Editing Dan the Automator (section)

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{{Short description|American record producer (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dan the Automator
| image             = Outside Lands 2017 IMG 8488 (36531585696) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Dan the Automator in 2017
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1966|8|29}}
| birth_name        = Daniel M. Nakamura
| alias             = {{hlist|Automator|Dan Nakamura|Nathaniel Merriweather<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/nathaniel-merriweather-presents-6399796|title=Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...|work=[[Dallas Observer]]|first=Darren|last=Keast|date=December 27, 2001|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref>}}
| birth_place       = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.<ref name=sfchronicle/>
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) -->
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| genre             = {{Hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dan_automator-complete_package_concept|title=Dan the Automator: The Complete Package Concept|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|date=May 1, 2001|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref>|[[psychedelic rap]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/dr-octagon-playing-nyc-release-show-for-first-lp-in-two-decades/ |title= Dr. Octagon playing NYC release show for first LP in two decades
|last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=February 20, 2018 |work=Brooklyn Vegan |access-date=2023-08-17 |quote=lead single “Octagon Octagon” is an awesome dose of the same kind of surreal, psychedelic rap they were doing in the ’90s}}</ref>}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Record producer|disc jockey|composer|engineer}}
| years_active      = 1986–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[75 Ark]]|Bulk|[[Decon]]|[[Lakeshore Records|Lakeshore]]|[[Ubiquity Records|Ubiquity]]}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Handsome Boy Modeling School]]|[[Deltron 3030]]|[[Got a Girl]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Lovage (band)|Lovage]]|[[Head Automatica]]}}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Deltron 3030]]|[[Gorillaz]]|[[Got a Girl]]|[[Handsome Boy Modeling School]]|[[Head Automatica]]|[[Kool Keith]]|[[Lovage (band)|Lovage]]|[[Mike Patton]]}}
| website           = {{URL|dantheautomator.com}}
}}
'''Daniel M. Nakamura''' (born August 29, 1966), better known by his stage name '''Dan the Automator''', is an American record producer. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1999-11-25/music/handsome-dan-automator-man/|title=Handsome Dan, Automator Man|work=[[Miami New Times]]|first=Zac|last=Crain|date=November 25, 1999|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> and the record label [[75 Ark]].<ref name=phoenixnewtimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/nathaniel-merriweather-6413705|title=Nathaniel Merriweather|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|first=Brendan Joel|last=Kelley|date=January 17, 2002|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref>