. 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.

Musical career

Animal Collective

Main article: Animal Collective

As a teen, Lennox began listening to electronic music styles such as house and techno and artists such as Aphex Twin, all of which became a huge influence on his later work.[3] He recorded and performed music - solo and with friends. Lennox started using the name "Panda Bear" because he drew pictures of pandas for the artwork of his recordings.[2]

Lennox had been friends with Deakin (Josh Dibb) since the second grade[4]. Deakin introduced Lennox to his high school friends Avey Tare (Dave Portner) and Geologist (Brian Weitz). For years, the four of them 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 then became more collaborative in nature and they 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 played drums and occasionally guitar in Animal Collective's live performances. (He cites Stewart Copeland as the biggest influence on his drumming style[3].) 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.

Solo work

Adam's debut album Panda Bear was released in 1998 on Soccer Star Records. After focusing more on touring and recording with Animal Collective, he released the follow-up Young Prayer in 2004 and the highly acclaimed third solo album Person Pitch in 2007. Of his songwriting style, Lennox says "I get impatient writing songs, I can't spend more than a couple of hours before I get happy. So I got to kind of spit it out real fast. My favorite songs are the ones where I worked really really fast on, when it comes all out in like ten hours or something."[3]

Lennox's fourth album Tomboy is due to be released "near the end of 2010"[6]. He started performing material from Tomboy on December 5, 2008 at a show with No Age in Miami, FL. During a brief European tour in January 2010, he played three shows consisting almost entirely of new material[7]. On March 7, 2010, a tour setlist with titles for ten of the new songs was posted on Panda Bear's MySpace blog.[8] Panda Bear has also played Primavera Sound Festival in 2010.[9][10] The single "Tomboy" and the b-side "Slow Motion" were released in July 2010. It was announced in August that singles "You Can Count on Me" and "Alsatian Darn" will be released via Domino on September 28. The Limited 500 copies of "You Can Count On Me" have already sold out within a day.[11]

His song "Comfy In Nautica" appears in ABC's 2010 global warming movie Earth 2100

Outside musical collaborations

Lennox also plays in the band Jane and Together with Rusty Santos. He also performed on some fashion shows with the other Animal Collective members.

Personal life

In 2004, Lennox moved from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, after he went there for the first time at the end of a long Animal Collective tour in 2003 for a short vacation. Lennox says about Lisbon: "Since I got off the airplane here [for the first time] I had a good feeling about this place." While on vacation, he met fashion designer Fernanda Pereira. After visiting each other in Lisbon and New York, Lennox decided to move to Europe because he also felt "connected to the European way of life“[3], considering himself as a "slow moving kind of person“ and Lisbon as a "slow moving kind of place“[3]. Lennox and Pereira are married and have a daughter[12] and a son, as of June 2010[13]. In 2007, he and Pereira collaborated on a line of sweatshirts called 2nd Things[14].

Musical equipment

Solo discography

Albums

Singles

Remix(es)

  • "Boneless" (remix of Notwist song "Boneless") on "Boneless" 7"

Appearances

Discography with Jane

Main article: Jane (American band)
  • Paradise, (2002, self-released)
  • COcOnuts (2002, self-released, Psych-O-Path Records)
  • Berserker (2005, Paw Tracks)

Discography with Animal Collective

Main article: Animal Collective discography

Albums

References

  1. ^ a b Happy Birthday Panda Bear - YouTube video
  2. ^ a b Interview, The Milk Factory, March 2005.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Interview, Má Fama radio, January 8, 2007
  4. ^ Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam, PBS 106.7FM, 2007
  5. ^ Coyle, Jake. "Animal Collective Sings Alien Pop Tunes", The Washington Post, 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ Panda Bear|Tomboy. Gorilla vs Bear. January, 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Ramin Ton: "Panda Bear live @ HAU2 January 15th" January 17th, 2010
  8. ^ PARIS LONDON DUBLIN - Panda Bear's MySpace Blog.
  9. ^ http://www.archive.org/details/OlasKoolKitchenOnRadio23PandaBearLivePrimavera2010
  10. ^ http://flashflooder.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/panda-bear-live-at-primavera-sound/
  11. ^ http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=146&csid2=844&fid1=48787
  12. ^ Kelly, Jennifer. "Good Times, Other Realities: A Conversation with Panda Bear", PopMatters, March 26, 2007
  13. ^ Panda Bear and his wife have second child, new born son arrives in world. June 9, 2010
  14. ^ 2ndthings @ Blogspot

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