Collected Animals

Does anyone know exactly what instruments Avey was using on Spirit? I'd really like to know.

Also, it's clear to me on most AC albums who wrote which song but for some reason I've always had trouble with Sung Tongs. Does anyone know which are Avey and which are Panda songs?

check the wikipedia

The credits for the instruments are on the CD (and I guess the LP) and also Wikipedia:

acoustic guitar, piano, vocals, Sequential Circuits, synthesizers, tapes


I think most of the songs on Sung Tongs are Avey's except for Leaf House which is Panda's.

I assume Panda wrote the part he sings in Winter's Love too.

He also wrote I Remember Learning How to Dive and Prospect Hummer, neither of which made it onto the album as you know.

Thanks for the quick replies. Does anyone know what synths he used?

probably an roland sh-101 and a roland jupiter-8, considering those are used on danse manatee and hollinndagain (correct me if i'm wrong)

wiki says an "old Roland SH-2 synthesizer, which Brian Weitz' brother found stored in a camp, was used for the bass sounds."

roland sh-2 and juno 60, the latter they used until MPP on Daily Routine and maybe My Girls
it appears on the My Girls video covered in pieces of hollinndagain forest paper wrap (which weren't there back in the 2001 tour!)
also this is off-topic but geo uses one of his minidisc players in the video!

sequential circuits is a synthesizer maker too

I assume Panda wrote the part he sings in Winter's Love too.

He also wrote I Remember Learning How to Dive and Prospect Hummer, neither of which made it onto the album as you know.

They wrote rabbit together too

Sequential Circuits

I don't think they've ever owned a Prophet...

I've always felt that Panda had more than a small part in putting together Visiting Friends as well, since it has strong Wolfgang Voigt vibes and Panda's always labeled him as an influence.

Sung Tongs overall feels like Avey and Panda's most collaborative album to me, I'm pretty sure they were living together when it was written so there had to have been a lot of contributions back and forth between them.

Hashmane wrote:

I assume Panda wrote the part he sings in Winter's Love too.

He also wrote I Remember Learning How to Dive and Prospect Hummer, neither of which made it onto the album as you know.

They wrote rabbit together too

Ah, there we go. Of course yes, that's why they sing together through the whole song.

I think most of the of of the time, for any album, it's safe to assume the one singing a part wrote it. But there are times where this probably isn't the case too, like Panda Bear's "Taking it lightly..." on What Would I Want? Sky which Avey sang live before they recorded it so I assume Avey wrote it himself.

probably an roland sh-101 and a roland jupiter-8, considering those are used on danse manatee and hollinndagain (correct me if i'm wrong)

The SH-101 might have been played by Geo during the '01 tours. And I hate correcting people, and I'm not sure if I'm right, but I think it might have been the Juno 60 that Dave was playing? It looks like that in the '01 tours. And they probably have had to use them in Spirit.

sun harp

rhythm sticks

dance avey dance wrote:

Hashmane wrote:

I assume Panda wrote the part he sings in Winter's Love too.

He also wrote I Remember Learning How to Dive and Prospect Hummer, neither of which made it onto the album as you know.

They wrote rabbit together too

Ah, there we go. Of course yes, that's why they sing together through the whole song.

I think most of the of of the time, for any album, it's safe to assume the one singing a part wrote it. But there are times where this probably isn't the case too, like Panda Bear's "Taking it lightly..." on What Would I Want? Sky which Avey sang live before they recorded it so I assume Avey wrote it himself.

yes.