As a central figure in new musical expressions at the dawn of the millennium, he worked alongside Avey Tare, Rusty Santos and Black Dice, documenting an ecstatic musical scene on multiple fronts. For years, it was a period of immense creative fertility: the revalorisation of noise, the emergence of folk without rules or electronic cosmologies that breathed the beginning of a new era. There were many recordings in basements converted into home studios, between ad hoc collaborative and solo projects; an extensive body of work that started from more abstract experimentation towards structures closer to the song. It was with Animal Collectice that he most notably reimagined the shapes and colours of pop around a free psychedelicism. Eventually they would reach other audiences and other levels, with a handful of albums that became absolute classics – just as Panda Bear’s albums became benchmark albums.
Keeping the flame of curiosity alive and the importance of creative thinking, disc after disc seeks to explore new ideas and sounds. We shouldn’t apply a word as heavy as reinvention because, after all, we still recognise the nature of profiling; but there is, however, a desire to deepen and diversify subjects that will naturally lead to new landscapes. In recent years, we’ve seen him take part in albums by Pantha Du Prince, Nosaj Thing, Jamie XX or even the iconic Daft Punk, demonstrating the cross-over he has achieved in today’s electronic and pop circles. With Reset, from 2022, he teamed up with Sonic Boom (ex-Spacemen 3) for an adventure of unprecedented textures – and a beautiful addition to the American’s output of over two decades. He returns to the Aquarium stage accompanied by new musicians, for eternal themes and glimpses of the near future. NA
