Dntel
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James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, more commonly known as Dntel (ˈdɪntɛl), is an electronic music
artist. He is sometimes cited as James Figurine, the co-programmer and vocalist for the electropop outfit Figurine
. Other projects include Strictly Ballroom, Headset
and The Postal Service
. Tamborello has indicated that the name was not intended to mean anything. When asked to create a meaning for it, he quoted it as a shortened version of "Don't Tell" although he admits that this meaning is a bit of a stretch. There are some speculations on the name being based on the word Accidental (dntel), although Tamborello has not confirmed this origination.
. His father — a jazz
saxophone
player and flautist
— bought Tamborello a drum machine
, a sequencer
, a keyboard
and an eight track
recorder, primarily for the possibility to create music on his own. His mother, Joyce Menges
was an actress in the late 60's and early 70's and starred in To Rome with Love
starring John Forsythe
, Kay Medford
, Walter Brennon, Susan Neher, and Melanie Fullerton
, and later in Now You See Him Now You Don't. Tamborello's father was a key songwriter for many Santa Barbara bands including Skillet
, Chia Band, and Monkeydogg (with David Figurine, Lael "Scraps" Waqeneck, and Marc Hawthorne of the The Onion
The A.V. Club
). He recorded an album under the pseudonym
Antihouse in 1993, and released it in 1994. He began work on the first Dntel EP in 1994, which was not released until later. During these years, Tamborello was a DJ and music director at KXLU
, and engineered on several albums recorded at the station including "KXLU
LIVE: Volume 1," for which he also designed the album artwork.
Around 1994, Jimmy Tamborello was also the bass player for a band known as Strictly Ballroom. The band was often described as "Emo
core," short for "emotional hardcore." Strictly Ballroom recorded one album, titled Hide Here Forever, which was released in 1997 on the Waxploitation
Records label. They released a single in 1995 titled "Dear XXX" on the Chou Chou records label.
A collection of the demos during the period of 1995-1997 titled Early Works for Me If It Works for You
(1999) was released on the label Phthalo
. The work on the first Dntel EP was released as Something Always Goes Wrong
(2000), also on the Phthalo label.
As a pioneer of contemporary glitch
and electronica
, Dntel gained a cult following. After writing a track for the Voices in My Lunchbox collaboration for the Plug Research
label, he was asked to work with them. He first released Anyone Anywhere
(2000), a 12-inch EP.
He released his full-length album Life Is Full of Possibilities
(2001). The album featured several guest artists on vocals, guitars and other instruments, including Ben Gibbard
of Death Cab for Cutie
, Mia Doi Todd
, fellow Figurine
member Meredith Figurine
, Chris Gunst of Beachwood Sparks
, Brian McMahan
of Slint
and The For Carnation
, and Rachel Haden
of that dog. Probably the most well-received song was the Ben Gibbard collaboration "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan
", which led to a single in 2002, and later, the forming of the band The Postal Service
with Ben Gibbard. The Superpitcher
remix was voted the 17th best dance track of the decade by a Resident Advisor
poll in 2010. Tamborello is also credited for programming "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
", a Billboard
chart topper for Bright Eyes.
On April 24, 2007, Dntel released his third album Dumb Luck
on Subpop Records to generally positive critical reception. This, coinciding with Death Cab For Cutie's release, Narrow Stairs
has moved any future plans of The Postal Service recording past the end of the decade.
Tamborello is also the host of a regular music show called Dying Songs heard on the internet radio station Dublab
.
On December 9, 2009, rollingstone.com named Dntel's side project, The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights
" the 27th best song of the decade.
, an electro-pop band consisting of Tamborello, now in character as James Figurine, Meredith Figurine
and David Figurine. The three were high school friends and created music based mostly on the theme of long distance love, with an inventive electro-pop sound.
