Editing Dust Brothers

{{Short description|American record producers}}
{{about|the American duo|the English music duo briefly named the Dust Brothers in homage to them|The Chemical Brothers}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Dust Brothers
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| origin           = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Instrumental hip hop]]
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
* [[electronic music|electronic]]
* [[rock music|rock]]
* [[sampledelia]]
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| years_active     = {{start date|1985}}–present
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| current_members  = *[[Michael Simpson (producer)|E.Z. Mike]]
*[[John King (record producer)|King Gizmo]]
| past_members     = *[[Matt Dike]]<ref name=":0" />
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The '''Dust Brothers''' are a pair of songwriters and [[record producer|producers]] consisting of E.Z. Mike ([[Michael Simpson (producer)|Michael Simpson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mikesimpson.com|title=Mike Simpson|website=Mikesimpson.com}}</ref>) and King Gizmo<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kinggizmo.com|title=King Gizmo|website=Kinggizmo.com|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref> ([[John King (record producer)|John King]]). They are famous for the [[Sampling (music)|sample]]-based music they produced in the 1980s and 1990s,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-dust-brothers-mn0000141852/biography | title=Dust Brothers | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=April 8, 2015 | author=Ankeny, Jason}}</ref> and specifically for their work on the albums ''[[Paul's Boutique]]'' by the [[Beastie Boys]], ''[[Odelay]]'', ''[[Midnite Vultures]]'' and ''[[Guero]]'' by [[Beck]], the [[Fight Club (Soundtrack)|soundtrack to ''Fight Club'']], and "[[MMMBop]]" by [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]].<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=137}}</ref> They are based in [[Los Angeles, California]].

==History==
===1980s===
Michael "E.Z." Simpson and John "Gizmo" King started working together as the Dust Brothers in 1985 at [[Pomona College]] [[radio station]], [[KSPC]], hosting a weekly [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] show called ''The Big Beat Showcase''.

They developed writing and producing skills creating music for their show and [[Disc jockey|DJing]] and rapping at parties. In 1987, they began [[songwriter|writing]] and [[record producer|producing]] for the [[Delicious Vinyl]] [[record label|label]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> There they wrote and produced tracks on [[Tone Lōc]]'s [[album]], ''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]'', [[Young MC]]'s debut album ''[[Stone Cold Rhymin']]'', and other Delicious Vinyl releases.<ref name="Larkin90"/> They also worked with the [[Boo Yaa Tribe]] on the album ''[[New Funky Nation]]'', producing several songs on that album.

[[Mike D]] of the [[Beastie Boys]] stopped by mutual friend [[Matt Dike]]'s apartment, where Simpson and Dike played music intended to be a Dust Brothers album, and liked what he heard.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside Paul's Boutique: Interview with Mike Simpson of The Dust Brothers|url=https://www.kexp.org/read/2015/7/25/inside-pauls-boutique-interview-with-mike-simpson-of-the-dust-brothers/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.kexp.org}}</ref> The Dust Brothers along with Dike ended up co-writing, producing and mixing the Beastie Boys' second album, ''[[Paul's Boutique]]'', considered one of the best albums of all time by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/|title=Is Kind of Blue one of the All-Time 100 Best Albums?|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=27 January 2010|last1=Light|first1=Alan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Diamond|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyxyDwAAQBAJ&dq=matt+dike+dust+brothers&pg=PA269|title=Beastie Boys Book |last2=Horovitz|first2=Adam|date=2018|publisher=Spiegel & Grau|isbn=978-0-8129-9554-1|pages=269|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Slotnik|first=Daniel E.|date=2018-03-20|title=Matt Dike, Hit-Making Founder of Hip-Hop Label, Dies at 56|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/obituaries/matt-dike-hit-making-founder-of-hip-hop-label-dies-at-56.html|access-date=2021-09-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 

===1990s===
[[Beck]] had the Dust Brothers produce his album ''[[Odelay]]'', released in 1996.<ref name="Larkin90"/> The album spawned the hits "[[Where It's At (Beck song)|Where It's At]]" (#61 on the Hot 100), "[[Devils Haircut]]" (#94 on the Hot 100), "[[The New Pollution]]" (#78) and "[[Jack-Ass (song)|Jack-Ass]]" (#73).<ref name="Allmusicawards">{{cite web |title=Beck Awards |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/odelay-mw0000647922/awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819105246/https://www.allmusic.com/album/odelay-mw0000647922/awards |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> In 1995 the Dust Brothers co-produced [[Mötley Crüe]] [[frontman]] [[Vince Neil]]'s second solo album ''[[Carved in Stone (Vince Neil album)|Carved in Stone]]''.

