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In the Tonic HQ, we have a wall that is a giant blackboard.
On this blackboard we have lists (everyone at Tonic loves a list)
Next to the lists we have an Icon section that is updated each month.

This month the choice for Icon was thrown over to me. I chose Danger Mouse aka (rarely) Brian Joseph Burton.

For days now, I have had Broken Bells, his most recent collaboration with James Mercer - swirling around in my head.
Danger Mouse produced the duo's self-titled album and plays drums, organ, piano, synth, and bass.
It has a dream-like quality with beautifully crafted arrangements and is a collection of songs that display what I love so
much about Danger Mouse - his ability to layer and craft music that absorbs the listener into a unique and wonderous soundscape.

I am yet to listen to an album touched by Danger Mouse that fails to sweep me away from the here and the now.

Danger Mouse is one of those rare producers whose collaborations continually surprise his audience. His next move can never be predicted.
He keeps his approach to music ever-changing, his arrangements ever-challenging, yet retains his heavily embossed signature on all of his works.

Here's a selection of my personal highlights:

The Grey Album
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Danger Doom remix of Somersault by Zero 7
Dare - Gorillaz
Strange Times - The Black Keys
Youthless - Beck
No Social - The Shortwave Set
Jelly Belly - Joker's Daughter
The High Road - Broken Bells
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night Of The Soul

DangerMouse

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