On 8 November 2022, Avey Tare was a guest on Geologist Presents: The O'Brien System. Avey Tare has been played on NTS shows including Lukid, with Tape Player Chants For Winter first played on 26 March 2015.

Avey Tare (born David Portner on April 24th, 1979) is a musician and founding member of Animal Collective.

Avey Tare met Animal Collective's Deakin (Josh Dibb), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations. Avey Tare recorded the Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished album with Panda…