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) (age 44)
Origin	San Francisco, California[1]
Genres	Hip hop, trip hop, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop
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

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.

He has created tracks for an Adidas advertisement campaign^[2] and 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)

References

1. ^ "California Births, 1905-1995". Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software, 2004-2005. Accessed 27 December 2009.
2. ^ "adidas - Basketball". Adidas. Accessed 27 December 2009.

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

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