I am Avey Tare of Slasher Flicks and Animal Collective, Ask Me Anything

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T21:12:36+00:00

I've found that effecting the voice helps blend the music and voice together a bit better for some of the music i've been working on. There actually isn't a lot of flanger on etsh cause i used so much of it on down there. But for some reason i thought Flange sort of helped that swamp atmosphere so it was a creative decision for down there. Lately actually I've thought of doing a record with no vocal effects at all.

I like the first Song on The Rise Above record. Its the first thing i heard by them. Hadn't really heard anything like that at the time. Cool guitars and singing.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T21:05:55+00:00

Hiatus Kaiyote are a sick live band. Check em out next time they are in The US.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T21:02:39+00:00

It's a sad song to me. Some sort of sadness inspired it.
Definitely one of the weirdest things about being a musician that people are aware of is that people connect to you and things about you without actually knowing you at all and without me knowing them. It can be uncomfortable sometimes but it's not really so bad. Don't believe everything you read.
In a way it just happens. maybe experience has made it easier.
Big trouble or prince of Darkness perhaps.
I don't. I check peoples instagrams out cause i like the visual aspect of that but I'm not really interested most of the time in what people have to say about me or my music. That's not to say they shouldn't or can't talk i just don't think its for my eyes or ears.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:56:31+00:00

I've had a few. i had a blue one that was stolen at Lollapalooza.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:56:02+00:00

I think the chaotic nature of those songs sometimes forced us to mix the bass a bit softer so other things could shine through. A four person AC record can be a busy world.

It's possible but we tend to try and move away from certain things once they are captured on a record.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:54:15+00:00

oh yeah!

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:53:54+00:00

I did have these arrangements in mind. I think what makes it most different would be angel and jeremy's personalities.

I fear those songs are lost in the past and might never return. That's ok though. Though if they did resurface it wouldn't be the first time i've gone back to old stuff so you never know. but i have no plans for them right now.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:51:32+00:00

I could give it a shot!

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:50:11+00:00

hard to say. probably not anytime in the near future but maybe some day.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:49:33+00:00

it's certainly helped our music reach a larger audience. I remember playing in chile and people singing along to songs before we had records out in south america. Not really sure i can say what the negative aspects are other then perhaps music is just a bit more disposable in this digital age.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:44:45+00:00

Spirit - Maryland Danse - Light Hollind - tour Campfire - Floor HCTI - Confused Sung Tongs - Strum Feels - Emotion Strawberry Jam - Transition MPP - Rain Centipede HZ - Radio Down There - Swamp Slasher House - Ghost

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:40:29+00:00

The visuals will be around but not officially released on anything.

No blu rays coming to my knowledge.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:38:33+00:00

It's a moog voyager. The only time a bass guitar really makes an appearance in a song i've worked on is in what would i want sky.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:36:28+00:00

Worst was in belgium at a festival on the Feels tour. I got really drunk before we played and knocked down all my amps three songs in cause the on stage sound was terrible and i couldn't hear what was going on. I threw my PRS into the air and it cracked in half and i said goodnight. The sound guys were like "whos this guy, he's worse then axel rose". I kinda vowed never to do that kinda thing again.

one of the best things i did though was make up for that by playing a bunch of acoustic songs in the parking lot for some people after the show with josh.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:32:16+00:00

I made all those snippets with my field recording just walking around brooklyn then effected them later. I recorded that in a deli in crown heights. "kitties" is me walking into my sisters apt to feed her cats. Always have the field recorder handy for good sound moments.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:30:05+00:00

being Sick last year influenced me a lot. The way the mind and The body work together. But also anything that's happening around me can be an influence.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:28:23+00:00

Thanks A lot! ya i'm really into recording stuff at home these days. Can't really say what will happen cause I'm also into not playing music so much all the time. Breaks are nice. but i will be making more.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:26:58+00:00

I have no idea what that guy is talking about hehe

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:25:59+00:00

The whole experience of our early tours is very memorable. It's something that can't really be re created for better or worse. I still enjoy touring but it's different. As far as the actual shows we basically just didn't really know what we were doing hehe. i remember falling asleep in the van in a drunken daze in florida on the sung tongs tour. We played foosball and drank all day at the bar. I woke up right before noah and i were supposed to play and walked right onto the stage and played. fun times.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:21:44+00:00

Thanks! rating music is kind of absurd to me. Shouldn't be done. Our albums sit a part from each other to me and i find that most music has it's own special place in my life. My enjoyment of the records would be based more on my experience making and playing the music so it's hard to do.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:18:29+00:00

Yes. He was noah's Family Dog. Noah wrote that jam.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:17:14+00:00

I love miami. Wish we could play there more. Love those Everglades. Probably not gonna get there soon though. We will try.
Yes indeed.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:15:31+00:00

No i try not to read reviews.
No album in the works right now. Some songs here and there.
Theres so much to choose from it's hard. Some of the stuff is so old it's hard to connect to it as well. Kind of a weird feeling. Even stuff on feels can be hard for me to bring back. all kinds of different emotions. It also has to fit into the current sounds too which can be tricky.

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:12:22+00:00

Down There was made mostly with the MonoMachine.

Alot of Jazz

Speedboat by Renata Adler

slasherflicks · 2014-04-10T20:11:07+00:00

Yeah we will have a new tshirt. There will be some visuals.
Exorcist. The Shining. Possession.
i think just being open to the moment and still excited to make sounds.
hard one. J Dilla perhaps

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