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2016 studio album by Deakin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sleep Cycle
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Sleep Cycle is the debut solo studio album by Animal Collective member Deakin (Josh Dibb), released on Bandcamp on April 6, 2016.[1] That same day, "Just Am" was the first track shared from the album, accompanied by a music video.[2] The album was subsequently released on My Animal Home on April 8, 2016.[3] It was remastered and reissued by Domino in 2019.[4]

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Background

Dibb originally started raising funds for Sleep Cycle through a Kickstarter campaign in 2009.[5] Dibb intended to use the funds to perform at the Festival au Désert in Mali, Africa, the creation of a book and CD, and a charitable donation to Temedt, a Mali organization working to help enslaved black Tuareg people.[6] Dibb's Kickstarter campaigned amassed 205 backers who pledged $25,985 to help bring the project to life.[5] All the funds that were raised through the Kickstarter campaign were eventually donated to charity and the album was ultimately self-funded by Dibb.[7]

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Reception

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The album received acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album has received an average score of 84, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 6 reviews.[15]

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Track listing

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All tracks are written by Joshua Dibb.

Personnel

  • Deakin – recording (1-3, 5), mixing (1-5), artwork
  • Dutch E Germ (Tim DeWit) – drums (4), samples (6)
  • Nicolas Vernhes – recording (4, 6), mixing (4)
  • Sonic Boom – mixing (6)
  • Greg St. Pierre – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – artwork

References

Further reading

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