Brian Burton is better known under his stage name Danger Mouse. Burton is a producer, beat creator and DJ who came to prominence in 2004 by remixing The Beatles' "White Album" and rapper Jay-Z's "Black Album" to make "The Grey Album".



Brian Burton/Danger Mouse has since produced the second Gorillaz album, 2005's "Demon Days", which earned him a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.



Biography:

Brian Burton was born in White Plains, New York, spent much of his childhood in Spring Valley, New York and lived in Athens, Georgia for a long time where his electronica work under the name Pelican City was released. He also re-mixed work by several local artists, including Neutral Milk Hotel. From 1998 to 2003 Burton also created a series of remix CDs and records under the stage name Danger Mouse (inspired by the British cartoon series Dangermouse).



Burton's first original releases under the name Danger Mouse were his collaborations with rapper Jemini, including the album "Ghetto Pop Life", released in 2003 on Lex Records. While the Danger Mouse debut was well received by critics, he did not rise to fame until he created "The Grey Album", mixing an a cappella version of Jay Z's "The Black Album" over beats crafted from samples of The Beatles' "White Album". The remix album, originally created just for his friends, spread over the internet and became very popular with both the general audience and critics, with Rolling Stone calling it "the ultimate remix record" and Entertainment Weekly ranking it the best record of the year. Danger Mouse was also named among the Men of the Year by GQ in 2004 and won the 2005 Wired Rave Award.



"The Grey Album" also got Danger Mouse the attention of Damon Albarn, who tracked him down to produce the Gorillaz' second studio album, "Demon Days" (much to the dismay of Gorillaz' record company EMI, which also holds the rights to The Beatles' records and had previously served cease and desist orders against Danger Mouse over the use of their material on "The Grey Album"), which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Producer of the Year.



It was followed by "The Mouse and the Mask", an album by Danger Mouse and MF Doom about and for Adult Swim. The two had previously colaborated on the Danger Mouse remix of Zero 7's Somersault, on the Prince Po track Social Distortion and on the Gorillaz' November Has Come.



In 2006 Danger Mouse released "St. Elsewhere" in collaboration with Cee-Lo under the name of Gnarls Barkley, as well as "Kill Your Heroes", his second album with Jemini. Also, a collaborative album with Black Thought of The Roots is said to be in the works.