Avey Tare
| Avey Tare | |
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Portner performing with Animal Collective, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Michael Portner |
| Born | April 24, 1979 |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Synthesizers, Percussion, Sampler, Drum Machine, Sequencer, Autoharp |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Paw Tracks, FatCat Records, Domino Records, Catsup Plate, St. Ives, UAAR, |
| Associated acts | Animal Collective, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Automine, Panda Bear, Terrestrial Tones |
| Website | entertheslasherhouse |
David Michael "Dave" Portner (born April 24, 1979), also known by his moniker Avey Tare, is a musician, songwriter, and co-founding member of the American experimental pop band Animal Collective. He has released one solo album, Down There (2010), as well as numerous collaborative albums with Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), all of which were later retroactively classified under Animal Collective's discography.
Avey Tare met Animal Collective's Deakin (Josh Dibb), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations. Avey Tare recorded the Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished album with Panda Bear, and initially released the recording on the band's own Animal label in 1999. The album is commonly referred to as the first official Animal Collective release, with Tare writing the music and Panda Bear providing the 'perfect percussion' (as cited in the album's credits).
After high school, Avey Tare and Geologist moved to New York City to attend New York University and Columbia University, respectively. Panda Bear and Deakin eventually moved to New York City, and the band became more collaborative in nature. They finally settled on the name "Animal Collective".
Although the band's output is, as their name suggests, a collaborative effort, with no typical 'frontman,' Avey Tare has been cited by the other members as being the 'primary songwriter' and de facto leader of the group. On the releases after Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, which was written entirely by Tare, he has written at least half of the material, and for the albums Feels, Strawberry Jam and Merriweather Post Pavilion, contributed around three quarters of the songs that made it onto the album. For the band's Centipede Hz, Tare confirmed that the album has eight songs penned by him.
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