Deakin

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Deakin
Deakin performing live in 2005 or 2006.
Background information
Genres	Experimental rock Neo-psychedelia Freak folk
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Paw Tracks, FatCat Records, Domino Records, Catsup Plate, St. Ives, UAAR,
Associated acts	Animal Collective
Website	Animal Collective Website

Deakin (born Josh Dibb) is an avant-garde musician and founding member of Animal Collective.

Animal Collective and other musical projects

Deakin met Animal Collective's Avey Tare (Dave Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them had swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations.

After high school Panda Bear and Deakin went to Boston, where Deakin attended Brandeis University. Avey Tare and Geologist moved to New York City to attend NYU and Columbia University respectively, when they were finished with high school. After months of playing the band finally settled on the name "Animal Collective". After touring with the group from late 2004 to the end of 2006 and recording two albums, Feels and Strawberry Jam, he decided to temporarily leave the group for various creative and personal reasons. As of the end of 2009 he is still absent from the group. During his time away from the group Deakin has been doing various remixes such as Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Mirando by Ratatat.

Discography with Animal Collective

Albums

• Campfire Songs (March, 2003) - Catsup Plate
• Here Comes the Indian (June 17, 2003) - Paw Tracks
• Feels (October 18, 2005) - FatCat
• Strawberry Jam (September 10, 2007) - Domino Records - US #72, UK Indie #13

References