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Profile of Brian Burton
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15th July 1979 |
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Hawaii, USA |
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Brian Burton, better known under his stage name DJ Danger Mouse, is a producer and DJ who came to prominence in 2004 by remixing The Beatles' White Album and rapper Jay-Z's Black Album to make The Grey Album.
Biography
Brian Burton was born in White Plains, and lived in Athens, Georgia for a long time where his electronica work under the name Pelican City was released. He also re-mixed work by several local artists, including Neutral Milk Hotel. From 1998 to 2003 Burton also created a series of remix CDs and records under the stage name Danger Mouse (inspired by the British cartoon series Dangermouse).
Burton's first original releases under the name Danger Mouse were his collaborations with rapper Jemini, including the album Ghetto Pop Life, 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 Album, mixing an a cappella version of Jay Z's The Black Album over beats crafted from samples of The Beatles' White Album. The remix album, originally only created for his friends, spread over the internet and became very popular with both the general audience and critics, with Rolling Stone calling it "the ultimate remix record" and Entertainment Weekly ranked it the best record of the year. Furthermore, Danger Mouse was named among the Men of the Year by GQ in 2004 and won the 2005 Wired Rave Award. The Grey Album also got Danger Mouse the attention of Damon Albarn, who tracked him down to produce the Gorillaz' second studio album, Demon Days (much to the dismay of Gorillaz' record company EMI, which also holds the rights to The Beatles' records and had previously served cease and desist orders against Danger Mouse over the use of their material on The Grey Album).
2005's Demon Days was followed by Dangerdoom: The Mouse And The Mask, an album by Danger Mouse and MF Doom, who had previously colaborated on the Dangermouse remix of Zero 7's "Somersault" and on the Gorillaz' "November Has Come".
In 2006 Danger Mouse is set to release Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration with Cee-Lo. Several other projects, including a second album with Jemini, another collaboration of some form with Damon Albarn, a solo album, production works with Tha Alkaholiks and an unspecified project called The Joker's Daughter, have also been mentioned.
Discography
- Pelican City - The Chilling Effect (1999)
- Pelican City - Rhode Island (2000)
- Pelican City and Scanner - Pelican City vs Scanner (2002)
- Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life (2003)
- The Grey Album (2004)
- Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
- Danger Mouse & MF Doom - Dangerdoom: The Mouse and the Mask (released October 11th, 2005)
- Danger Mouse & Cee-Lo - Gnarls Barkley (to be released in 2006)
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