Dan the Automator
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Daniel M. Nakamura, better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark.
Dan the Automator in 2017
Gorillaz
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Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by the musician Damon Albarn and the artist Jamie Hewlett. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Ru
Dan the Automator
…debut album the same year, featuring guest appearances by Sean Lennon and Damon Albarn. In 2001, he produced the debut album of Albarn's "animated" band Gorillaz, appearing as a member of the band, alongside Del the Funky Homosapien. Both later appeared on the second Deltron 3030 record, Event 2, released in…
Gorillaz in 2020. Jamie Hewlett (far left) and Damon Albarn (far right) with animated members Murdoc Niccals (top left), Russel Hobbs (top right), 2-D (bottom right), and Noodle (bottom left).
American hip-hop producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura produced the band's debut album.
Albarn asked Danger Mouse to produce the band's second album Demon Days after hearing his mashup album The Grey Album.
The band performed in silhouette during the Demon Days Live performances (pictured here with De La Soul on stage).