Danse Manatee

Danse Manatee
Animal Collective studio album
Publication (s)	July 2001
admission	2000
Label (s)	Catsup Plate FatCat Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Art Rock Noise Pop Electro
Title (number)	12
running time	47:08
occupation	Vocals , guitar , sampler , synthesizer , percussion : Avey Tare MiniDiscs , vocals, synthesizers, electro, percussion: Geologist Drums , vocals, synthesizers, electro, percussion: Panda Bear
production	Animal Collective
Studio (s)	various private rooms
chronology Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished 2000 Danse Manatee Campfire Songs 2003

Danse Manatee is the second studio album by the experimental band Animal Collective from Baltimore. It was released in July 2001, limited to 1000 copies, on the Catsup Plate label under the artist name Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist . In 2003 it was re-released as a double CD together with Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished on FatCat Records .

Band member Geologist, who supported Avey Tare and Panda Bear for the first time on this album, said this was probably his band's favorite album, although it was received rather negatively by both fans and the press.

History of origin

The album was recorded in a variety of locations including Avey Tare's childhood home, the house the band shared in Brooklyn Heights, and Geologist's dorm room and his college radio station. To produce the music, they used guitars, synthesizers, samples and percussion with various spontaneously found materials.

style

At the time of recording, the band shared a preference for extreme audio frequencies. They experimented with very high and low sounds and how they used the space in the room and moved in the listener's head. This became a challenge during mastering because you couldn't increase the overall volume of the mix without destroying or changing the extreme frequencies. On the Animal Collective band forum, Geologist wrote about the album's recording:

“We used guitar synthesizers and made different sounds on MiniDiscs and percussion with whatever was lying around. We recorded [...] for the most part where we had our peace and quiet. We just wanted to find a new style of record play. That happened after the three of us had spent the summer experimenting and improvising with song structures, noise and how to fluidly combine it. [...] The record excited a lot of people, especially the people who really liked spirit . A lot of people still don't think it's good that we put the two albums together on FatCat. But we're pretty proud of it. "

- geologist

For the Spirit / Danse re-release on FatCat Records, the album was remastered by Rusty Santos, who also produced the album Sung Tongs in 2005 .

reception

The album achieved a mere 3.9 out of 10 points on Pitchfork Media . There the critic Brent S. Sirota wrote on July 1, 2001:

“There is a difference between playful, witty, child-like child-feeling and the less beautiful, pants-shitting child-hood. And between Tare and Bear's last work, the radically inspiring Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished and Danse Manatee from this year - well, our patients have definitely shifted from the first to the second phase. "

- Brent S. Sirota, Pitchfork Media

Track list

1. A Manatee Dance - 1:02
2. Penguin Penguin - 2:15
3. Another White Singer (Little White Glove) - 1:58
4. Essplode - 3:23
5. Meet the Light Child - 8:44 am
6. Runnin the Round Ball - 2:07
7. Bad Crumbs - 1:43
8. The Living Toys - 7:48
9. Throwin the Round Ball - 1:35
10. Ahhh Good Country - 8:18
11. Lablakely Dress - 2:38
12. In the Singing Box - 5:36

swell

1. ↑ Danse Manatee on Pitchfork Media ( Memento from September 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ English original:
   We used guitars drums synths and made a bunch of sounds on minidiscs and did percussion stuff on whatever was lying around. We recorded part of it at Dave's parents house, some at the old AC house in Brooklyn Heights, some in my college dorm room and some at my college radio station. Basically wherever we could find a quiet spot. We just wanted to explore a new style of playing on record. This was after the three of us had spent most of the summer improvising and playing around with fusing song structure and noise and looking for ways to do it with fluidity. We were also interested in extreme frequencies, both low and high, and how they occupied space in the room and moved around in your heads. That record upset a lot of people, especially the people that really loved spirit. Most people still dislike it as we saw when Fat Cat released the two of them together. But we're pretty proud of it.
3. ↑ Forum post from the geologist in the band forum ( memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ English original:
   There's a difference between playful, spirited getting-in-touch-with-your-inner-child juvenalia and the less wholesome pants-crapping juvenalia. And between Tare and Bear's last effort, the radically inspired Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, and this year's Danse Manatee, our patients have moved unmistakably from the former to the latter.
5. ↑ Pitchfork album review, link