Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his
stage nameA stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Danger Mouse, is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
artist and
producerIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released
The Grey AlbumThe Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles' LP The Beatles...
, which combined acappellas from
Jay-ZShawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name, Jay-Z is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, shipping over 30 million copies of his albums in the United...
's
The Black Album with instrumentals from the album
The BeatlesThe Beatles is the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is commonly known as The White Album as it has no graphics or text other than the band's name on its plain white sleeve...
(also known as
The White Album).
He formed
Gnarls BarkleyGnarls Barkley is a Grammy award-winning American musical group collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta. Their first album, St...
with Cee-Lo Green and produced their albums
St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere is the debut album by Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green. The album was originally titled Who Cares? in reference to the low sales Gnarls Barkley prematurely predicted their album would experience...
and
The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple is the Grammy-nominated second studio album by Gnarls Barkley, released digitally on March 18 and in stores March 25, 2008. Due to an early leak of the album over the internet in early March 2008, the duo decided to push up the release from April 8...
. He produced the second
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
album, 2005's
Demon DaysDemon Days is the second studio album and a concept album by Gorillaz, released on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 24 May in the United States...
, as well as
BeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck...
's 2008 record,
Modern GuiltModern Guilt is the eighth studio album by American musician Beck. It was released on July 8, 2008. The album fulfills Beck's recording contract with Interscope Records. Outside of North America, the record was released by XL Recordings .Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and was...
. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in the
Producer of the YearThe Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical has been awarded since 1975. The award had several minor name changes:*From 1975 to 1977 the award was known as Best Producer of the Year...
category. In addition, Burton worked with rapper
MF DOOMDaniel Dumile is a British-born American hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM , where the "MF" stands for Metal Face or Metal Fingers...
as
DANGERDOOMDanger Doom is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF Doom. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2006, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP.-Background:...
and released the albums
The Mouse and the MaskThe Mouse and the Mask is a collaboration album by Danger Mouse and MF Doom under the name Danger Doom, released on October 11 2005 by Epitaph Records in the United States...
and
Occult HymnOccult Hymn is a follow-up EP to Danger Doom's debut album The Mouse & The Mask. It contains seven tracks and was released as a free download at Adult Swim's website on May 30 2006...
.
On September 29, 2009,
Pitchfork MediaPitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on independent music, especially indie rock...
announced
Broken BellsBroken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist/producer Danger Mouse and singer James Mercer. The project was first announced on Tuesday, September 29, on the website Pitchfork Media.-External links:...
, a collaboration between Danger Mouse and
James MercerJames Russell Mercer is an American guitarist and indie rock musician. He attended high school in both England and Germany; in an interview in The Guardian he stated that he lived in England from 1985-1990, and that the family moved there because his father was in the Air Force .In the early...
of the indie rock band
The ShinsThe Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Russell Mercer, bassist Ron Lewis, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Joe Plummer, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative rock,...
. The group's first album is scheduled for a 2010 release.
Early life and career
Brian Burton was born in
White Plains, New YorkThe City of White Plains is the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...
; he spent much of his childhood in
Spring Valley, New YorkSpring Valley, incorporated on July 9, 1902 is a village in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Nanuet; east of Airmont and Monsey; south of Hillcrest and west of West Nyack...
and lived in
Athens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth...
for a long time where his
electronicaElectronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
(more specifically, trip-hop) work was released under the name "Pelican City". He also remixed work by several local artists, including
Neutral Milk HotelNeutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. Later members included Jeremy Barnes , Scott Spillane and Julian Koster...
and DJ'd for
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
radio station WUOG-FM. From 1998 to 2003 Burton also created a series of remix CDs and records under the stage name Danger Mouse. He used to do sets in a mouse outfit because he was too shy to show his face, and took his name from the British cartoon series
Danger Mouse.
While in Athens, Burton took second place in a 1998 talent contest and was asked to open for a concert at the
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
featuring
OutKastOutKast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally known as The OKB but later changed the group's name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a mixture of Dirty South and G-Funk...
and
Goodie MobGoodie Mob is a hip hop act based in Atlanta, Georgia. Members Cee-Lo , Khujo , T-Mo Goodie , and Big Gipp make up the group, which has been functioning since 1995....
. Afterwards, Burton approached
Cee-LoThomas DeCarlo Callaway , better known by his stage name Cee-Lo Green, is an American hip hop, funk, soul, and R&B musician. He is a singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Goodie Mob and more recently Gnarls Barkley, and has also recorded two critically acclaimed...
, a member of Goodie Mob, and gave him an instrumental demo tape. It would be several years before the pair made contact again, but the two would eventually collaborate as
Gnarls BarkleyGnarls Barkley is a Grammy award-winning American musical group collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta. Their first album, St...
.
2001–2004
Burton moved to
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for a couple of years, living in New Cross in London and working at the Rose pub near London Bridge. While he was in the U.K., he sent a demo to
Lex RecordsLex Records is an independent record label founded by Tom Brown in 2001.The label was initially an imprint of Warp Records and run from their North London offices. In September 2005 Lex and Warp became separate companies....
, who signed him. Burton's first original releases under the name Danger Mouse were his collaborations with rapper
JeminiJemini the Gifted One , better known as Jemini, is a rapper from Brooklyn who has worked with DJ Danger Mouse, most notably on the rap/pop album Ghetto Pop Life...
, including the album
Ghetto Pop LifeGhetto Pop Life is the debut album of producer Danger Mouse and rapper Jemini. It was released in 2003 on Lex Records and also featured Tha Alkaholiks, Cee-Lo, The Pharcyde, 68 State, J-Zone and Prince Po from Organized Konfusion....
, released in 2003 on Lex Records. While the Danger Mouse debut was well received by critics, he did not rise to fame until he created
The Grey AlbumThe Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles' LP The Beatles...
, mixing
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
versions of Jay Z's
The Black Album over beats crafted from samples of
The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
'
White AlbumThe Beatles is the ninth official British album and the fifteenth American album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is commonly known as The White Album as it has no graphics or text other than the band's name on its plain white sleeve...
. The remix album, originally created just for his friends, spread over the Internet and became very popular with both the general audience and critics, with
Rolling StoneRolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.The magazine was named after the 1948 Muddy Waters song of the same...
calling it "the ultimate remix record" and
Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused publications US Weekly, People, and In Touch Weekly, EWs primary concentration is on entertainment...
ranking it the best record of the year. He discusses his feelings about any controversy the album may have created in the documentary
Alternative Freedom. Danger Mouse was also named among the Men of the Year by
GQ in 2004 and won a 2005
WiredWired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since March 1993, that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
Rave Award.
2004–2007
The Grey Album also got the attention of
Damon AlbarnDamon Albarn , is a Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has been involved in many high profile projects and collaborations throughout his career...
, who enlisted Danger Mouse to produce the
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
' second studio album,
Demon DaysDemon Days is the second studio album and a concept album by Gorillaz, released on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 24 May in the United States...
. Danger Mouse technically shares production credits for
Demon Days with Jason Cox and James Dring. However, these two are engineers, so Danger Mouse was that album's sole producer for all intents and purposes (though a few songs feature musical contribution from talents such as Ike Turner and Simon Tong).
Demon Days earned Burton a
Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
nomination for Producer of the Year.
Danger Mouse's next project was
The Mouse and the MaskThe Mouse and the Mask is a collaboration album by Danger Mouse and MF Doom under the name Danger Doom, released on October 11 2005 by Epitaph Records in the United States...
, a collaboration with
MF DOOMDaniel Dumile is a British-born American hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM , where the "MF" stands for Metal Face or Metal Fingers...
(as
DANGERDOOMDanger Doom is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF Doom. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2006, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP.-Background:...
) about and for Cartoon Network's
Adult SwimAdult Swim, often stylized as [adult swim] and abbreviated as [as], is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM ET/PT in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan...
. The two had previously collaborated on the Danger Mouse remix of
Zero 7Zero 7 are a Grammy Award-nominated, downtempo styled musical duo comprising of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. Contributing artists include vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, Sophie Barker, and José González...
's "Somersault", on the
Prince PoPrince Po is an American rapper and former member of the rap duo Organized Konfusion with Pharaohe Monch. Originally the duo was called Simply to Positive. Prince Poetry MC'd and Monch beat-boxed...
track "Social Distortion", and on
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
' "November Has Come". A year later, DANGERDOOM released a follow-up EP called
Occult HymnOccult Hymn is a follow-up EP to Danger Doom's debut album The Mouse & The Mask. It contains seven tracks and was released as a free download at Adult Swim's website on May 30 2006...
. The 7-track EP featured new songs as well as remixes of tracks from
The Mouse & The Mask and was released exclusively as a free download on Adult Swim's site.
