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	Encyclopedia: Dan the Automator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dan "the Automator" Nakamura is a hip-hop and rap producer most known for his work in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s.
		Dan The Automator (left) and Prince Paul Handsome Boy Modeling School is a hip-hop collaboration between Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, producer of influential rap trio De La Soul.
		Deltron 3030 is a super_group of hip_hop artists, composed primarily of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala, though their work features many other artists as well, all taking on various futuristic pseudonyms.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dan_the_Automator (1794 words)

	Dan the Automator: Wanna Buy a Monkey?: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the past half-dozen years, the Automator has been the Timbaland/Neptunes correlate for the underground, a knob-twiddling ambassador between the worlds of alternative hip-hop and indie rock.
		Part of the problem lies in the musically segregated organization of the album, as the Automator's hip-hop selections are clumped into the front and back, while the indie-friendly picks comprise the creamy center.
		The Automator's additions to the members of his all-star team fall under the categories of near-invisible (the vocal sample added to a portion of Tortoise's "Seneca") or distracting (the generic beat and "one, two" vocals clumsily added to Air's ethereal "Le Soleil").
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/a/automator/wanna-buy-a-monkey.shtml (761 words)

	BallerStatus.net Features: Dan The Automator: The Art of Producing
		Dan The Automator is a respected producer in hip-hop working with such artists as Heiroglyphics, Kool Keith, Prince Paul and Dilated Peoples amongst others.
		Dan The Automator: I thought it turned out ok. These kinda projects, I have mixed feelings about them because I think the originals are what they are and they stand alone.
		Dan The Automator: Yea, get everything worked out amongst themselves not having anything to do with me. I more of a by-standing casualty as probably most of the MCA roster is at this point.
	www.ballerstatus.net /features/read/id/76164593 (2685 words)

	Dan The Automator: Wanna Buy a Monkey? (2002): Reviews
		Producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, a founder and member of acts such as the Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030 and Lovage, here offers his first mix album.
		What this strange cast of characters eventually creates is a groovy mish-mash of up/down tempo breaks, hip-pop sound collages and the odd bout of guitar-driven frenzy that, while nearly impossibly to dance to, manages to expose most other DJs as the talentless, not to mention painfully derivative crate-raiders they truly are.
		Automator has described Monkey as an opportunity for listeners to journey inside his mind, but given his past discography, that trip should be a lot wilder and weirder than this relatively straightforward record.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/dantheautomator/wannabuyamonkey (357 words)

	Dan the Automator: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dan the Automator: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
		Dan "The Automator" Nakamura is a San Francisco-based hip-hop producer whose work with "Kool" Keith Thornton on the latter's Dr.
		Not Nakamura's freshman effort by a long shot, the two had actually worked together (with Thornton appearing as Sinister 6000) on Nakamura's debut Automator release, the Better Tomorrow EP, appearing on SF's Ubiquity label in early 1996.
	www.music.com /person/dan_the_automator/1 (716 words)

	Amazon.com: Wanna Buy A Monkey?: Music: Dan the Automator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the clear winner here is Black Rob's "Smoothness." Produced by Dan the Automator, the much-slept-on Bad Boy alumni's flow is reminiscent of Big Daddy Kane at his peak--so tightly focused, so all-out smooth it'll have you begging for more.
		Dan the Autmoator is, no question, one of the most gifted and iconoclastic producers in hip-hop, and is largely responsible for the indie scene's growth, being behind projects like Dr. Octagon and Deltron 3030 that no indie kid could possibly resist.
		It's an impressive display of the wide variety of styles of the Automator (he produced most of the songs that appear) but generally, they lack the charm, camp, and otherworldliness that is a trademark of his style.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1UK (1609 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Dan The Automator *
		Nakamura thought that it was his responsibility to put together this offering of 16 tracks, which he refers to as "A Mixtape Session," so as to point all of us in the correct musical direction.
		What Dan attempts to do on Monkey is put together a compelling mix of music that wouldn’t otherwise be listened to in the same sequence - that is, to originally arrange several prereleased tunes that would at the very least stir up curiosity of the artists mixed.
		Sure, there are some great tracks on Monkey, its just that Dan didn’t have the stones here to expose us to tracks that we may have missed...the ones where we would have thought to ourselves, ‘Damn, that song ripps,’ and then run and pass off the discovery as our own to our closest friends.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/182 (786 words)

	ukhh.com \| reviews \| live \| Dan the Automator and Fallacy & Fusion at Fabric
		Dan "The Automator" Nakamura is the man we can hold at least partly responsible for Kool Keith's transformation from pink cape wearing hardcore hip-hop hero to the alligator/walrus loving loon on the Dr. Octagon album.
		The Automator also had a hand in one of 2001's biggest pop sensations, as producer behind the Gorillaz album and it is this venture which has earned him his most recognition to date.
		Heads were lapping it up and it seemed hardly anytime at all before The Automator was throwing on his spoken word outro and waving goodbye.
	www.ukhh.com /reviews/live/dan_automator_fabric.html (599 words)

