Dan Bell

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风格: #底特律科技舞曲　#极简科技舞曲
地区: 欧美

艺人介绍

by John BushDan Bell has been a top minimalist Detroit producer from his beginnings as a critical member of Richie Hawtins Plus 8 Records to his recording of an all-time classic, 1994s Losing Control (as DBX) to the foundation of his own Seventh City and Accelerate labels. Born in Sacramento, he grew up near Detroit and was influenced by the sound of techno on Motor City radio during the 1980s. Bell began DJing, bought recording equipment, and entered the production world with a job at a recording studio while attending Niagara College near Toronto. Though the work was mostly for hip-hop groups, Bell often worked overtime and produced his own tracks.He had a few productions of his own by 1991, when he moved back to Detroit and met Richie Hawtin. Bell joined Hawtins new Plus 8 label, and produced several of the imprints famed early singles (Technarchy, Cabaret Seven), recording with Hawtin and John Acquaviva as Cybersonik. His back-to-basics approach to hard minimalistic techno fit in well with Hawtins aesthetic. After leaving Plus 8 to form his own Accelerate Records in 1992, Bell began recording as DBX. Singles like Blip, Flying Saucer, and Electric Shock became hot with DJs from Chicago as well as Detroit. In 1994, Peacefrog released two DBX EPs (Alien, Losing Control). Though Losing Control became one of the biggest underground smashes of the decade, Bells move into the distribution game (by rejuvenating Seventh City as a record distributor) took away valuable production time. Even while the venture soon became one of the main worldwide distributors for Detroit techno, it grew so successful that Bell was forced to put his recording career on hold. He was back on wax by 1996, recording for DS and Klang Electron as well as Accelerate. Unfortunately, Seventh City distribution folded and in 1998 Bell returned his concentration to production with the single Subterranean/The Wild Life/Beserk. Two years later he followed with a mix CD, The Button Down Mind of Daniel Bell, released on Tresor Records.