Tamborello also released an album under the "solo name" of James Figurine, entitled Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
. This album is more of a downtempo
electronica album which, despite the moniker, sounds more like a slightly less glitchy version of his Dntel work than his work with Figurine
.
for programming, a Rode
k2 microphone for vocals, and Dynaudio Air series speakers. His studio has a glockenspiel
, Avalon Design VT-747sp compressor, MicroKorg
, Elektron
Machinedrum, Vostok
Matrixsynth, Elektron Monomachine
, Vermona Retroverb, Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor Compressor, MOTU
MIDI Timepiece, Vermona DRM1 MKII (drum machine), Dave Smith Poly Evolver
Rack, Minimoog Voyager
, two Motu 828, Mackie
1604 mixer, Kurzweil K2000
synthesizer, Jomox Xbase 999, Moogerfooger
MF-104Z Analog Delay, DigiTech IPS33 Smartshift Intelligent Pitch Shifter, Nord Modular G1, an Omnichord
, accordions, jingle bells
, Line 6 Delay, and an M-Audio
Radium MIDI controller.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
artist. He is sometimes cited as James Figurine, the co-programmer and vocalist for the electropop outfit Figurine
Figurine (band)
Figurine is an electronica band based in the USA. The band members, friends since high school, are somewhat secretive about their identities, using the pseudonyms David Figurine , James Figurine and Meredith Figurine and not releasing any band photos.While the band seems to be inactive , all...
. Other projects include Strictly Ballroom, Headset
Headset (band)
Headset is the name of a musical studio project masterminded by Plug Research record label owner Allen Avanessian and electronic musician Jimmy Tamborello...
and The Postal Service
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel and Headset.-Background:...
. Tamborello has indicated that the name was not intended to mean anything. When asked to create a meaning for it, he quoted it as a shortened version of "Don't Tell" although he admits that this meaning is a bit of a stretch. There are some speculations on the name being based on the word Accidental (dntel), although Tamborello has not confirmed this origination.
History
Tamborello first began creating music in 1989, when he was in junior high school in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
. His father — a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
player and flautist
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
— bought Tamborello a drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
, a sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
, a keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and an eight track
8-track cartridge
Stereo 8, commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track, is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. It was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s, but was relatively unknown in many European countries...
recorder, primarily for the possibility to create music on his own. His mother, Joyce Menges
Joyce Menges
Joyce Menges was an actress 1972 to 1975. She starred Robert Butler's Now You See Him, Now You Don't as well as in the TV show To Rome With Love starring John Forsythe. Joyce's son is Jimmy Tamborello, the composer for the electronic indie pop band, The Postal Service.-Filmography:-External links:...
was an actress in the late 60's and early 70's and starred in To Rome with Love
To Rome With Love
To Rome With Love is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 1969 to September 1971.-Synopsis:To Rome With Love is the story of a widowed college professor, Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native Iowa following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor...
starring John Forsythe
John Forsythe
John Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's...
, Kay Medford
Kay Medford
Kay Medford , was an American character actress and comedienne.She was born Margaret Kathleen O'Regan in New York City to James and Mary O'Regan, first-generation Irish-American parents, both of whom had died by the time she was 15 years old...
, Walter Brennon, Susan Neher, and Melanie Fullerton
Melanie Fullerton
Melanie Fullerton was an actress in the late 60's and early 70's. She starred in Night of the Lepus along with Stuart Whitman as well as co-starred in To Rome With Love with John Forsythe, Vito Scotti, Joyce Menges, and Susan Neher.-Filmography:...
, and later in Now You See Him Now You Don't. Tamborello's father was a key songwriter for many Santa Barbara bands including Skillet
Skillet (band)
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...
, Chia Band, and Monkeydogg (with David Figurine, Lael "Scraps" Waqeneck, and Marc Hawthorne of the The Onion
The Onion
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club...
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
). He recorded an album under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Antihouse in 1993, and released it in 1994. He began work on the first Dntel EP in 1994, which was not released until later. During these years, Tamborello was a DJ and music director at KXLU
KXLU
KXLU is an FM radio station broadcasting out of Loyola Marymount University in southwest Los Angeles, California. It was first on the air in 1957, and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a non-commercial college radio station that plays many styles of music broadly classified under...
