Deakin has been played on NTS shows including Rap Vacation, with Golden Chords first played on 13 July 2017.

Deakin (born Josh Dibb) is a psychedelic pop musician. Deakin met Animal Collective's Avey Tare (Dave Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them had swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations.

After high school Panda Bear and Deakin went to Boston, where Deakin attended Brandeis University. Avey Tare and Geologist moved to New York City to attend NYU and Columbia University respectively when they were finished with high school. After months of playing the band finally settled on the name "Animal Collective". After touring with the group from 2004 to the end of 2006 and recording two albums, Feels and Strawberry Jam, he decided to temporarily leave the group for various creative and personal reasons.

In 2009, Deakin did remixes for songs Zero by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Mirando by Ratatat.

On New Years Day 2010 he performed his first set of solo material at the Ottobar in Baltimore

After years of recording, Deakin released his first solo album "Sleep Cycle" on April 6, 2016.

Albums (with Animal Collective)

Campfire Songs (March, 2003) - Catsup Plate Here Comes the Indian (June 17, 2003) - Paw Tracks Feels (October 18, 2005) - FatCat Strawberry Jam (September 10, 2007) - Domino Records - US #72, UK Indie #13 ODDSAC (August 10, 2010) - Swiss Dots Centipede HZ (September 4, 2012) - Domino Records Tangerine Reef (August 17, 2018) - Domino Records