THE MOUSE THAT REMIXED.(The Talk of the Town)(Danger Mouse's Grey Album)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 09-FEB-04

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The d.j. and producer Danger Mouse was born Brian Burton, in White Plains, twenty-six years ago; attended college in the indie-rock hotbed of Athens, Georgia; and then moved to London, where he became part of the underground hip-hop scene. Last year, he teamed up with Jemini, a rapper from Brooklyn, to record the album "Ghetto Pop Life," which was considered one of the most innovative releases of 2003. But, for his follow-up, Burton decided to work with more prominent artists--much more prominent, though also unwitting. Last December, he made an unauthorized remix of "The Black Album," the most recent (and...

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