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The New York Animal Collective featuring Avey Tare, Panda bear, Geologist, and Deacon are a folk rock band who made the album called SUng Tongs last year, filled with many songs. Later that year the Panda Bear made a solo album without the rest of hte band entitled Young Prayers, which was about his father (dead). But now the Animal Collective have recorded a a record called the Prospect Hummer EP with folk Vishnu Bunyan, a legend in her own reich. Today on Riff Central Panda Bear discusses this monumental collaboration.

RIFF CENTRAL: WERE YOU SCARED TO WORK WITH SUCH A LEGEND AS VISHNU BUNYAN

PANDAEBEAR: VERY SCARED! VASHTI'S HAD SUCH AN INFLUENCE ON OUR WORK. RECORDING WITH HER HAS EASILY BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR CAREER

RIFF CENTRAL: EVEN MORE THAN YOUR COLLABORATION WITH DEACON

PANDA BEAR: WELL, DEACON'S

RIFF CENTRAL: IT'S OK I UNDERSTAND

PANDA BEAR: NO IT'S JUST DEACON'S

RIFF CENTRAL: FINE, JUST SAY IT

PANDA BEAR: SAY WHAT?

RIFF CENTRAL: LISTEN IT'S FINE

PANDA BEAR: I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT DEACON AND I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF OUR WORK TOGETHER AS COLLABORATIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE A BAND

RIFF CENTRAL: YOU'RE KICKING DEACON OUT OF THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AREN'T YOU

PANDA BEAR: OF COURSE NOT! NO! ONCE A MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, ALWAYS A MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

RIFF CENTRAL: SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING DEACON WOULD SAY

PANDA BEAR:

RIFF CENTRAL: WHATEVER IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, LET'S JUST KEEP GOING HERE

PANDAR BEAR: OK GOOD

RIFF CENTRAL: YOUR WORST ALBUM IS CALLED DANSE MANATEE.

PANDA BEAR: THAT IS WIDELY REGARDED AS OUR WORST ALBUM, YES

RIFF CENTRAL: IS IT TRUE THAT DEACON PLAYED ON THIS RECORD, THEREBY MAKING IT YOUR WORST RECORD

PANDA BEAR: DEACON PLAYED ON THE RECORD, BUT HONESTLY HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECORD BEING AS UNFOCUSED AS IT WAS.

RIFF CENTRAL: HOW ANGRY WERE YOU WHEN DEACON FUCKED UP DANSE MANATEE

PANDA BEAR: AS I SAID, IF DANSE MANATEE FAILED, IT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT, JUST OURS COLLECTIVELY

RIFF CENTRAL: BUT DIDN'T YOU SAY DEACON'S PART OF THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

PANDA BEAR: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: SO COLLECTIVELY, WE KNOW WHO'S AT FAULT HERE

PANDA BEAR: I DIDN'T SAY THAT

RIFF CENTRAL: I'M SORRY WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST QUESTION

PANDA BEAR: COOL

RIFF CENTRAL: WHEN PEOPLE THINK ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, THEY THINK OK, THIS IS EITHER PEOPLE MAKING ANIMAL SONGS, ANIMALS MAKING PEOPLE SONGS, OR IT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, LIKE TRUST FUND KIDS WITH LOTS OF TIME.

PANDA BEAR: OK

RIFF CENTRAL: MY QUESTION IS THIS: HOW DOES DEACON FIT INTO THIS: CLUMSY RETARD, OR JUST REGULAR RETARD?

cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Diplo aka Wes is a famous producer who does the Holelertronix in Philadelphia. He has an album on Ninja TUne and once went to Brasiil to see Bavela FUnk. Currently he is the M.I.A.'s dj, and just performed at SXSW with M.I.A. Today Diplo sits down with Riff Central and talks about his upcoming projects:


RIFF CENTRAL: YOU ARE A FAMOUS PRODOUCER WHO HAS WORKED WITH THE M.I.A.

