Eric Copeland was still in high school when he joined Black Dice, a band founded by his brother and some other students of the Rhode Island School of Design in 1997. While still involved with Black Dice as a main gig, Copeland started side project Terrestrial Tones in 2004 with then roommate Dave Portner of Animal Collective. In 2007 Copeland released his first solo album, Hermaphrodite, on the Paw Tracks label. The mostly instrumental album fell somewhere between the electronic experiments of Black Dice and the woozier Terrestrial Tones material, and it marked the beginning of a prolific recording schedule from Copeland. ~ Fred Thomas