Epitaph is proud to announce the the new DangerDoom CD!
DANGERDOOM: The Mouse and the Mask
Special guests include Ghostface Killah, Cee-Lo & Talib Kweli
Adult Swim Inspired Album Will Debut in October
Two of this generation's most respected hip-hop artists, Danger Mouse and MF DOOM, have come together to produce DANGERDOOM: The Mouse and the Mask, an album inspired by Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's popular late-night animation network. The album, set to debut in October 2005, will be released on Epitaph Records, in association with Adult Swim. The album will contain character voices and skits from Adult Swim's most popular original shows, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
Danger Mouse is recognized as one of music's most innovative artists and producers. His production of The Grey Album, an ingenious re-working of Jay-Z's Black Album with the Beatles' White Album, dubbed a 'bootleg masterpiece' by GQ, was named the Album-of-the-Year in 2004 by Entertainment Weekly and catapulted him into the international spotlight. Danger Mouse recently produced Gorillaz Demon Days album, which debuted #6 on the U.S. Billboard charts and Top 5 debuts in the U.K., France, Hong Kong, Canada, Germany and Japan to name a few. His next project is Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration with Cee-Lo.
Inspired by the comic supervillain Dr. Doom, MF DOOM is one of the most versatile, distinctive MCs in hip hop today. DOOM has released critically acclaimed albums including Operation: Doomsday and Mmm...Food. DOOM released his collab CD with Madlib, called Madvillian, which was one of 2004's biggest hip hop albums (featured in Spin, Rolling Stone, Vibe, The New Yorker, etc), and Venomous Villain under the name Victor Vaughn. He has been involved in a number of collaborations with the industry's finest and has a project with Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan) in the works.
Adult Swim delivers an assortment of edgy programming and has quickly earned its place as the #1 basic cable destination for adults 18-34, often surpassing the viewer ship of late-night kings Jay Leno and Dave Letterman among key young adult demos. Adult Swim's shows, starring off-beat characters like a shape-shifting, talking wad of meat, a winged, ex-superhero lawyer and a butterfly inspired supervillain, have spawned a best-selling line of DVD's, apparel and collectibles.
"Danger Mouse? Genius! MF DOOM? Genius! Adult Swim? Not genius. Lucky," said Mike Lazzo, senior vice president in charge of Adult Swim.
"Danger Mouse and DOOM are both brilliant at taking chunks of pop culture and reshaping them into art. The context of Adult Swim makes this already promising collaboration truly inspired," said Andy Kaulkin, president of Epitaph Records.
Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s network dedicated to edgy animated comedy and action series, both original and acquired, airing Saturday-Thursday from 11 p.m-6 a.m. (ET, PT). Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, classic and acquired programming for children and families, and is seen in 88 million U.S. homes.