In 2006, Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo (as
Gnarls BarkleyGnarls Barkley is a Grammy award-winning American musical group collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta. Their first album, St...
) released their first album,
St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere is the debut album by Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green. The album was originally titled Who Cares? in reference to the low sales Gnarls Barkley prematurely predicted their album would experience...
, which included the international hit single "
Crazy"Crazy" is the first single from Gnarls Barkley, a musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo, and is taken from their 2006 debut album St. Elsewhere...
". "Crazy" became the first
UK number-one single based solely on downloads.
He also produced two tracks on The Rapture's 2006 album
Pieces of the People We LovePieces of the People We Love is the third album by dance-punk band The Rapture. The album was released in the United States on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:# "Don Gon Do It"# "Pieces of the People We Love"...
. In August and September 2006, Danger Mouse collaborated with British graffiti artist
BanksyBanksy is a quasi-anonymous English graffiti artist. He is believed to be a native of Yate, South Gloucestershire, near Bristol and to have been born in 1974, but there is substantial public uncertainty about his identity and personal and biographical details. According to Tristan Manco, Banksy...
to replace 500 copies of
Paris HiltonParis Whitney Hilton is an American socialite, heiress, media personality, model, singer, author, fashion designer and actress....
's album
ParisParis is debut studio album by Paris Hilton, released on her own label, Heiress Records, in association with Warner Bros. Records. The album was released in the U.S. on August 22, 2006. The entire album was posted on AOL...
in English music stores with altered album artwork and a 40 minute instrumental song containing various statements she had made.
2007–present
In January 2007, Danger Mouse produced another collaboration with Damon Albarn on
The Good, the Bad and the QueenThe Good, the Bad & the Queen is the album by an unnamed British alternative rock supergroup, made up of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007. The album debuted at number two in the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold in the UK within days of its...
, along with
ClashThe Clash were an English rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap and rockabilly...
bassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Paul SimononPaul Gustave Simonon is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for punk rock band The Clash. His most recent work is his involvement in the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007.- Biography :Simonon was born in...
, former
VerveThe Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1990, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. The members had met at Winstanley Sixth Form College. Simon Tong later became a member...
guitarist
Simon TongSimon Tong is a guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of The Verve between 1996 and 1999 and is currently a member of Erland and the Carnival...
and
AfrobeatAfrobeat is a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, and funk rhythms, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti who used it to revolutionise musical structure as well as the...
pioneer and Africa 70
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
Tony AllenTony Oladipo Allen is aNigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter.As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, Tony Allen was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music...
.
In March 2008,
The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple is the Grammy-nominated second studio album by Gnarls Barkley, released digitally on March 18 and in stores March 25, 2008. Due to an early leak of the album over the internet in early March 2008, the duo decided to push up the release from April 8...
, the sophomore album of his and Cee-lo's
Gnarls BarkleyGnarls Barkley is a Grammy award-winning American musical group collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse from New York, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green , from Atlanta. Their first album, St...
project, was released. In May 2008, an album with
Martina Topley-BirdMartina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album Maxinquaye . She was educated at Clifton College where she sang in the choir. It was while she was a young precocious teenager at the school that she met trip hop...
, titled
The Blue GodThe Blue God is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird, her first in five years. Released on May 12, 2008, the album had been complete since at least September 2007. Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her...
, was released. Martina collaborated on "All Alone", one song on the Danger Mouse produced
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
second LP,
Demon DaysDemon Days is the second studio album and a concept album by Gorillaz, released on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 24 May in the United States...
. Also released in May 2008 was
Replica Sun MachineReplica Sun Machine is the second album by The Shortwave Set.Work began on the album shortly after the release of The Debt Collection, their debut album; and the majority of the new songs were written and even recorded. In an interview for Swedish television, singer and songwriter Andrew Pettitt...
, an album with the band
The Shortwave SetThe Shortwave Set are a British alternative pop band whose debut album, The Debt Collection, was released in 2005 on Independiente Records. The band's music combines sample-based music with more traditional songwriting and instrumentation to create a sound the group have described as "Victorian Funk"...
, including a collaboration with Van Dyke Parks and the Velvet Underground's John Cale, according to British music magazine
New Musical Express.
NME also reports that Danger Mouse is going to produce The Shortwave Set's third album.
