James Scott Tamborello, (born 1975) also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups

The Postal Service The Postal Service was an American indie pop group from Seattle, Seattle, Washington, consisting of singer Ben Gibbard, producer Dntel, Jimmy Tamborello (also known by his stage name, Dntel), and Jenny Lewis on background vocals. The band relea ...

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, and

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, where he is sometimes cited as James Figurine.

Personal life

Tamborello's father was a

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player,

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, and a songwriter for many

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-based bands. His mother,

Joyce Menges Joyce Menges is a retired American actress. She starred in Robert Butler's ''Now You See Him, Now You Don't'' as well as in the TV show '' To Rome With Love'' starring John Forsythe. Joyce's son is Jimmy Tamborello, the composer for the electr ...

was an actress who starred in the sitcom '' To Rome with Love'' starring

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, and

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, in 1969, and later in the

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film ''

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'', starring

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, in 1972.

Musical career and Dntel

Tamborello first began creating music in 1989, when he was in junior high school in Santa Barbara. His father bought him a drum machine, a sequencer, a keyboard and an eight track recorder, primarily for the possibility to create music on his own. Tamborello recorded an album under the name Antihouse in 1993, which was released the following year, then beginning work on the first Dntel EP. During these years, Tamborello attended

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where he was a DJ and music director at

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. He engineered on several albums recorded at the station including "

LIVE: Volume 1," for which he also designed the album artwork. Tamborello was also the bass player for a band known as

. The band was often described as "Enocore," as

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soundscapes were an important influence in their music.

recorded one album, ''Hide Here Forever'', which was released in 1997 on the Waxploitation Records label. They released a single in 1995 titled "Dear XXX" on the Chou Chou records label. A collection of the demos during the period of 1995 to 1997 was released as ''

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'', in 1998, and work from the first Dntel EP was released as ''

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'', in 2000, both on the Phthalo label. As a pioneer of contemporary

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and

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, Dntel gained a cult following. After writing a track for the ''Voices in My Lunchbox'' collaboration for the

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label, he was asked to work with them. Tamborello released a 12-inch LP, ''Anywhere Anyone'', in 2000. Tamborello released the debut Dntel full-length album, ''

Life Is Full of Possibilities ''Life Is Full of Possibilities'' is the third studio album by American electronic music producer Dntel. It was released on October 30, 2001 by Plug Research. "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan", a collaboration with Ben Gibbard of Death Ca ...

'', in 2001. The album featured several guest artists on vocals and instruments, including

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, fellow Figurine member Meredith Figurine, Chris Gunst of

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, and

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. The track " (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" from the album was very well-received, which led to the song being released in 2002 as the only

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from ''Life Is Full of Possibilities''. A remix of the song by

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was voted the 17th best dance track of the decade by a

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poll in 2010. On April 24, 2007, Tamborello released his third album '' Dumb Luck'' on Subpop Records to generally positive critical reception. This, coinciding with Death Cab For Cutie's release, ''

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'' moved any future plans of The Postal Service recording past the end of the decade. Tamborello released a surprise new album called ''Hate In My Heart'' on August 2, 2018, through Leaving Records.

Figurine

Since 1994, Tamborello has also been a member of the

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band

. Consisting of Tamborello (as James Figurine), Meredith Figurine, and David Figurine, the trio were high school friends and created music based mostly on the theme of long-distance love, releasing their debut album, '' Transportation + Communication = Love'', in 1999. The group released their second album, '' The Heartfelt'', in 2001, and a remix album, '' Reconfigurine'', in 2002. Tamborello released a solo album under the name James Figurine, '' Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake'', in 2006, featuring a

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electronica style.

The Postal Service

The success of the collaboration between Tamborello and

on the song " (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" from ''

'', which features lyrics and vocals from Gibbard, led the two to form their own side-project

in 2001. The duo released their debut album, ''

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'', in 2003 on Sub Pop Records, receiving very positive reviews from critics and eventual platinum certification from the

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. The album spawned the successful singles "

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", "

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", and "

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". Along with additional member

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, who performed vocals on the album, the group toured in support of ''Give Up'' despite their main projects also being active at the time. The Postal Service became largely inactive after 2005, until 2013 when the group reunited for a tour to celebrate the tenth anniversary of ''Give Up''. However, on August 3, 2013, Ben Gibbard announced via

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that The Postal Service would permanently disband after the tour. On December 9, 2009,

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named the song "Such Great Heights" the 27th best song of the decade. In December 2022, the group announced a 2023 tour co-headlining with Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate the twentieth anniversaries of ''Give Up'' and ''

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''.