, and engineered on several albums recorded at the station including "KXLU
KXLU
KXLU is an FM radio station broadcasting out of Loyola Marymount University in southwest Los Angeles, California. It was first on the air in 1957, and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a non-commercial college radio station that plays many styles of music broadly classified under...
LIVE: Volume 1," for which he also designed the album artwork.
Around 1994, Jimmy Tamborello was also the bass player for a band known as Strictly Ballroom. The band was often described as "Emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
core," short for "emotional hardcore." Strictly Ballroom recorded one album, titled Hide Here Forever, which was released in 1997 on the Waxploitation
Waxploitation
Waxploitation was founded in 1996 by Jeff Antebi, who is still the company's creative director.Primarily a record label and artist management company, Waxploitation is best known for developing the careers of Grammy Award winning artists including Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse and the Grammy...
Records label. They released a single in 1995 titled "Dear XXX" on the Chou Chou records label.
A collection of the demos during the period of 1995-1997 titled Early Works for Me If It Works for You
Early Works For Me If It Works For You
Early Works for Me If It Works for You is an album by Dntel , released in 1998 on the Phthalo record label. It failed to chart in the United States.-Track listing:# "Loneliness Is Having No One to Miss"# "High Horses Theme"...
(1999) was released on the label Phthalo
Phthalo
Phthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1...
. The work on the first Dntel EP was released as Something Always Goes Wrong
Something Always Goes Wrong
Something Always Goes Wrong is an album by Dntel , released in 2001 on the Phthalo record label.-Track listing:# "In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest"# "In Which Our Hero Finds a Faithful Sidekick"...
(2000), also on the Phthalo label.
As a pioneer of contemporary glitch
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, Dntel gained a cult following. After writing a track for the Voices in My Lunchbox collaboration for the Plug Research
Plug Research
Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Artists:*Damon Aaron*Adventure Time*AmmonContact*Bilal*David Thomas Broughton*Calamalka*Camping*Chessie*Daedelus*Dntel*Thomas Fehlmann*Flying Lotus*Headset...
label, he was asked to work with them. He first released Anyone Anywhere
Anyone Anywhere
Anywhere Anyone is an experimental project and an EP by Dntel released by the Plug Research label in 2000. The genre of this album is electronic, with styles of IDM, downtempo, and experimental rock.- Track listing :...
(2000), a 12-inch EP.
He released his full-length album Life Is Full of Possibilities
Life is Full of Possibilities
Life Is Full of Possibilities is an album by Dntel with contributions from several other artists, released October 30, 2001 on the Plug Research record label...
(2001). The album featured several guest artists on vocals, guitars and other instruments, including Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard
Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...
of Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....
, Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd is a musician from Los Angeles, California, United States.Mia has collaborated with rock, electronica, and hip-hop musicians, contributing her voice to works by Dntel, Beachwood Sparks, Nobody, Adventure Time, Frausdots, Folk Implosion, The Mission, Saul Williams, Prefuse 73, Flying...
, fellow Figurine
Figurine (band)
Figurine is an electronica band based in the USA. The band members, friends since high school, are somewhat secretive about their identities, using the pseudonyms David Figurine , James Figurine and Meredith Figurine and not releasing any band photos.While the band seems to be inactive , all...
member Meredith Figurine
Meredith Figurine
Meredith Figurine is one of two vocalists for the band Figurine.She has also recorded the track "A Symphony for Eric B." for Simball Rec's 45 seconds of compilation, sung "Diamond Ring" with Jason Corace of Boothby, and appeared on Dntel's Life Is Full of Possibilities, providing vocals for...
, Chris Gunst of Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. A Daily Telegraph article on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".-Biography:...
