Dan the Automator

Dan the Automator
Nakamura performs at a Handsome Boy Modeling School concert
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Nakamura
Also known as	Nathaniel Merriweather
Born	September 9, 1967 (1967-09-09) San Francisco, California
Genres	Hip hop, trip hop, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, alternative rock, indie rock
Occupations	Producer, arranger, engineer,
Instruments	Synthesizer, sampler, drum machine
Years active	1994 to present
Associated acts	Miles Kane Kasabian Handsome Boy Modeling School Gorillaz Deltron 3030 Kool Keith Lovage Head Automatica Mike Patton DJ Quest Emily Wells

Daniel M. Nakamura (born September 9, 1967), better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence.

Nakamura is a classically trained violinist and started DJing when he was a teenager. He first gained fame producing Kool Keith's 1996 album Dr. Octagonecologyst. Nakamura's studio, dubbed The Glue Factory, was a recording workshop for DJ Shadow, Latyrx and other artists on the Solesides label.

Alongside Prince Paul, Nakamura formed the collaborative project Handsome Boy Modeling School in 1999, assuming the character Nathaniel Merriweather. In 2000, he joined with Del tha Funkee Homosapien to form Deltron 3030. He was one of the founding members of the Gorillaz.

He formed a band with Mike Patton called Crudo.

In August 2010, California band dredg announced via their website that Dan the Automator will be producing their fifth album, set for a release in May 2011.

Discography

This list does not include singles, remixes or instrumental album versions.

• Music To be Murdered By (EP) (1989)
• A Better Tomorrow (1996)
• Dr. Octagonecologyst (Dr. Octagon) (1996)
• When I Was Born for the 7th Time (Cornershop) (1997)
• Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars (with DJ Shadow) (1998)
• So... How's Your Girl? (Handsome Boy Modeling School) (1999)
• Deltron 3030 (with Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Kid Koala) (2000)
• A Much Better Tomorrow (2000)
• Gorillaz (2001)
• Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (Lovage) (2001)
• Wanna Buy a Monkey? (2002)
• hey you. yes you. (Ben Lee) (2002)
• Ruckus (Galactic) (2003)
• White People (Handsome Boy Modeling School) (2004)
• Decadence (Head Automatica) (2004)
• 2K Sports Mixtape (Hosted By Clinton Sparks), (2006)
• Dan The Automator Presents 2K7, (2006)
• Peeping Tom (Peeping Tom) (2006)
• Naturally (Men Without Pants) (2008)
• The Love Album (Anais Croze) (2008)
• West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (Kasabian) (2009)
• Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy (Dredg) (2011)
• Colour of the Trap (Miles Kane) (2011)
• Velociraptor! (Kasabian) (2011)
• Kinshasa One Two (DRC Music) (2011)
• Pillow Fight (with Emily Wells) (2012)

External links

• Dan the Automator on Myspace
• Dan the Automator discography at Discogs
• Slate article on demand for Dan the Automator in music projects
• Dan the Automator at Allmusic
• Dan the Automator page at Yahoo! Music
• Waxpoetics' Automator Interview (by David Ma)
• Interview with R.U. Sirius