Collected Animals

Together was a short-lived side project Panda Bear did with Rusty Santos which played music at fashion shows.

Below is a link to a recording for the United Bamboo Autumn/Winter show in 2004.

Enjoy.

Wha? This is so cool

HOLY SHIT!

I've been waiting to hear music from this project forever! Thanks so much man. Where did you find this?

The track that comes in around 8:30 is mesmerizing

wow

Rusty needs to come back for ACs next album

woaahh thank you so much! how did this pop up?

I've never even heard of this before and Google yields no results except United Bamboo's website saying PB has performed for them before.

This is great stuff. First song didn't blow me away but the second song has very Banshee Beat-esque guitar. Thanks for uploading!

Hooly shit third song! Great stuff

The album is "influence on people" in Polish? lol

yeah i've always wanted to hear this! where'd you get it?

e: i think some of the metadata is grabbed from a polish audiobook? i'll clean it up and stick it in the boots thread (http://www.mediafire.com/?eb8ialqn0wrucep)

ee: seems like the show was at Scandinavia House, February 12, 2004 at 7pm. kind of a gap in ac bootlegs history; they played a couple of unrecorded shows in new york and then noah and josh played as Noah's Ark in Japan at the end of the month. these jams and the noah's ark material have kind of a similar vibe.......

omg im crying this is so beautiful

beginning reminds me of..

thank you so much!

Holy Wow. You never know what those guys have hidden up their closet sleeves!

United Bamboo's website also says that Petey Kember once played and/or recorded music for one of their shows. Pete, if you read this thread, did you happen to record that? I'm sure we'd all be all ears!

Holy Wow. You never know what those guys have hidden up their closet sleeves!

United Bamboo's website also says that Petey Kember once played and/or recorded music for one of their shows. Pete, if you read this thread, did you happen to record that? I'm sure we'd all be all ears!

Didn't PK say that the first he'd heard of Noah was at a party where someone put on Person Pitch? Or am I somehow making that up?

You're welcome, everyone!

I decided to post this now because I thought it would help ease the wait for the Reaper a little bit for everyone. The truth is that I've been sitting on this for about 5-6 years now and it's brought me a lot of joy in that time (I remember listening to it many times during work or to help soothe/calm me down at times).

A bit of info on where the hell this thing even came from...

Years ago on a few iterations back of CA I think, probably in about 08 or so, I was a mod and much more active on the board. I somehow ended up receiving this from another common poster as a return favor for something else I sent him. I don't even remember what exactly I sent him, but I can assure you it didn't seem nearly as cool or "rare" as this at the time.

I can't speak to any specifics about the recording since I wasn't given much info, but regarding the Polish title, I think jfw7 is right. The track already came to me like that and I think iTunes mistakenly identified it automatically as a Polish audiobook. I've never been able to find any info on this or any specific Together shows, so this recording may well be the only thing we'll have from that time period.

i'd be surprised if they played more than one or two other shows. i think they were mostly a fashion-exclusive project

some basic info:
i think rusty was dating miho aoki, who founded united bamboo (the label whose fall/winter collection was being shown at this fashion show) and also started a record label with rusty (that released they keep me smiling w/ ac's "the kite") and sang on a few of his records.

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/revie ... W-UBAMBOO/ ("live soundtrack of breathy vocals and acoustic guitar")
http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f60/ny ... -2918.html

________________________________/"noah and rusty sound sooooo good right now"



pissed you kept this to yourself

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The truth is that I've been sitting on this for about 5-6 years now

you had every right to withhold this from us but just wondering,, why did you? ?? ? ? ??

the feeling store wrote:

The truth is that I've been sitting on this for about 5-6 years now

you had every right to withhold this from us but just wondering,, why did you? ?? ? ? ??

At the time, I was told to keep it to myself by the person who sent it to me. I wanted to honor that but now with all the time that's passed, I figured it wouldn't matter. Still, I sought out permission via SB out of respect. I wasn't intentionally trying to keep it from anyone and in fact that's why I just never said anything. I hate it when people are like "I've got this super rare recording everybody... but sorry, I can't share! Too bad for you guys, it sounds so good." I figured you can't miss what you didn't know existed in the first place, and that eventually the day would come (today).

this reminds me of my "old days"...When FEELS was the latest release forever and i was just discovering all those SUNG TUNGS boots (not too mention all the others), PERSON PITCH was on the horizon, along with the confusion of PULLHAIR RUBBEYE and the track-by-track hype induced leakage of STRAWBERRY JAM...i've enjoyed my journey with this band, but i do miss the thrill of getting it all started. great music, sweet, but off kilter. just how i like my acoustic AC.

nothing makes me more nostalgic than the Fall season, and these tunes are just in time for Fall!

thanks for the boot!

Between "the Kite" and this set, early 2004 almost feels like a weird micro-era in AC's existence. Seems like after recording Sung Tongs and before recording (and maybe even before writing) Feels, they were briefly playing these dreamy little numbers with tons of delay on every instrument. A sound that would be refined on Feels.

I'm always amazed by just how prolific AC really is.

its kinda cool that you had this tucked away for so long. thank you for sharing, you've brought a lot of joy to many.

I love what I hear. Thanks for uploading.

Wow thanks! Glad to have finally heard Together! Goddamn beautiful!

This is so amazing. You really don't ever discover so-called "hidden gems" any more in this day and age. Everything is already out there, if you dig enough. This is an exception. This set feels like it was truly forgotten by time, and it's just now reaching a lot of people who really want to hear it, and some of them didn't even know it existed (like me).

It's almost like finding a rare, out-of-print 7" by your favorite band at a record store. And the best part is, the music is great too. We really can't thank you enough

so so gorgeous. what a perfect lil addition to the AC discog

The 2nd song reminds me a lot of the intros they did for turn into something during their 05 tours

Enormous thanks for this and for explaining your reasoning. I always wished they'd have expanded on the Noah's Ark sound over the years, along with the supposedly scrapped electric Tongs/post-Tongs experiments. Hoping this fits the bill to some extent!

The third song sounds like classic AC, I got feelings I forgot I even had while listening to it. Absolutely beautiful.

I got feelings I forgot I even had while listening to it.

going through the same thing man. this reminds me of hearing their othermusic set or noah's ark for the first time.

I just wanna hug all you guys :') this is so beautiful

I wanna hug you guys too.

Bring it all in! Group hug.

Damn, I've been having this on repeat, really good. The second half of the song, when Panda starts cooing, almost reminds of some of the stuff off Sigur Ros's first album.

like a lot of my favorite music, this shit is excellent to draw to

This is gorgeous. And the recording is so good it feels like I'm listening to a new Panda EP. Thanks so much feeling store.

oh man

I always wished they'd have expanded on the Noah's Ark sound over the years, along with the supposedly scrapped electric Tongs/post-Tongs experiments. Hoping this fits the bill to some extent!

This. Working in very similar areas. I don't think it's as strong as the Noah's Ark set but it's a gorgeous sound they're working with.

This is amazing. Thanks so much!