After we heard that Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) was touring with a full band for the primary time in additional than 25 years of releasing music as a solo artist, we knew we needed to (lastly) get him in for a Tiny Desk.
Recreating his fantastically experimental studio work for a stay setting was by no means simple to do alone, not with out lots of pre-recorded loops and backing tracks. However right here Panda Bear’s wondrous music involves life with the assistance of 4 further mates on bass, drums and electronics. Most significantly, additionally they present the candy, multi-layered harmonies followers have lengthy beloved in Panda Bear’s recorded work.
The group largely focuses on Panda Bear’s new album, Sinister Grift, opening with the glittery and wistful “Ferry Woman,” adopted by “Protection,” a observe Lennox initially recorded as a duet with Cindy Lee. They shut with “Track for Ariel,” a comparatively deep minimize that was the unique prototype for Animal Collective‘s “Guys Eyes” from the 2009 album Merriweather Submit Pavilion.
SET LIST
- “Ferry Woman”
- “Protection”
- “Track for Ariel”
MUSICIANS
- Noah Lennox: vocals, guitar
- Rivka Ravede: electronics, background vocals
- Tomé Silva: drums, background vocals
- Maria Reis: keys, background vocals
- Tim Koh: bass, background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Robin Hilton
- Director/Editor: Maia Stern
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Body, Grace Raver
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistants: Dora Levite, Ashley Pointer
- Tiny Desk Crew: Lars Gotrich, Joshua Bryant
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins