DAN BLACK Returns To America for Performance at Logo New Now Next Awards June 8 and West Coast Tour Dates

DT:      JUNE 1, 2010

FR:      ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/BARI LIEBERMAN
            MSO

DAN BLACK
RETURNS TO AMERICA FOR PERFORMANCE AT
LOGO NEW NOW NEXT AWARDS JUNE 8
AND WEST COAST TOUR DATES

EXCLUSIVE REMIXES OF “SYMPHONIES” FEATURING
KID CUDI AVAILABLE NOW

ARTIST SET FOR MAJOR FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AT
LOLLAPALOOZA & AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

 Dan Black
Photo credit: Chick & Artistic

 "This man's a genius" — Kid Cudi

Momentum keeps building for British electronica/alternative dance artist DAN BLACK as he returns to the U.S. to perform his hit single “Symphonies” at LOGO’s New Now Next Awards in Los Angeles June 8.  Leading up to the celebration, he’ll make a short run of West Coast dates this week appearing at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa June 2, LA’s The Roxy June 3, Casbah in San Diego June 4, Live 105’s annual BFD festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA June 6 and Starline in Fresno June 8.  He’ll also appear at Las Vegas’ House of Blues June 11.

The singer/multi-instrumentalist/producer is supporting his debut album ((UN)), released February 16 via The Hours and highlights “Symphonies.” The song—which features Kid Cudi–is currently #8 on the iTunes Electronica chart, was just featured on MTV’s “The Hills” (May 11) and has received over one million views on YouTube. A special package of “Symphonies” was released last week (May 25) on iTunes and Amazon with remixes by Dada Life, Passion Pit, Chris Lake, and Gigi Barocco. The video for “Symphonies” is in rotation on MTV, MTV2, MTVU and mtv.com.

The current “Artist of the Week” on last.FM/Discover and iTunes “Next Big Thing” literally pieces his heroes together for a sound that blends all that’s right about rock, rap, and R&B from the past 30 years. Black, who supported Julian Casablancas at a sold-out WRXP Anniversary Show in NYC earlier this year, will be making appearances at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits later this year and is set to return to the States in July for a more extensive tour.

See what the critic’s are saying about DAN BLACK: 

"In pop music, we have artists who go too far visually and do not let the music speak; but then we have someone like Dan Black, who balances forward-thinking with pop sensibility." – URB.com

"[Dan Black] will give you that fizzle and sizzle your ears are yearning for." –  New York Post

 
"Is Dan Black the man to watch in 2010?  After hearing 'Symphonies,’ we think so." – iTunes

"Dan Black is a consummate aggregator of inspiration, and he flips his unique electronic script in Technicolor." –  Buzzbands LA

 
"His addictive debut recording, called ((un)), isn’t easily pigeonholed — it bounds through genres like pop, folk, funk, dance, even classical in his lushly orchestrated new single “Symphonies.” –   San Francisco Examiner

"Mad man in Black" –  Billboard Magazine

 
"His debut album ((un)) swerves all over the musical map, visiting the worlds of electronica, dreamy pop and just plain out-of-this-world sounds." –  Miami Herald

"the eclectic, electro-poppy artist has all the swagger of a hip-hop MC, the dance fluid moves of the best boy bands, and a catalog of sophisticated pop songs for grown-ups." –Metromix

"Black's ultra-hooky songs that mix up hip-hop, rock, funk, and pop into a very appealing sound, are what's garnering attention today. And rightfully so." – UR Chicago

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