The next album to be released was Campfire Songs, again working with Catsup Plate in 2003. The Campfire Songs concept and some of the material dated back to the earliest Avey Tare and Panda Bear shows in New York. Recorded live in 2001 on a screened-in porch in Monkton, Maryland, the record is one take of five songs played straight through. Attempting to make a record as warm and inviting as a campfire, the band recorded their performance straight to minidisc, with one recorder outside to grab the ambient sound of the environment. Field recordings of the surrounding area were also added.
About Animal Collective, from Wikipedia. I like this idea. It's akin to some things Beefheart and the Magic Band did when recording Trout Mask Replica. In one song on the album, you can hear members of the band talking to a few girls who lived next door. They were outside using handheld mics, while the rest of the band was playing inside and being recorded. (Zappa, of course, was the engineer on the recording.)
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