Joshua Caleb Dibb (born January 6, 1978), also known by his moniker Deakin, is an American musician who co-founded the

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band

Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...

. He is the most infrequent member of the collective appearing on only six of the group's eleven studio albums. In 2016, he made his solo debut with the album ''

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''. He also occasionally works as a

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during musical down time.

Biography

Dibb was born on January 6, 1978, in

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to Jessica B Mendlovitz and David C Dibb, who married in 1977. He began writing and recording music with childhood friend

Noah Lennox Noah Benjamin Lennox (born July 17, 1978), also known by his moniker Panda Bear, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founding member of the band Animal Collective. In addition to his work with that group, Len ...

(

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) in 1991. While at The Park School of Baltimore, Josh met David Portner (

Avey Tare David Michael Portner (born April 24, 1979), also known by his moniker Avey Tare, is a musician and songwriter who co-founded the American experimental pop band Animal Collective. He has released three solo albums, as well as three collaborative ...

) and Brian Weitz (

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) when they asked him to join their band, Automine. Josh introduced Noah to Dave and Brian and over the next few years the four spent time playing music together and sharing tapes of music they made individually. After high school, Panda Bear and Deakin went to Boston, where Deakin attended

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. Avey Tare and Geologist moved to New York City to attend

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and

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respectively. After months of playing the band finally settled on the name "Animal Collective". After touring with the group from 2004 to the end of 2006 and recording two albums, Feels and

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, the Water Curses EP and the visual album

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he decided to take a break from the increasingly rigorous touring schedule. After not participating in the recording of the album ''

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'', he rejoined the band live on April 10, 2011 in

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, California after a three-year absence. On January 1, 2010, he played his first solo show as Deakin at

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in Baltimore, MD where he grew up. In December 2009, Deakin raised $25,985 through the

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platform to travel to

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to play at the music festival

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outside of Tomboctou in January 2010 and to record an album in early 2010. After playing the music festival, Deakin played five shows in Europe, including a few shows opening for Panda Bear. On January 7, 2016, Dibb sent backers of his Kickstarter campaign an announcement that his long awaited solo album was complete. The album, titled ''

'', was released on

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on April 6, 2016. "Just Am" was the first track shared from the album, accompanied by a music video.

Tour history

with Animal Collective

* 2002 * Spring 2004 - Fall 2006 * Spring 2011 - December 2013 * October 2019 * September 2021

Discography

Albums

;Solo album * ''

'' (2016) ;Appearances as a member of

*''

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Feels'' (2005) *''

'' (2007) *''

'' (2010) * *''

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'' (2012) *'' Tangerine Reef'' (2018) * *''

Time Skiffs ''Time Skiffs'' is the eleventh studio album by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on February 4, 2022, on Domino. It is their first album in six years and marks the return of band member Deakin, who sat out of the recordi ...

'' (2022) " * " indicates visual album

Singles

;Splits *"Wastered" (w/

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) (2004) -

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;Remixes *"Little Bird" (Remix of

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), released on "

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" UK 7-inch Picture disk and on Digital EP (June 30, 2008,

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) *" Mirando" (Remix of

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), released on " Mirando" single (February 3, 2009,

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) *"Boundary Waters" (Remix of Palms), released on "Boundary Waters Remixed" 12" (September 2009, Rare Book Room Records) *"Love Like A Sunset (Deakins Jam)" (Remix of

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), released digitally in 2009 (

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) *"Welt Am Draht" (Remix of

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) *"Go!" (Remix of M83) (2017, M83 Recording Inc.) *"Extra Kings" (Remix of

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) (2021, Modular Records)

Miscellaneous

*"In The City That Reads" on

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's album ''Invoke'' (June 25, 2002,

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), credited as ''Avey Tare, Deaken, Geologist, Panda Bear'' *"Seeing Twinkles" on the sampler ''Music for Plants'' (June 2005, PerfectIfOn), under the name ''Deaken and Geologist'' *"Country Report" on the cassette tape ''

Keep + Animal Collective ''Keep + Animal Collective'' is the sixth EP by experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on the March 26, 2011 on cassette. Bundled with a range of shoes designed by the band, ''Keep + Animal Collective'' contains one solo song from each ...

'' (March 2011, Keep)

References

External links

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