, Brian McMahan
Brian McMahan
Brian McMahan is a guitarist from Louisville, Kentucky. He was member of the band Squirrel Bait and went on to create the seminal band Slint. He was both vocalist and guitarist for this band. After their breakup, circa 1991, he went on to play with Will Oldham on his project Palace Brothers...
of Slint
Slint
Slint was an American rock band consisting of Brian McMahan , David Pajo , Britt Walford , Todd Brashear and Ethan Buckler...
and The For Carnation
The For Carnation
The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky who formed in 1994. The band was formed by Brian McMahan, who is the only constant group member. McMahan's previous band Slint hinted at the distinctive sound and sombre aesthetic he would create in The For Carnation...
, and Rachel Haden
Rachel Haden
Rachel Haden is the current bass guitarist for Todd Rundgren on his "Arena Rock" tour, and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden....
of that dog. Probably the most well-received song was the Ben Gibbard collaboration "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan
(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan
" The Dream of Evan and Chan" is a song by Dntel , featuring the vocals and lyrics by Ben Gibbard. The song was recorded for the album Life Is Full of Possibilities in 2001...
", which led to a single in 2002, and later, the forming of the band The Postal Service
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel and Headset.-Background:...
with Ben Gibbard. The Superpitcher
Superpitcher
Aksel Schaufler better known by his stage name Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne's Kompakt music label.-Background:Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's Total 2 compilation album in 2000 with the song "Shadows"...
remix was voted the 17th best dance track of the decade by a Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor is an online electronic music magazine dedicated to the global dance music scene. The website won a People's Voice award in the 12th Annual Webby Awards in 2008.-Site History:...
poll in 2010. Tamborello is also credited for programming "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
"Take It Easy " is a single by Bright Eyes, released in October 2004. It, along with "Lua," took the top two spots on Billboard magazine's Hot Singles Sales chart, something that had not been accomplished since 1997...
", a Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
chart topper for Bright Eyes.
On April 24, 2007, Dntel released his third album Dumb Luck
Dumb Luck (album)
Dumb Luck is Dntel's third album, it was released on April 24, 2007. It is also Dntel's first LP under the Sub Pop label.- Sound :The sound of Dumb Luck is a less glitch-oriented and more electroacoustic sound than more of his earlier work, with tracks like "To a Fault" and "Dreams," although...
on Subpop Records to generally positive critical reception. This, coinciding with Death Cab For Cutie's release, Narrow Stairs
Narrow Stairs
Narrow Stairs is the sixth studio album by indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie. It was released on May 12, 2008, in the United Kingdom and on May 13, 2008, in the United States. The first single of the album was "I Will Possess Your Heart", released on March 18, 2008. The second single was...
has moved any future plans of The Postal Service recording past the end of the decade.
Tamborello is also the host of a regular music show called Dying Songs heard on the internet radio station Dublab
Dublab
dublab is a non-profit music public broadcasting internet radio station based in Los Angeles. They have also been involved with art exhibition, film projects, event production, and record releases. Their broadcast is open formatted and delivered via recorded sessions that are mixed by their...
.
On December 9, 2009, rollingstone.com named Dntel's side project, The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights
Such Great Heights
"Such Great Heights" is a single released on January 21, 2003 by The Postal Service, under the Sub Pop Records label. The single includes a previously unreleased track "There's Never Enough Time" and two cover tracks by The Shins and Iron & Wine of "We Will Become Silhouettes" and "Such Great...
" the 27th best song of the decade.
Figurine
Tamborello is also part of FigurineFigurine (band)
Figurine is an electronica band based in the USA. The band members, friends since high school, are somewhat secretive about their identities, using the pseudonyms David Figurine , James Figurine and Meredith Figurine and not releasing any band photos.While the band seems to be inactive , all...
, an electro-pop band consisting of Tamborello, now in character as James Figurine, Meredith Figurine
Meredith Figurine
Meredith Figurine is one of two vocalists for the band Figurine.She has also recorded the track "A Symphony for Eric B." for Simball Rec's 45 seconds of compilation, sung "Diamond Ring" with Jason Corace of Boothby, and appeared on Dntel's Life Is Full of Possibilities, providing vocals for...
and David Figurine. The three were high school friends and created music based mostly on the theme of long distance love, with an inventive electro-pop sound.
