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Noah Lennox (born July 17[1], 1978), known professionally 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]
Career
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.
Animal Collective
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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.
Lennox had mainly played drums and sang 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 been using samplers and other electronics in their shows. He stated in an interview in late 2008 that he is currently working on the follow up to Person Pitch.[6] No (hint of a) release date was mentioned.
Lennox also plays in the bands Jane and Together.
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 had collaborated a line of sweatshirts called 2nd. [8]
Solo discography
Albums
Singles
Discography with Animal Collective
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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, UK Indie #13
- Merriweather Post Pavilion (January 12, 2009) - Domino Records
EPs
Compilations
Singles
Splits
Discography with Jane
- Paradise, (2002, self-released)
- COcOnuts (2002, self-released, Psych-O-Path Records)
- Berserker (2005, Paw Tracks)
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.
- ^ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite-cid=1222017553547&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
- ^ Kelly, Jennifer. "Good Times, Other Realities: A Conversation with Panda Bear", PopMatters, March 26, 2007
- ^ [1]
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