Dan the Automator
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 Nakamura performs at a Handsome Boy Modeling School concert.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Nakamura |
| Born | September 9, 1967 |
| Origin | San Francisco, California[citation needed] |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, trip hop, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, arranger, engineer, |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer, sampler, drum machine |
| Years active | 1994 to present |
| Associated acts | Handsome Boy Modeling School Gorillaz Deltron 3030 Kool Keith Lovage Head Automatica Mike Patton DJ Quest |
Daniel M. Nakamura (born September 9, 1967), better known as Dan "the Automator" Nakamura ダン中村[1] 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.
Dan has recently created tracks for an Adidas advertisement campaign and formed a band with Mike Patton called Crudo.[2]
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[edit] Discography
This list does not include singles, remixes or instrumental album versions. For those discographies, see the article for the indicated band or artist.
- Music To be Murdered By (EP) (1989)
- A Better Tomorrow (1996) (remastered and rereleased in 2000 as A Much Better Tomorrow)
- Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996)
- Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars (with DJ Shadow) (1998)
- Handsome Boy Modeling School, So... How's Your Girl? (1999)
- Deltron 3030 (with Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Kid Koala) (2000)
- Gorillaz, Gorillaz (2001)
- Lovage, Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2001)
- Wanna Buy a Monkey? (2002)
- Ben Lee, hey you. yes you. (2002)
- Galactic, Ruckus (2003)
- Handsome Boy Modeling School, White People (2004)
- Head Automatica, Decadence (with Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw) (2004)
- 2K Sports Mixtape (Hosted By Clinton Sparks), (2006)
- Dan The Automator Presents 2K7, (2006)
- Peeping Tom, Peeping Tom (2006)
- Men Without Pants, Naturally (2008)
- Anaïs Croze, The Love Album (2008)
- Kasabian, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009)
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dan the Automator at MySpace
- Dan the Automator 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
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