Biography
Deltron 3030 assembles an underground hip-hop supergroup that unites Deltron Zero—Del Tha Funkee Homosapien—with the Cantankerous Captain Aptos, producer and remixer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, plus Skiznod the Boy Wonder, turntablist Kid Koala. Echoing Nakamura’s earlier conceptual ventures such as Dr. Octagon and Handsome Boy Modeling School, the trio’s self-titled 2000 album and single on 75 Ark Records propel the characters into the year 3030, where, as earth’s only remaining inhabitants, they roam the cosmos. An instrumental companion drawn from those sessions appeared the next year. When Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett unveiled Gorillaz’s debut album in March 2001, fresh attention turned toward Deltron 3030 because each member contributed: Dan the Automator handled production, Kid Koala lent additional production support, and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien supplied vocals for the hit singles “Clint Eastwood” and “Rock the House.”
Speculation about a second Deltron 3030 album surfaced as early as 2004. During the same stretch, Dan the Automator produced major-label releases for Kasabian and Miles Kane while joining Mike Patton on the Crudo and Peeping Tom projects. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien’s last solo album for Elektra, Both Sides of the Brain, arrived alongside the Gorillaz record, yet eight years passed before his subsequent solo effort; in the interim he focused on Hieroglyphics, his Oakland, California crew, and their associated label. Kid Koala maintained a steady output of Ninja Tune releases spaced roughly three years apart through the early 2000s. By summer 2012 the prospect of new material grew concrete when the group premiered ten fresh tracks at Toronto’s Luminato festival. Event II finally arrived the following October, featuring an eclectic roster of guests that included Zack De La Rocha, David Cross, Black Rob, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and a returning Damon Albarn.
Speculation about a second Deltron 3030 album surfaced as early as 2004. During the same stretch, Dan the Automator produced major-label releases for Kasabian and Miles Kane while joining Mike Patton on the Crudo and Peeping Tom projects. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien’s last solo album for Elektra, Both Sides of the Brain, arrived alongside the Gorillaz record, yet eight years passed before his subsequent solo effort; in the interim he focused on Hieroglyphics, his Oakland, California crew, and their associated label. Kid Koala maintained a steady output of Ninja Tune releases spaced roughly three years apart through the early 2000s. By summer 2012 the prospect of new material grew concrete when the group premiered ten fresh tracks at Toronto’s Luminato festival. Event II finally arrived the following October, featuring an eclectic roster of guests that included Zack De La Rocha, David Cross, Black Rob, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and a returning Damon Albarn.
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