NUMBER ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE.
November25
I just had my first listen through to Avey Tare (AKA David Portner from Animal Collective)’s new LP Down There. Tare’s first official solo full length carries you through a murky world of sound that is both honest and otherworldly. As his myspace puts it: Wait for sundown and turn it up loud. Take a ride on Tare’s haunted boat and let yourself be guided through deep sloshy rhythms, waterlogged bass, and moonlit breaks in the canopy that reveal a crisp crystalline pop buzz.
Overflowing with musical ideas and sound scapes, Down There is in many senses a furthering of the musical architecture laid down by Merryweather Post Pavillion - but here Tare has stretched his experimental dance music musings to new watery depths. Each song is pieced together by floating field recordings that sound as if they’ve been put through every type of phaser pedal known to mankind - further adding to the shimmering, submerged atmosphere of Tare’s sonic universe. And on that note don’t resist. Let your ears go for a dip.
The video above is the first single Lucky 1, hand drawn and animated by Abby Portner, Tare’s sister.
