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Panda Bear: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

On January 9, 2015, “Domino Recording Company” released “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”, the fifth Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Miosotis Garage” in Almada, Portugal, “Estudio Namouche” in Lisbon, Portugal,and was produced by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) – vocals, JoMoX Xbase 999, Yamaha TX81Z, Moog Voyager, Elektron DPS-1, piano, effects, percussion, art direction
  • Sonic Boom – EMS Synthi AKS, Fenix II Modular, Moog Voyager, vocoder, effects, mixing, art direction
  • Simon Davey – mastering
  • Joaquim Monte – engineer
  • Pedro Silve – engineer assistant
  • Rob Carmichael – layout
  • Hugo Oliveira – interior illustration
  • Marco Papiro – cover illustrations
  • Seen – art direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Noah Lennox, except where noted. 

  1. Sequential Circuits
  2. Mr. Noah
  3. Davy Jones’ Locker – Peter Kember
  4. Crosswords
  5. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
  6. Boys Latin
  7. Come to Your Senses
  8. Tropic of Cancer
  9. Shadow of the Colossus – Peter Kember
  10. Lonely Wanderer
  11. Principe Real
  12. Selfish Gene
  13. Acid Wash

“Crosswords” contains a sample of “Ashley’s Roachclip”, performed by The Soul Searchers

“Tropic of Cancer” contains samples of “Fragments of the ballet “The Nutcracker” Pas de Deux”

“Lonely Wanderer” contains a sample of “Arabesque No. 1” in E major, composed by Claude Debussy, and performed by François-Joël Thiollier

Leisure Society: The Sleeper

On March 30, 2009, “Willkommen” label released “The Sleeper”, the debut Leisure Society studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy.

Personnel:

  • Nick Hemming – vocals, autoharp, banjo, glockenspiel, guitars, bass guitar, handclapping, mandolin, melodica, pedal steel, percussion, piano sitar, ukulele, engineer, mixing
  • Christian Hardy – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Johnny Bridgwood – bass
  • Mike Siddell – violin
  • Patrick Brennan Ensemble – mastering
  • The Matt Lloyd Project – sleeve art

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Hemming.

  1. A Fighting Chance
  2. The Sleeper
  3. The Last of the Melting Snow
  4. A Short Weekend Begins with Longing
  5. We Were Wasted
  6. Save It for Someone Who Cares
  7. The Darkest Place I Know
  8. Are We Happy
  9. Come to Your Senses
  10. A Matter of Time
  11. Love’s Enormous Wings