Tamborello also released an album under the "solo name" of James Figurine, entitled Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake is an album by James Figurine, released in 2006 under the Plug Research record label. It includes ten tracks.-Track listing:# "55566688833"# "Leftovers"# "Ruining The Sundays"# "Pretend It's a Race and I'm on Your Side"...
. This album is more of a downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
electronica album which, despite the moniker, sounds more like a slightly less glitchy version of his Dntel work than his work with Figurine
Figurine (band)
Figurine is an electronica band based in the USA. The band members, friends since high school, are somewhat secretive about their identities, using the pseudonyms David Figurine , James Figurine and Meredith Figurine and not releasing any band photos.While the band seems to be inactive , all...
.
Equipment
Tamborello uses a large variety of electronic equipment to create his sound. He uses Logic ProLogic Pro
Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002...
for programming, a Rode
Røde Microphones
RØDE Microphones, based in Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia, is a company, established in 1967 by Henry and Astrid Freedman, that designs and manufactures microphones and related accessories...
k2 microphone for vocals, and Dynaudio Air series speakers. His studio has a glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, Avalon Design VT-747sp compressor, MicroKorg
MicroKORG
The microKORG is a MIDI-capable virtual analog synthesizer/vocoder from Korg featuring high-quality DSP analog modelling. The synth/keyboard is built in such a way that it is essentially a Korg MS-2000 with programmable step arpeggiator , a less advanced vocoder , lack of motion sequencing The...
, Elektron
Elektron
Elektron can refer to:*Elektron : Synthesizer company.*Elektron: Russian oxygen generators installed on various space stations, including Mir and the International Space Station....
Machinedrum, Vostok
Vostok
Vostok may refer to one of the following.Spaceflight*The Soviet Vostok programme of human spaceflight.*The Vostok spacecraft used in that programme and also the basis of a reconnaissance satellite.*The Vostok rocket, used to launch the Vostok spacecraft....
Matrixsynth, Elektron Monomachine
Elektron Monomachine
The Elektron Monomachine is a synthesizer and music sequencer by Elektron. The Monomachine is available as SFX-60 model, which is a desktop sound module, and was available as the SFX-6 model, which has a keyboard and a joystick controller...
, Vermona Retroverb, Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor Compressor, MOTU
Mark of the Unicorn
Mark of the Unicorn is a music-related computer software and hardware supplier. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has created music software since 1984.Products by MOTU include:*Digital Performer*AudioDesk*BPM*MachFive*MX4*Unisyn...
MIDI Timepiece, Vermona DRM1 MKII (drum machine), Dave Smith Poly Evolver
Evolver (synthesizer)
The Evolver is an analog-digital hybrid synthesizer designed by Dave Smith and manufactured by Dave Smith Instruments. It was first released as a desktop version in 2002, then later a 37-key keyboard bearing the same synth engine as the Evolver desktop was also released...
Rack, Minimoog Voyager
Minimoog Voyager
The Minimoog Voyager or Voyager is a monophonic analog synthesizer, designed by Robert Moog and released in 2002 by Moog Music. The Voyager was modeled after the classic Minimoog synthesizer that was popular in the 1970s, and is meant to be a successor to that instrument.-Design:Like the original...
, two Motu 828, Mackie
Mackie
Mackie is a brand of the United States-based company LOUD Technologies. The Mackie brand is used on professional music and recording equipment, such as mixing consoles, loudspeakers, and DAW control surfaces....
