Artists > Daniel Bell
Upcoming Gigs
Oct 24 - Dallas
Oct 25 - MIlwaukee
Oct 31 - The Bunker, Brooklyn
Nov 01 - Lava, Philadelphia
Nov 21 - Compound, San Francisco
Nov 22 - Touch, Cleveland
Nov 28 - Empty Bottle, Chicago
Nov 29 - Oslo, Detroit
Daniel Bell is considered to be one of the pioneers of the minimal
techno genre. Born in Sacramento, California, Bell grew up outside
of Toronto, and later moved to Detroit where he collaborated with
Richie Hawtin as Cybersonik for three years on Plus 8 records. In
1991, he started his own label, Accelerate, where he released a string
of extremely influential releases as DBX.
Bell was influenced primarily by Chicago
House as well as the works of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. His
productions are characterized by minimalist house grooves accented
by blips and bleeps. Some tracks also feature bizarre voice effects
and eerie atmospherics such as "Losing
Control," which caused a sensation when released in 1994.
In the mid to late 90's Bell moved behind the scenes to create 7th
City Distribution which exclusively pressed and distributed Robert
Hood's M-plant, Dopplereffekt's Dataphysix and Anthony Shakir's Frictional
record labels, to name a few. He also launched Elevate, Harmonie
Park and relaunched 7th City Records. Debut releases on these labels
helped kick start the music careers of Todd Sines, Rick Wade, Theo
Parrish and Shawn Rudiman among others.
In 2000, he relocated to Berlin, Germany,
and released his first dj mix CD, "The Button-Down Mind of Daniel Bell," on Tresor
Records to wide critical acclaim. 2003 brought a follow-up release
on Logistic records, "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back," and
soon after a retrospective cd of older work was released: "Blip,
Blurp, Bleep: The Music of Daniel Bell".
For the past few years Daniel has kept a heavy dj schedule that
has brought him all over the world. In 2007, he will temporarily
step back from djing to focus on production and developing a live
show that he hopes will start to tour later in the year.