In 1997, they produced a track with [[Korn (band)|Korn]] called "Kick the P.A." for the ''[[Spawn (1997 film)|Spawn]]'' soundtrack; produced the [[number one]] hit "[[MMMBop]]" for [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]'s first major label album ''[[Middle of Nowhere (Hanson album)|Middle of Nowhere]]''; and created a song on the #1 soundtrack to the [[Howard Stern]] film ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]'' named "[[Tortured Man]]", featuring vocals by Stern. The Dust Brothers also co-produced three songs on [[the Rolling Stones]] album, ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]''.<ref name="Larkin90"/>

The next year, the duo were approached by director [[David Fincher]] to assemble the [[Fight Club (film)#Musical score|score]] for the film ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'',<ref name="Larkin90"/> including "This Is Your Life", a song featuring lines from the film, including a [[monologue]] by the character [[Tyler Durden]] ([[Brad Pitt]]). The same year also saw the Dust Brothers collaborate with [[Jeymes Samuel]] aka [[the Bullitts]] on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Muppets from Space]]'', recording a [[cover version]] of the [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] song "[[Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Shining Star]]".

In 1999, the two collaborated with [[Carlos Santana]] and [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]] on the track "Wishing It Was" which appeared on Santana's multi-platinum album ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]''. For that album they won their first [[Grammy]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/42nd-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=grammy.com}}</ref> after having received numerous nominations for their past work with [[Beck]] and with [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], and as artists for their instrumental song on the ''[[The X-Files (film)|X-Files]]'' soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dust Brothers {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/dust-brothers/8566 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=grammy.com}}</ref> They also recorded, produced and mixed an album by 'hip pop' group 10 Cents named ''Buggin Out''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/buggin-out-mw0000239919/credits|title=Buggin' Out - 10 Cents &#124; Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref>

===2000s===
In the 2000s, the Dust Brothers had continued success, again collaborating with Beck on the album ''[[Guero]]'';<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guero-mw0000261817/credits|title=Guero - Beck &#124; Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> [[Tenacious D]] on [[Tenacious D (album)|their self-titled debut]]; [[Linkin Park]] with a track called "With You" on their first studio album ''[[Hybrid Theory]]''; remixing the [[Styles of Beyond]] track "Winnetka Exit" on their [[Promotion (marketing)|promotional]] CD ''Spies Like Us''; and producing the [[They Might Be Giants]] album ''[[The Else]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-else-mw0000745780/credits|title=The Else - They Might Be Giants &#124; Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref>

==Controversy with the Chemical Brothers==
The Dust Brothers name and [[trademark]] was used by the British duo that eventually became [[the Chemical Brothers]] as they began their career. Used as a homage to the American group, they changed their name when they were unable to convince the Dust Brothers to sell the name.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Eventually the groups reached an understanding, and the Chemical Brothers' 1997 EP ''[[Elektrobank]]'' featured a Dust Brothers remix of the title track.

