{"id":2910,"date":"2001-06-28T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2001-06-29T01:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2023-11-29T22:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:16:53","slug":"damon-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/?p=2910","title":{"rendered":"Damon Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Damon<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/hue-manmademusic.bandcamp.com\/releases<\/a><\/p>\n

We travel through music, we speak through music, our ancestors communicate through sound and rhythm\u2026it\u2019s the in between’s, the details and the mistakes\u2026the poly-rhythms, that\u2019s where the juice is\u2026the life in the music. – Damon Bell<\/p>\n

Damon Bell<\/strong>, Chief Connoisseur at heralded Deepblak Recordings stands strong offering a complex variety of sounds that ebb, and flow through all of his productions. Known for his polyrhythmic, organic, and soul-filled musical releases on Deepblak Recordings, Sound Of Speed Records Japan and Do Over Records, Damon’s ability as a DJ to expose crowds to sounds that touch all genres of music is his hallmark.<\/p>\n

Originally from San Diego, raised under the influences of music representing the African Diaspora, Damon’s love of Reggae, Brazilian, African, Hip-Hop, Blues, Jazz, Punk-Rock, and Soul all pay major roles in Damon’s trajectory as a DJ\/Producer. A true connoisseur of music Damon was a child of the 70\u2019s who experienced the cross-cultures of the 80\u2019s which began his life long love affair with collecting vinyl into the 90\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Bell (aka D^Bo!) began record collecting and DJ\u2019ing at age sixteen, playing Jazz, Salsa, Funk, and Hip Hop at the famed night Brass (Delicious Vinyl) at San Diego Supper Club, Ole\u2019 Madrid. This along with his deep passion for music led him to learn to play the polyrhythms he heard in Afro-Cuban Jazz, and Jazz Fusion\u2026he soon began to imitate those sounds by playing percussion, and wind instruments.<\/p>\n

\u201cDJ\u2019ing is just an extension of my love and relationship with music\u201d, states Bell.<\/p>\n

In 2011 Bell released his critically acclaimed Kush Musik Wax on Deepblak, featuring the unversally championed song \u201cEzuku\u201d. A stirring rhythm of African drums, chopped guitar, and dance-hall vocals, sprinkled with a touch of techno.<\/p>\n

In 2012 Bell released a rare 10\u201d under his alias, D^Bo!, on LA based DO Over Records, \u201cJAM\u201d(DOVR004) soon to be followed by his NOMMO EP (DBR-V015) which featured \u201cPathways n Mindframes\u201d which again further exposed his productions into other realms heavy championed by choice selectors worldwide.<\/p>\n

Damon has performed, and toured with artists & groups; Jazzanova, Bobby Matos, Femi Kuti, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, The Roots, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Platinum Pied Pipers, Bugz in the Attic, Nortec Collective, Antibalas, Ron Trent and Saul Williams to mention a few.<\/p>\n

Releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[DBR-D024] Damon Bell – Kush Musik pt.1<\/a>
\n [DBR-D028] Damon Bell – Kush Musik pt.2<\/a>
\n [DBR-V009] Damon Bell – Kush Musik Wax<\/a>
\n [DBR-V015] Damon Bell – Nommo EP<\/a>
\n[DBR-V017] Damon Bell – H.I.M EP<\/a>
\n[DBR-V021] Damon Bell – Teph-Tep EP<\/a>
\n[DBR-V025] Damon Bell – Blues For The Lybian LP<\/a><\/p>\n

MIXES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Damon Bell Deepblak Mix Fall 2013<\/a>
\nDamon Bell Steel SOund Mix | Ninja Tune 2014<\/a>
\nDamon Bell | Deepblak Label Night Paris 2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/hue-manmademusic.bandcamp.com\/releases We travel through music, we speak through music, our ancestors communicate through sound and rhythm\u2026it\u2019s the in between’s, the details and the mistakes\u2026the poly-rhythms, that\u2019s where the juice is\u2026the life in the music. – Damon Bell Damon Bell, Chief Connoisseur at heralded Deepblak Recordings stands strong offering a complex variety of sounds that ebb, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[537,558,6,415,30,483,373,207,501,460],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deepblak_artists","tag-blues-for-the-libyan","tag-deepblak","tag-dj-damon-bell","tag-dbo","tag-kush-musik","tag-meda-fury","tag-nommo-ep","tag-oakland","tag-sound-of-speed","tag-teph-tep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4621,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/4621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepblakmusic.com\/db2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}