1604 mixer, Kurzweil K2000
Kurzweil K2000
The Kurzweil K2000 is a 16 bit sampler with a complex synthesis architecture by Kurzweil Music Systems, similar to the EMU Emulator III.The K2000 features a technology dubbed V.A.S.T., which stands for "Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology", a marketing term for the K2000's digital signal...
synthesizer, Jomox Xbase 999, Moogerfooger
Moogerfooger
moogerfooger is the trademark for a series of analog effects pedals manufactured by Moog Music. There are currently five different pedals produced, however one of these models is designed for processing control voltages rather than audio signal...
MF-104Z Analog Delay, DigiTech IPS33 Smartshift Intelligent Pitch Shifter, Nord Modular G1, an Omnichord
Omnichord
The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for major, minor, and diminished chords...
, accordions, jingle bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
, Line 6 Delay, and an M-Audio
M-Audio
M-Audio is a business unit of Avid Technology that designs and markets digital audio and MIDI interfaces, keyboards and MIDI controllers, synthesizers, loudspeakers, studio monitors, digital DJ systems, microphones, and music software...
Radium MIDI controller.
Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Early Works for Me If It Works for You Early Works For Me If It Works For You Early Works for Me If It Works for You is an album by Dntel , released in 1998 on the Phthalo record label. It failed to chart in the United States.-Track listing:# "Loneliness Is Having No One to Miss"# "High Horses Theme"... |
Phthalo Phthalo Phthalo is a record label based in Pasadena, California.-Discography:PH01 Phthalocyanine - Navy Warship; PH02 Ekswyzia - Logans EP PH03 Phthalocyanine - Viridian EP Ed. 1... |
| 2001 | Something Always Goes Wrong Something Always Goes Wrong Something Always Goes Wrong is an album by Dntel , released in 2001 on the Phthalo record label.-Track listing:# "In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest"# "In Which Our Hero Finds a Faithful Sidekick"... |
Phthalo |
| 2001 | Life Is Full of Possibilities Life is Full of Possibilities Life Is Full of Possibilities is an album by Dntel with contributions from several other artists, released October 30, 2001 on the Plug Research record label... |
Plug Research Plug Research Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Artists:*Damon Aaron*Adventure Time*AmmonContact*Bilal*David Thomas Broughton*Calamalka*Camping*Chessie*Daedelus*Dntel*Thomas Fehlmann*Flying Lotus*Headset... |
| 2007 | Dumb Luck Dumb Luck (album) Dumb Luck is Dntel's third album, it was released on April 24, 2007. It is also Dntel's first LP under the Sub Pop label.- Sound :The sound of Dumb Luck is a less glitch-oriented and more electroacoustic sound than more of his earlier work, with tracks like "To a Fault" and "Dreams," although... |
Sub Pop Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene... |
| 2007 | Dumb Luck Remixes | Sub Pop |
| 2009 | Early Works for Me If It Works for You II Early Works for Me If It Works for You II Early Works for Me If It Works for You II is an album by Dntel , released in 2009 as part of the Phthalo Origins collections. It contains his first two albums released on the Phthalo label and a collection of new and unreleased tracks and songs. All tracks have been remastered.-Track listing:... |
Plug Research, Phthalo |
| 2010 | Early Works, Later Versions | Sub Pop |
| 2010 | After Parties 1 and 2 | Sub Pop |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Anywhere Anyone | Plug Research |
| 2002 | "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan " The Dream of Evan and Chan" is a song by Dntel , featuring the vocals and lyrics by Ben Gibbard. The song was recorded for the album Life Is Full of Possibilities in 2001... " |
Plug Research |
Singles
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Season" | Vynalogica |
| 2002 | "Styrofoam / Dntel Split" | Rocket Racer Rocket Racer The Rocket Racer is an African-American super-hero in Marvel comics.-Publication history:Rocket Racer first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #172 as a super-villain. He returned in issues #182 and #183 in a battle against the Big Wheel... |
| 2006 | "Jukebox Series#10" | AIM Records AIM Records AIM Records is a Norwegian record company that specializes in acoustic improvised music, both jazz and classical located in Oslo, Norway. They represent many of the new artists who are among the up and coming in the Norwegian music scene and some already well established acts.AIM is also the name... |
| 2007 | "The Distance" | Moshi Moshi Records Moshi moshi records Moshi Moshi Records is a small London-based record label that has released music by bands such as The Rakes, Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Late of the Pier, Hot Club De Paris, Kate Nash, Junkboy, Architecture in Helsinki, Tilly and the Wall, Slow Club, Yeti, and Au Revoir Simone... |
| 2008 | "Dreams - Lawrence Remixes" | Deal Deal Deal may refer to:Places* Deal, Kent, a town in Kent, England* Deal, New Jersey, a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States* Deal Island * Deal, a village in Câlnic Commune, Alba County, RomaniaAs a surname... |
Other appearances
- Beachwood SparksBeachwood SparksBeachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. A Daily Telegraph article on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".-Biography:...