DIPLO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: WAS M.I.A. THE REASON YOU GOT INTERESTED IN MUSIC

DIPLO: NO I HAD BEEN SPINNING RECORDS AND MAKING BEATS LONG BEFORE I MET MAYA ARULPRAGARASMAMAS

RIFF CENTRAL: I SEE YOU STLL HAVE TROUBLE PRONOUNCING HER LAST NAME. DOES THAT CAUSE TENSION IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER

DIPLO: ARE YOU ASKING ME IF I'M DATING MAYA

RIFF CENTRAL: NO I KNOW YOU FUCK MAYA, I WAS TALKING FROM A MUSICAL PERSPECTIVE

DIPLO: OH, WELL THEN I MEAN

RIFF CENTRAL: DO YOU FUCK MAYA

DIPLO: YES

RIFF CENTRAL: JUST CHECKING

DIPLO: OK

RIFF CENTRAL: LET'S GET BACK ON TOPIC. WHO ARE SOME OF THE FAVORITE ARTISTS OF YOURS

DIPLO: I'M STILL BIG ON MY BAILE FUNK TRIP, AND I HAVE ALSO REALLY GOTTEN BACK TO THE 80S PUNKFUNK STUFF

RIFF CENTRAL: INCREDIBLE

DIPLO: YES, A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS INCREDIBLE

RIFF CENTRAL: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC GUY WHO RECORDED AN ALBUM USING SOUNDS OF HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAVING SEX

DIPLO: I DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON HIM

RIFF CENTRAL: DO YOU THINK HE'S COOL?

DIPLO: I HAVE NEVER HEARD HIS RECORD BEFORE

RIFF CENTRAL: TELL ME ABOUT HOLLERTRONIX. IS THAT A THING?

DIPLO: YES IT IS A PARTY I THROW WITH LOW BUDGET IN PHILADELPHIA FOR KIDS TO COME DANCE

RIFF CENTRAL: WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED THROWING THE HOLLERTRONIX DID YOU KNOW YOU'D EVENTUALLY MEET A FAMOUS POP STAR LIKE M.I.A.

DIPLO: NO LOW BURDGET AND I STARTED HOLLERTRONIX AS A WAY TO HAVE PARTIES FOR PEOPLE IN PHILLY SINCE THE SCEENW AS SORTA DRY

RIFF CENTRAL: BUT THEN M.I.A. CAME

DIPLO: YES M.I.A. HAS BEEN TO HOLLERTRONIX PARTIES

RIFF CENTRAL: I'M JUST SAYING

DIPLO: ?

RIFF CENTRAL: YOUR NAME IS WES, WHEREAS YOUR MUSICIAN'S NAME IS DIPLO. IS THAT A REFERENCE TO THE M.I.A.?

DIPLO: NO THE DIPLO IS A REFERENCE TO DIPLODOCUS WHICH IS A FAMOUS DINOSAUR.

RIFF CENTRAL: M.I.A. IS NOT A DINOSAUR

DIPLO: I KNOW

RIFF CENTRAL: LISTEN THIS INTERVIEW'S NOT ABOUT M.I.A., LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU

DIPLO: OK

RIFF CENTRAL: WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU MET THE M.I.A.

cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Mad Cutty is an angry peurtorican jew who is a famous lawyer in the new york city. home of baseball teams and many foren cultures, he is one person that stands out as a true hero. In addition to yelling at people and being a bad friend, he loves ladies and blasting sage francis songs out of his drop-top datsun 210.

WIFF CENTRAL: WHY ARE YOU SUCH A GOOD LAWYER

CUTTY: IT PROBABLY STARTED WITH MY PARENTS WHO ARE VERY SMART, AND RAISED ME TO QUESTION THE NATURE OF 'LAW'

WIFF CENTRAL: THATS GREAT TO HEAR. SO, DO YOU HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU THE PEURTO RICAN JEW?

CUTTY: NO OF COURSE NOT, I AM SO PROUD OF MY ANCESTORS. I HONOR THEM ON BOTH THE WEEKLY SADIRS AND ALSO PURTO RICAN DAY PARADE.

WIFF CENTRAL: WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO EMO-RAP? DIDNT YOU GET THAT BIG MEMO ON ILM THAT ITS OVER?