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	'A Much Better Tomorrow [VINYL]' by Dan the Automator from The Portsmouth Chorus. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In less talented hands, this stuff would be mush, but Automator pulls it off (though it is tough to imagine an MC patient enough to rhyme over some of the more languid tracks here).
		The title track has appeared elsewhere (and features the inspired wackiness of Kool Keith, here as his Sinister 6000 alter ego), but the instrumental tracks are what point the listener to Nakamura's better tomorrow: a world in which hip-hop is free to expand on the myriad sonic possibilities he touches on.
		It must be hard for Automator, because the hip-hop world actually expects his work to be off-key and groundbreaking.
	www.theportsmouthchorus.com /music/B00004UEH9 (511 words)

	Dan "The Automator" Nakamura @ CanEHdian.com
		Dan “the Automator" Nakamura belatedly brings this sequel record out to his Better Tomorrow EP (the liner notes say one this was recorded in 1996, at the same time he produced the Dr. Octagon cd.), after becoming one of the more sought after producers in the world.
		The Automator’s solo album is chock full of interesting songs, proof that hip-hop is more than just rhyming about how endowed you are.
		My favorite cuts on this album were the ones that Keith was on (six out of eleven), but the Buck Buck song is fantastic, with Poet taking the song to that other level.
	canehdian.com /non/artists/a/automator/biography.html (314 words)

	mtv.com - News - Dan 'The Automator' Plans Busta Rhymes/ LeAnn Rimes Duet, Nabs Iron Chef For LP
		Dan "The Automator" Nakamura isn't just a producer, he is high productivity incarnate.
		By far, the most genre (and mind)-bending cuts on the Automator's solo record will be the songs that will pair artists together based on their names — like LeAnn Rimes and Busta Rhymes.
		As for the other projects the Automator completed in 2002, namely the records with Beck and the Gorillaz, he expects that those, too, will soon have their day.
	www.mtv.com /news/articles/1459621/20030122/gorillaz.jhtml (997 words)

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		Dan "The Automator" Nakamura is a San Francisco-based hip-hop producer whose work with "Kool" Keith Thornton on the latter's Dr. Octagon project shot him to unlikely acclaim in 1996.
		With a series of ever more elaborate conceptual projects since then, Nakamura's wildly imaginative productions and offbeat sense of humor made him one of the leading figures in the underground renaissance of alternative rap in the late '90s.
		Nakamura's studio, the Glue Factory, also served as the workshop for recordings by Mo'Wax's DJ Shadow and for various artists on the latter's Solesides label (most notably on Latyrx's The Debut).
	www.mp3.com /artists/181644/biography.html (656 words)

	LAUNCH, Music on Yahoo! - Dan The Automator - Wanna Buy A Monkey
		It's been around a decade since he last mixed a compilation, so there is bound to be a buzz around this tasty little collection.
		After introducing the LP with a suitably headz-ish electronica intro, Dan takes us headfirst into the action, with one of Brand Nubian's strongest tracks for a long time, the funkin' 'Rockin' It'.
		As mixes go, it's not the most frantic or even the most technically dope, but it's Automator solid and will appeal to all those hip hop heads who like to reach beyond the pale.
	www.dotmusic.com /reviews/Albums/May2002/reviews24882.asp (361 words)

	Dan the Automator - To Catch a Thief - Last.fm
		Dan the Automator - To Catch a Thief - Last.fm
		Dan the Automator - To Catch a Thief
		Of all 7,098 people that have listened to songs by Dan the Automator, this represents 2.5%.
	www.audioscrobbler.com /music/Dan+the+Automator/_/To+Catch+A+Thief (97 words)

