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John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American avant-garde musician and composer. A keyboard player for Animal Collective, Panda Bear and Ariel Pink, he has released three albums of his own music to mixed reviews. He grew up in Austin, Minnesota, and studied music at the California Institute of the Arts. He later went on to study philosophy at the European Graduate School, in Saas Fee Switzerland, to work towards a PhD in political philosophy. As a college student he was interested in experimental music and performance art involving music, such as the work of Michael Pisaro. When he met and began to work with and alongside Ariel Pink, he took a greater interest in pop music. He is known for his eclectic samples when composing, "an almost absurd mix – a stand-off between taut, bass-driven post-punk, whooshing electro-pop and, thanks to the chants and bleak intoning, Medieval and Gregorian disco."