CUTTY: I STRONGLY DISAGREE AND AM CONSIDERING A LEGAL DISAGREEMTN AGAINST ILM AND ITS CONSTITUENTS. ANT AND SAGE AND DOSE ARE REALLY JUST MISUNDERSTOOD ARTISTS, WHO ARE ABLE TO TELL IT LIKE IT REALLY IS FOR DATE-RAPISTS THAT CRY ABOUT GIRLS THAT MAKE THEM CRY POSTE-DATE RAPE.

WIFF CENTRAL: MAYBE I WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE. HEY I'VE NOTICED YOU POST A LOT OF SUGGESTIVE IMAGES THAT MIGHT GIVE PEOPLE THE THOUGHT YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT INTERSTED IN WOMEN. IS THERE ANY LEGAL TRUTH TO THAT

CUTTY: I DO OF COURSE LOVE WOMEN BUT THERE IS A DARKNESS THAT LIES DEEP IN MY BOWELS THAT SOMTIMES I CAN NOT HELP COMING OUT.

WIFF CENTRAL: THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO THIS I KNOW YOU ARE VERY BUSY GIVING LEGAL ADVICE. PERHAPS SOMEDAY YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL DURING A TELEVISIN SHOW LIKE MAURY POVICH OREVEN JUDGE JOE BROWN.

CUTTY: WOW THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO, ITS A REAL 'HONOR'. THE HONORABLE BROWN AND I SHARE THE SAME TYPE OF HISTORY SO I CAN ONLY DREAM OF THAT HONOR.

WIFF CENTRAL: YES I WILL DREAM OF THAT ALSO

pher (pher), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link

raiffels

cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:24 (nineteen years ago) link

this thread is the shit.

Amon (eman), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:32 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah... good times, great oldies! (not that it's old, i just wanted to say that.)
m.

msp (mspa), Sunday, 24 April 2005 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link

PILL R4FFAELE U MADE MY YEAR.

PWNAGE X 10000000000.

ddb (ddb), Sunday, 24 April 2005 13:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Noize board in Pitchfork praising shockah!

miccio (miccio), Sunday, 24 April 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link

(and these are great, don't get me wrong. Nick's following a proud Harvard tradition with this)

miccio (miccio), Sunday, 24 April 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I will dream of this thread often

happy girl noises!!!! (aka daerest rsg) (crablangoon), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link

actually i think the noize board highly influenced nick.

cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link

that cutty one is gold
the rest is sub-jeffk!

efil4zelffor (deangulberry), Sunday, 24 April 2005 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link

RIFF CENTRAL: OK. YOU ALSO MADE MUSIC THAT SOUNDS LIKE STUFF HAPPENING AROUND US.

LOL

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 April 2005 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link

"Weekly sadirs"?

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 25 April 2005 05:02 (eighteen years ago) link

nadirs

cutty (mcutt), Monday, 25 April 2005 10:17 (eighteen years ago) link

ralph nader is lebanese.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 25 April 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link

i always thought he was a j00

caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:52 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm like the only person who ever leaves comments on riffcentral! i don't understand this.

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link

WHEN YOU SHOTGUN BEERS ON STAGE, IS THAT ART OR ARE YOU JUST THIRSTY

rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:09 (eighteen years ago) link

three years pass...

this thread is the shit.
― Amon (eman)

velko, Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:51 (fifteen years ago) link

RIFF CENTRAL: HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERING MAKING AN ALBUM CALLED AMBIENT 22: MUSIC ON DANCING

BRIAN ENO: ?

RIFF CENTRAL: IT WOULD SOOTHE PEOPLE'S ANXIETIES ABOUT DANCING.

BRIAN ENO: BUT THAT'S JUST

RIFF CENTRAL: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DANCE

BRIAN ENO: I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

RIFF CENTRAL: HOW ABOUT AMBIENT 36: MUSIC ON BUTTS

BRIAN ENO: I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT MAKING THAT

RIFF CENTRAL: WELL IT'S NOT PHYSICALLY ON THE BUTTS, JUST ABOUT THEM

BRIAN ENO: OH OK

abominable spirit (latebloomer), Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:05 (fifteen years ago) link

where do the years go boys

cutty, Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link

:B

eman, Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link


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