Upcoming releases include a follow-up to
Ghetto Pop LifeGhetto Pop Life is the debut album of producer Danger Mouse and rapper Jemini. It was released in 2003 on Lex Records and also featured Tha Alkaholiks, Cee-Lo, The Pharcyde, 68 State, J-Zone and Prince Po from Organized Konfusion....
entitled
Kill Your Heroes.
KYH was scheduled to be released in summer of 2006, but its release has been pushed back to an undetermined date. A collaborative album with
Black ThoughtTariq Trotter , better known as Black Thought, is an American hip-hop artist who is the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group The Roots and occasional actor...
of
The RootsThe Roots is an American alternative hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a wide range of artists from...
is said to be in the works. He was also working on an album with
The Black KeysThe Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001...
and
Ike TurnerIke Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. Considered to be one of the fathers of rock and roll, his first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats," in 1951, is considered by some to be the "first rock and roll song" ever...
. Turner's death was expected to cancel the album, but The Black Keys and Danger Mouse released
Attack & ReleaseAttack & Release is the fifth album by American blues-rock duo, The Black Keys. It is their second release on Nonesuch Records, and the first produced in a studio. It was released on April 1, 2008, and debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200...
in April 2008. Some songs must have been recorded by Turner, however, as a posthumous Danger Mouse produced album is scheduled to be released this year, as well as another collaboration with MF Doom.
Danger Mouse also produced
BeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck...
's album
Modern GuiltModern Guilt is the eighth studio album by American musician Beck. It was released on July 8, 2008. The album fulfills Beck's recording contract with Interscope Records. Outside of North America, the record was released by XL Recordings .Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and was...
, which was released in July 2008.
In April 2009, he and Helena Costas released an album as Joker's Daughter titled the Last Laugh. Danger Mouse was also listed as one of Esquire
's 75 most influential people of the 21st century.
Since 2005, Danger Mouse (as a producer as well as an artist with Gnarls Barkley) has been nominated for 11 Grammy Awards: Producer of the Year (2005, 2006 and 2008), Record of Year (2006), Album of Year (2006), Best Alternative Album (2006 and 2008), Best Urban Alternative Performance (2006), Best Short Form Music Video (2007 and 2008) and Best Pop Performance (2008) He won two Grammy Awards in 2006 for Best Alternative Album and Best Urban Alternative Performance.
Danger Mouse and
SparklehorseSparklehorse is an American alternative rock band led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous, who records much of the group's material in his home studio...
were due to release an album in the summer of 2009 entitled
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the SoulDark Night of the Soul is an album written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. It features a wide range of singers including James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy...
(together with a 100+ photo book with photographs by
David LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker and visual artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man , Blue Velvet , and Mulholland Drive . He also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man...
). Due to an ongoing dispute with
EMIThe EMI Group is a British music company. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major publishing arm- EMI Music Publishing- based in New York City...
the album will not be released commercially. However, the BBC reported that Danger Mouse plans to release a full illustrated jewel case with a blank CD-R included in it. The CD-R will be labeled:
"For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will."
Philosophy
In an interview for the New York Times magazine, Danger Mouse described himself as an
auteurThe term auteur is used to describe film directors who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable style, because they repeatedly return to the same subject matter, habitually address a particular psychological or moral theme, employ a recurring visual and aesthetic style, or ...
, basing his music production philosophy on the cinematic philosophy of directors like
Woody AllenWoody Allen is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright....
. "Woody Allen was an auteur: he did his Thing, and that particular Thing was completely his own," he said. "That's what I decided to do with music. I want to create a director's role within music, which is what I tried to do on this album (
St. ElsewhereSt. Elsewhere is the debut album by Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green. The album was originally titled Who Cares? in reference to the low sales Gnarls Barkley prematurely predicted their album would experience...
).... I have to be in control of the project I'm doing. I can create different kinds of musical worlds, but the artist needs the desire to go into that world.... Musically, there is no one who has the career I want. That's why I have to use film directors as a model."
Interview segments with Danger Mouse speaking about the creation of The Grey AlbumThe Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles' LP The Beatles...
are featured in the 2007 Danish documentary Good Copy Bad CopyGood Copy Bad Copy, A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture, is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances...
.
Danger Mouse albums
- Danger Mouse & Jemini
Jemini the Gifted One , better known as Jemini, is a rapper from Brooklyn who has worked with DJ Danger Mouse, most notably on the rap/pop album Ghetto Pop Life...
-
Ghetto Pop LifeGhetto Pop Life is the debut album of producer Danger Mouse and rapper Jemini. It was released in 2003 on Lex Records and also featured Tha Alkaholiks, Cee-Lo, The Pharcyde, 68 State, J-Zone and Prince Po from Organized Konfusion....