== Production credits ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Album
!Song
!Year
!Artist
|-
|[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]
|Cutting Rhythms; Next Episode; Don't Get Close
| rowspan="5" |1989
|[[Tone Loc]]
|-
|[[Paul's Boutique]]
|<code>'''''entire album'''''</code>
|[[Beastie Boys]]
|-
|[[Escape from Havana]]
|Hip Hop Creature
|[[Mellow Man Ace]]
|-
|[[Stone Cold Rhymin']]
|Know How; Got More Rhymes <small>''{co-produced by Michael Ross}''</small>
|[[Young MC]]
|-
|[[Just a Poet with Soul]]
|Give It Here <small>{co=produced by Def Jef}</small>; Do It Baby; God Made Me Funky <small>{co=produced by Def Jef}</small>; Just a Poet <small>''{co=produced by Michael Ross}''</small>
|[[Def Jef]]
|-
|[[New Funky Nation]]
|Rater R; Don't Mess; Once Upon a Drive By; Riot Pump
| rowspan="6" |1990
|[[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |12"
|Diss You (Dust Mix)
|[[King T]]
|-
|Fun to Be Had (Dust Mix) 
|[[Nitzer Ebb]]
|-
|Trip on This (Remixes)
|This Beat Is Technotronic (Dust Mix)
|[[Technotronic]]
|-
|12"
|It's a Sin (Hot Peas 'n' Butter Mix/11th Avenue Mix)
|[[Maggie's Dream]]
|-
|Mercurotones
|Libertine
|[[The Buck Pets]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |12"
|The Air You Breathe (Disco Mix)
| rowspan="2" |1991
|[[Bomb the Bass]]
|-
|Angel (Dust Mix)
|Nikolaj Steen
|-
|Mouth Organ (Dust Bros. Mix)
|1993
|Deep Throat
|-
|Persona Non Grata
|Demagogue (Dust Mix)
| rowspan="5" |1994
|[[Urban Dance Squad]]
|-
|Back to Skull 
|Snail Dust
|[[They Might Be Giants]]
|-
| rowspan="11" |'''12"'''
|Tomato Head (Jazzy Tomato Head Mix)
|[[Shonen Knife]]
|-
|Whipping Boy (Remix)
|[[Ben Harper]]
|-
|Born to Raise Hell (Dust Brothers Live & Funky Mix)
|[[Motörhead]], [[Ice-T]] & [[Whitfield Crane]]
|-
|Shoots and Ladders (Hip Hop Mix)
| rowspan="6" |1995
|[[Korn]]
|-
|Bullet (Dusty Jazz Mix); Bullet (Afro Punk Mix)
|[[Fluke (band)|Fluke]]
|-
|Hey Man Nice Shot (<sup>1/4</sup>pound mix) 
|[[Filter (band)|Filter]]
|-
|Richest Junkie Still Alive (Fired & True Mix)
|[[Machines of Loving Grace]]
|-
|"HOBO HUMPIN (doggy style)
|Whale
|-
|Z-Man's Party (Lounge Mix/Hip Hop Mix)
|Nature
|-
|Cry (D.B. Remix)
| rowspan="5" |1996
|[[Money Mark]]
|-
|Oh How I Cry (Funk Fuzz Mix)
|[[Brigid Boden]]
|-
|[[Odelay]]
|<code>'''''entire album'''''</code>
|[[Beck]]
|-
|Feel the Power
|<code>'''''entire album'''''</code>
|[[Wesley Willis]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |12"
|I'm Your Boogieman (Sex on the Rocks Mix)
|[[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]
|-
|The Dream Machine (Norris Stretch Mix)
| rowspan="2" |Sukia
|-
|Barry Super Macho (D.B. Mix)
| rowspan="8" |1997
|-
|Random EP
|Clock
|[[Beck]]
|-
|[[Bridges to Babylon]]
|[[Anybody Seen My Baby?]]; Might As Well Get Juiced; Saint of Me
|[[The Rolling Stones]]
|-
|[[MMMBop]]
|[[Middle of Nowhere (album)|Middle of Nowhere]]
|[[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |12"
|Elektrobank (Remix)
|[[The Chemical Brothers]]
|-
|Insinuation (Remix)
|[[The Folk Implosion]]
|-
|[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]] (soundtrack)
|Tortured Man
|[[Howard Stern]]
|-
|12"
|Lust for Life
|[[Mötley Crüe]]
|-
|Peach Head
|As You Know (Dust Bros. Remix)
| rowspan="6" |1998
|Natural Calamity
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Half Baked]] (soundtrack)
|Virgin Girl
|[[Smash Mouth]] & Chopper
|-
|Mary Jane
|[[Coolio]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Dead Man on Campus]] (soundtrack)
|Cowboy Song
|Blur
|-
|We Still Need More (Than Anyone Has)
|[[Supergrass]]
|-
|[[Orgazmo]] (soundtrack)
|A Sign from God
|Cogasm
|-
|[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]
|Wishing It Was
| rowspan="4" |1999
|[[Santana (band)|Santana]]
|-
|[[Midnite Vultures]]
|Hollywood Freaks; Debra
|Beck
|-
| rowspan="2" |12"
|Feelin' Alright (Remix) 
|Len
|-
|Nothing New (Remix)
|April March
|-
|[[Hybrid Theory]]
|With You <small>{additional beating}</small>
|2000
|[[Linkin Park]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dustbrothers.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/36647-The-Dust-Brothers At Discogs]
*[http://www.mikesimpson.com/ Mike Simpson's Official Website]

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