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Biography
Daniel Robert Anderson (born March 3, 1986) is an American musician and record producer, and one of the founding members of the alternative rock band Idiot Pilot and dance/electronic band Glowbug. He is a multi-instrumentalist and provides vocals. Anderson also contributes a track, without a moniker, to the Pacific Northwest electronic music compilation titled "Cumulous".
In 2010, Anderson officially held the fifth highest score ever recorded on Nintendo Tetris. He has a brief cameo in the season 8 episode of CSI: New York, "Kill Screen", which is about competitive gaming.
Recently, Anderson recorded guitar on rapper Hyro Da Hero's upcoming album, Birth, School, Work, Death. The Ross Robinson (producer of At the Drive-In, Slipknot, Korn, Glassjaw, Norma Jean, The Blood Brothers) produced album also features Paul Hinojos (of at the Drive-In, Sparta, The Mars Volta), Mark Gajadhar and Cody Votolato (of The Blood Brothers).
On October 14, 2010, Anderson released an EP of electronic and dance music under the moniker, Glowbug.
In late 2013, Anderson announced a musical collaboration with Lourdes Hernández of Russian Red, called Spectorize.
Discography
| Album Year | Album Name | Band | Record Label | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Strange We Should Meet Here | Idiot Pilot | Reprise Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, production, engineering |
| 2005 | A Silent Film | Idiot Pilot | self-released | Guitar |
| 2005 | To Buy a Gun | Idiot Pilot | Reprise Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, production, engineering |
| 2005 | A Day in the Life of a Poolshark | Idiot Pilot | Reprise Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, production, engineering |
| 2005 | B-sides & Rarities | Deftones | Maverick Records | Guitar on "Teenager (Idiot version)" |
| 2006 | Cumulous | Daniel Anderson | Clickpop Records | Contributes the track "Scarlet" |
| 2007 | Wolves | Idiot Pilot | Reprise Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, production, engineering |
| 2007 | Transformers: The Album | Idiot Pilot | Warner Bros. Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, piano, production, and engineering on the track "Retina and the Sky" |
| 2007 | Worse Than a Fairy Tale | Drop Dead, Gorgeous | Suretone Records | Vocals and guitar on "It Sounded Like An Accident" |
| 2007 | Cruel Melody | Black Light Burns | I AM: WOLFPACK | "Lie (Daniel from Idiot Pilot Remix)" on bonus track listing |
| 2008 | Heart Is Long | Idiot Pilot | Reprise Records | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, keyboard, piano, production, engineering |
| 2008 | Take This And Go | Jenni Potts | Clickpop Records | Electric guitar on "Pro LC" |
| 2009 | Behold! A Pale Horse | The Ghost and the Grace | Self-released | Vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, keyboards, percussion, programming, accordion, glockenspiel, vibraphone, string and horn arrangements, production, engineering, mixing. |
| 2009 | Holiday Spirit Vol. 1 | The Ghost and the Grace | Self-released | Vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, keyboards, percussion, programming, accordion, glockenspiel, vibraphone, string and horn arrangements, production, engineering, mixing. |
| 2010 | Awful Scary, Yes, Very | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2010 | Silian Rail | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2010 | Displacer Beast | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2011 | Birth, School, Work, Death | Hyro Da Hero | Stereo Bang Media | Guitar |
| 2011 | Mr. Plastic | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2012 | Suit of Swords | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2013 | You In The Future | Ancient Lasers | Self-released | Co-writer & producer |
| 2014 | Kill Your Idols | Ancient Lasers | Self-released | Co-writer & producer |
| 2015 | In Quicksand | Ancient Lasers | Self-released | Co-writer & producer |
| 2015 | Headhunters | Glowbug | Self-released | Everything |
| 2015 | My Dreams Dictate My Reality | Soko | Because Music | Bass guitar |
| 2015 | JACO original soundtrack | Tech N9ne | Sony Music Entertainment | Co-writer and programming |