- Make the Cowboy Robots CryMake The Cowboy Robots CryMake the Cowboy Robots Cry is an EP by American indie rock band Beachwood Sparks, released in 2002, which featured the return of drummer Jimi Hey.-Track listing:#"Drinkswater" – 7:12#"Hibernation" – 3:27#"Ponce de Leon Blues" – 6:55...
(2002 · Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
) - Giardini Di Mirò - Little Victories (Dntel Remix) (2002 · 2nd rec)
- Barbara Morgenstern - Aus heiterem Himmel (Dntel Remix) (2003 · Monika EnterpriseMonika EnterpriseMonika Enterprise is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1997 by Gudrun Gut.In 2001, Wallpaper magazine described the label's musical style as "[o]ccupying a twilight zone between electronic pop, easy listening and bedsit angst" and "[s]pearheading a new generation of,...
) - Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing))Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"Take It Easy " is a single by Bright Eyes, released in October 2004. It, along with "Lua," took the top two spots on Billboard magazine's Hot Singles Sales chart, something that had not been accomplished since 1997...
(2004 · Saddle Creek) - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital UrnDigital Ash in a Digital UrnDigital Ash in a Digital Urn is one of two Bright Eyes albums released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. It peaked at #15 in the US and #43 in the UK...
(2005 · Saddle Creek) - Grizzly BearGrizzly Bear (band)Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste , Daniel Rossen , Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear . The band employs traditional and electronic instruments...
- Merge (Dntel Remix) (2005 · Kanine RecordsKanine RecordsKanine Records is an independent record label based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, NY: The Next Wave, was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigned and emerging acts from the area...
) - Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory - Feet Upon the Sand (Dntel Remix) (2006 · MushMushMush may refer to:*mush , a kind of corn pudding or porridge*mushing , a sport or transport method powered by dogs or a command to a dog team*Muş Province , in eastern Turkey**Muş , the capital of Muş Province...
) - Gudrun Gut - The Wheel (Dntel Remix) (2007 · Monika EnterpriseMonika EnterpriseMonika Enterprise is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1997 by Gudrun Gut.In 2001, Wallpaper magazine described the label's musical style as "[o]ccupying a twilight zone between electronic pop, easy listening and bedsit angst" and "[s]pearheading a new generation of,...
) - Idiot PilotIdiot PilotIdiot Pilot is an alternative rock/electronica duo from Bellingham, Washington, United States consisting of Michael Harris and Daniel Anderson.-History:...
- Cruel World Enterprise (Dntel Remix) (2007 · Reprise RecordsReprise RecordsReprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.) - Why? - By Torpedo or Crohn's (Dntel Remix) (2008 · AnticonAnticonAnticon is an Oakland based independent record label founded in 1997. It is collectively owned among six founding artists and one manager...
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Official sites
- Jimmy Tamborello - The main Jimmy Tamborello site.
- Dntel Music - The Dntel site.
- James Figurine - The James Figurine site.
- Sub Pop - Dntel's new label
- Plug Research - Dntel's old label
- jimmy - Jimmy's Dublab page
- Soundcloud - Jimmy's Soundcloud where he frequently posts new or unreleased material