	BallerStatus.net News: Dan The Automator Finishing New Album with Prince Paul
		Most well-known for his work with Kool Keith, The Gorillaz band and his joint album with Prince Paul on the underground Handsome Boy Modeling School in 1999, Dan The Automator is returning again with the follow-up to the now underground classic.
		Being so diverse, both Dan and Paul have been working with many genres of music and artists on the new Handsome Boy Modeling School, but it will appeal to alot of different people and fans of the last album will appreciate it according to the producer.
		Dan does assure us that even though the record may be a little more mainstream than the last, it will have hardcore tracks like before.
	www.ballerstatus.net /news/read/id/01044204 (553 words)

	mtv.com - News - Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura Formulates Solo LP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HOLLYWOOD — Dan "the Automator" Nakamura's name is not as recognizable as the projects he's spearheaded, from Handsome Boy Modeling School to Gorillaz, but that could soon change.
		As for his most well-known band, Gorillaz (see "Gorillaz Project Partners The Automator With Damon Albarn"), Nakamura said it could be next fall before they record.
		The Automator released the solo EP A Better Tomorrow in 1996 and re-released it with additional material as A Much Better Tomorrow in 2000.
	www.mtv.com /news/articles/1458455/20021031/automator_dan_the.jhtml (684 words)

	Wanna Buy A Monkey?, Sequence, Dan the Automator
		Experiential Hip-Hop producer and one half of "Handsome Boy Modelling School"...Dan the Automator, has a CV in Hip-Hop few can compete with, Having Produced some of the most influential Alternative Hip-Hop albums ever: ("Handsome boy Modelling School/Dr Octagon/Deltron 3030), most people forget that he's also a gifted Dj.
		And it's with this album that Dan produces a sublime mixtape of tracks that he's produced, as well as other artistes work.
		The art of the mixtape is difficult to master (watch High Fidelity), and The Automator has created a pure masterpiece.
	allentech.net /bookstore/item_B00005Y1UK.html (777 words)

	AsianWeek.com: A&E: Dan ‘The Automator’ Nakamura - A Much Better Tomorrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Producer, engineer and mixer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura doesn’t look like a man who dispenses style tips to bejeweled, Versace-clad hip-hop superstars and scruffy, shoe-gazing indie rockers.
		Nothing against his short-cropped fl hair, subdued sky-blue sports shirt and tasteful chrome watch — but the San Francisco native doesn’t look like a fashion barometer.
		Nakamura chuckles to himself, looking more like your nice guy next door than an automatic fashionista.
	www.asianweek.com /2000_12_01/ae1_dannakamura.html (950 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Can't wait for tomorrow ...
		But the two superstar producers also believe in the "concept" behind handsomeness, which they chose to share with the world in their Handsome Boy Modeling School project.
		Assuming the identities of Chest Rockwell (Prince Paul) and Nathaniel Merriweather (Dan the Automator), the two producers donned fake mustaches and an ultra-suave style as a basis for the collaboration, an amalgamation of hip-hop, rock, soul and turntablism.
		Chest Rockwell (Prince Paul) and Nathaniel Merriweather (Dan the Automator) with cameos by Cat Power, RZA, Jack Johnson, Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park), Jamie Culum, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Mars Volta, John Oates, Tim Meadows and Father Guido Sarducci.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050324-9999-lz1w24handsm.html (992 words)

	Zorn list - November 2001: RE: Mike Patton and Dan The Automator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Ink 19 :: Dan The Automator
		If you're very lucky, their taste agrees with yours right off the bat, but usually, it takes some time to find out whether the tastemaker is reliable or is a good gauge of exactly what you don't like.
		In the case of Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, though, I'll pay to have him tell me what's cool anytime.
		There aren't many people I'd pay to tell me what's cool, but as long as The Automator's picking the tracks, I'll be in line with money in hand.
	www.ink19.com /issues/april2002/musicReviews/musicD/danAutomator.html (213 words)

	GenieLab::Music Dan the Automator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nakamura is a major figure in the somewhat higher-brow rap underground that developed while mainstream hip-hop integrated its successful ''gangsta'' image with the also-popular Miami Bass party-jam style, with heavy borrowing from its ignored soul music roots.
		Dan the Automator's release on the DJs-only label Sequence Records is a blessing to music lovers who've slowed down their record collecting.
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	Earthdance Launches United Beats Of Peace Tour; Headliners Include BT, Particle and Dan The Automator
		Also headlining will be groundbreaking Gorillaz co-founder and superstar producer/DJ Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, who will preview his long awaited second, Handsome Boy Modeling School album, due for release in the fall on Atlantic records.
		Also featured on the tour is Earthdance's own Afro hip-hop collective Chris Berry and Panjea from New York and producer/remixer DJ Peas.
		Other current Earthdance initiatives include: the co-production of SHOW: The Renewable Hydrogen Roadshow, conceived by alternative energy pioneer Stuart Energy; and the release on September 14 of the DVD Dancing The Dream Awake on Sanctuary Records, the first volume of the VJ Remix Series that combines live Earthdance footage with world-class 3D animation.
	www.axetopia.com /news/2004_07/Earthdance.html (588 words)

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