![]() ![]() Label/crew Solesides to record, Nakamura assisted on records like DJ ![]() In addition to providing a space for artists from Bay Area The Glue Factory became home base for countless rappers and producers When the foam that he glued to the studio walls didn’t reduce the sound level upstairs, Nakamura wryly dubbed the noxious-smelling room the Glue Factory. ![]() In high school, he traded the violin for turntables, bought a drum machine, and built a studio in his parents’ basement. Once he absorbed the pop and soul music of the late ’70s, he became enamored with rap groups like Run-DMC. Raised in San Francisco’s Sunset District neighborhood, Nakamura began playing music at just three years old, when his mother enrolled him in violin lessons. Whether collaborating with like-minded artists such as Del the Funky Homosapien and Damon Albarn or scoring films (e.g., 2019’s Booksmart), he has disregarded accepted convention and fleeting trends. A producer, composer, engineer, and DJ, Nakamura remains in constant motion, performing on stages around the world and lending his singular artistic vision to one endeavor after another. For over two decades, he has created progressive, genre-warping music on his terms. Dan “The Automator” Nakamura has never waited for approval or applause. ![]()
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