(2003)
Danger Mouse - The Grey AlbumThe Grey Album is a mashup album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles' LP The Beatles...
(2004)
GorillazGorillaz is a English virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band members: 2D , Murdoc , Noodle and Russel...
- Demon DaysDemon Days is the second studio album and a concept album by Gorillaz, released on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 24 May in the United States...
(2005)
The Rapture - Pieces of the People We LovePieces of the People We Love is the third album by dance-punk band The Rapture. The album was released in the United States on September 12, 2006.-Track listing:# "Don Gon Do It"# "Pieces of the People We Love"...
(2006)
SparklehorseSparklehorse is an American alternative rock band led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous, who records much of the group's material in his home studio...
- Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a MountainDreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain is the fourth album by Sparklehorse. It was released on 25 September 2006.-Background:...
(2006)
Danger Mouse - From Man To Mouse
(2007)
The Good, the Bad and the QueenThe Good, the Bad & the Queen is the album by an unnamed British alternative rock supergroup, made up of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007. The album debuted at number two in the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold in the UK within days of its...
(2007)
The Black KeysThe Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001...
- Attack & ReleaseAttack & Release is the fifth album by American blues-rock duo, The Black Keys. It is their second release on Nonesuch Records, and the first produced in a studio. It was released on April 1, 2008, and debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200...
(2008)
The Shortwave SetThe Shortwave Set are a British alternative pop band whose debut album, The Debt Collection, was released in 2005 on Independiente Records. The band's music combines sample-based music with more traditional songwriting and instrumentation to create a sound the group have described as "Victorian Funk"...
- Replica Sun MachineReplica Sun Machine is the second album by The Shortwave Set.Work began on the album shortly after the release of The Debt Collection, their debut album; and the majority of the new songs were written and even recorded. In an interview for Swedish television, singer and songwriter Andrew Pettitt...
(2008)
Martina Topley-BirdMartina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album Maxinquaye . She was educated at Clifton College where she sang in the choir. It was while she was a young precocious teenager at the school that she met trip hop...
- The Blue GodThe Blue God is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird, her first in five years. Released on May 12, 2008, the album had been complete since at least September 2007. Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her...
(2008)
BeckBeck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck...
- Modern GuiltModern Guilt is the eighth studio album by American musician Beck. It was released on July 8, 2008. The album fulfills Beck's recording contract with Interscope Records. Outside of North America, the record was released by XL Recordings .Modern Guilt features two contributions by Cat Power and was...
(2008)
Joker's Daughter (band)Joker's Daughter is a musical collaboration between Greek-English singer/songwriter Helena Costas and producer Danger Mouse.-History:Costas first began working with Danger Mouse in 2003, after sending him some home demos...
- The Last Laugh
(2009)
Danger Mouse and SparklehorseSparklehorse is an American alternative rock band led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous, who records much of the group's material in his home studio...
- Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the SoulDark Night of the Soul is an album written by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. It features a wide range of singers including James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy...
(2009)
Pelican City
The Chilling Effect
(1999)
Pelican City - Rhode Island
(2000)
Pelican City and ScannerRobin Rimbaud is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance...
- Pelican City vs Scanner
EP (2002)
Promos
Danger Mouse Promo: Volume 1
(1998)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Volume 2
(1999)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Volume 3
(2000)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Volume 4
(2000)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Remix EP 12" White
(2001)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Remix EP 12" Red
(2002)
Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse Promo: Remix EP 12" Yellow
(2003)
Contributions
Verve RemixedVerve Remixed is a series of albums released by Verve Records centered on the concept of classic Verve tracks, remixed by contemporary electronic music producers and DJs...
3
(2005) - Dinah Washington - "Baby, Did You Hear?" Danger Mouse Remix
The Now Sound RedesignedThe Free Design were a Delevan, New York-based vocal group playing jazzy pop music. Their music can be described as sunshine pop and baroque pop, which were pop music subgenres at the time, which later influenced the bands Stereolab, Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, Beck and The High Llamas.-Early...
- "To a Black Boy" Danger Mouse with
MURSNick Carter, professionally known as MURS is an American rapper. His pseudonym is an acronym that stands for "Making Underground Raw Shit." He is signed to the independent label Record Collection and is a member of the hip hop groups Living Legends, Felt, and the 3 Melancholy Gypsys...
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