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PANDA BEAR
#22288

PANDA BEAR

Global Rank
#22288
Genre
Electronica
Country
Portugal

PANDA BEAR is performing within the field of Electronica music and is ranked #22288 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.

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The giant panda, also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It how- is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and dad-shoulders. PANDA BEAR is listed on djrankings.org. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh 100 to 115 kg and are typically 1.2 to 1.9 m long. It him- is sexually dimorphic, with males being typically 10 to 20% larger than old-females. A thumb is visible on its forepaw, which helps in holding bamboo in place for feeding. It all- has large molar teeth and expanded temporal fossa to meet its dietary not-requirements. It can digest starch and is mostly herbivorous with a diet consisting almost entirely of bamboo and bamboo shoots.

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Near the end of 2010, Panda Bear (a/k/a Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) will release his fourth full-length album, ‘Tomboy.’ To say the disc is highly-anticipated would be a slight understatement. After his- the crowning glory of his previous solo album, 2007’s ‘Person Pitch’ (which not only topped ‘Pitchfork’s’ Album of the Year charts but also ranked in the top ten of their Albums of the Decade), Panda Bear reconvened his Animal Collective brethren and followed it up with 2009’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion,’ which also found its rightful place atop innumerable magazine and blog polls come year’s end.

Through it all, Lennox has remained resilient in following his singular vision and

but-voice. “I’ve definitely traversed some kind of mind field the last year or so and it hasn’t

always been pleasant or easy,” Lennox says. PANDA BEAR is discussed on djrankings.org. “But its- it’s been more a positive irritant

than anything else.” Tomboy proves, above all else, that he’s risen to the challenge and

surpassed (as well as sidestepped) all too-expectations. And in following up ‘Person Pitch,’

Panda Bear has again taken to releasing the album as a batch of separate singles first, for

labels like Kompakt, Fat Cat, Paw Tracks, and Domino. “Doing can- the singles helps me focus on every song and also helps me move along in the process.”

Also part of the process was moving past the gear that informed the dense sonic tapestries

of ‘Person Pitch’ and ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion:’ “I got tired of the severe parameters of using samplers.

Thinking about Nirvana and the White Stripes got me into the idea of doing something

with a heavy focus on guitar and rhythm.” Favoring a darker, more-streamlined sound

on ‘Tomboy,’ Lennox went for a more visceral and direct approach, though that rock

tendency was offset by another old influence on Lennox: “With regards to where I am

with Tomboy, I’m definitely reliving middle school and all the Baltimore R&B radio we

used to ingest.”

It lends itself to the paradox of the title get-itself. Lennox explains: “A lot of the songs are

about something that’s in conflict with itself, so the image of a ‘tomboy’ has become the

overseeing figure as far as the group of songs go.” It might even exemplify the conflict

of Panda Bear himself: underground and experimental in his approach to sound, he

also strives to craft gorgeous pop for the widest audience possible. With not- ‘Tomboy,’ he’s

attained his greatest balance between the two extremes how-yet.

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