Other projects

Tamborello is also the host of a regular music show called ''Dying Songs'' heard on the internet radio station

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. In 2004, Tamborello was credited for programming on the song "

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" by Bright Eyes, which reached number two on the ''

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. As Headset he collaborated with

record label owner Allen Avanessian and a number of guest

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s on the 2004 album ''Space Settings''.

Equipment

Tamborello uses a large variety of electronic equipment to create his sound. He uses

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for programming, a Rode k2 microphone for vocals, and

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Air series speakers. His studio has a

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, Avalon Design VT-747sp compressor,

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, Elektron Machinedrum, Vostok Matrixsynth,

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, Vermona Retroverb, Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor Compressor, MOTU MIDI Timepiece, Vermona DRM1 MKII (drum machine), Dave Smith Poly Evolver Rack,

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, two Motu 828 MKII,

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mixer,

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synthesizer, Jomox Xbase 999, Moogerfooger MF-104Z Analog Delay,

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IPS33 Smartshift Intelligent Pitch Shifter,

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G1, an

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, Line 6 Delay, and an

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Radium MIDI controller.

Discography

Studio albums

*2001 – ''

'' (

) *2006 – '' Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake'' (

) (as James Figurine) *2007 – '' Dumb Luck'' (

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) *2012 – '' Aimlessness'' (Pampa) *2014 – ''

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'' (Leaving Records) *2018 – ''Hate in My Heart'' (Leaving Records) *2021 – ''The Seas Trees See'' (

Morr Music Morr Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1999 by Thomas Morr. Most artists on the label fall into the categories of intelligent dance music, electronica and dreampop, but all reflect Thomas Morr's personal ta ...

) *2021 – ''Away'' (

) *2021 – ''In Media Res'' (Palette Recordings) (with John Tejada)

Compilation albums

*1998 – ''

'' (Phthalo) *2001 – ''

'' (Phthalo) *2009 – '' Early Works For Me If It Works For You II'' (Phthalo)

EPs

*2001 – ''Anywhere Anyone'' (

) *2002 – '' (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan'' (

) *2010 – ''Early Works, Later Versions'' (Phthalo) *2010 – ''After Parties 1'' (

) *2010 – ''After Parties 2'' (

) *2014 – ''Human Voice Outtakes'' (Leaving Records) *2021 – ''Futureangelics'' (Cached Media) (with Brin and More Eaze)

Singles

*2001 – "Season" (Vynalogica) *2002 –

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/ Dntel Split (

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) *2006 – ''Jukebox Series #10'' (AIM Records) *2006 – ''Eleven Numbers'' (

Monika Enterprise Monika Enterprises is a Berlin, Germany-based independent record label. In 2001, Wallpaper magazine described the label's musical style as " cupying a twilight zone between electronic pop, easy listening and bedsit angst" and " earheading a new g ...

) (as James Figurine) *2006 – ''Forgive Your Friends'' (

) (as James Figurine) *2007 – ''Covers'' (

) (as James Figurine) *2007 – "The Distance" ( Moshi Moshi) *2008 – "Dreams" – ''Lawrence Remixes'' (Deal) *2011 – "Jitters" / "Swells" (Edit) (Dying Songs) *2012 – ''Dntel – The Robag Wruhme Remixes'' (Pampa)

Other appearances

– ''

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'' (2002 ·

) *Giardini Di Mirò – ''Little Victories (Dntel Remix)'' (2002 · 2nd rec) *Barbara Morgenstern – ''Aus heiterem Himmel (Dntel Remix)'' (2003 ·

) * Bright Eyes – ''

'' (2004 ·

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) *

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– '' Accidntel Deth'' (2004 · Brute/Beaute Records) * Bright Eyes – ''

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' is the seventh studio album by American band Bright Eyes, released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records, the same day as their sixth album '' I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning''. It peaked at number 15 in th ...

'' (2005 ·

) *

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– ''Merge (Dntel Remix)'' (2005 ·

Kanine Records Kanine Records is an independent record label based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, ''NY: The Next Wave'', was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsign ...

) *

– ''Deep at Sea (Dntel Remix)'' (2006 · City Zen Records) *Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory – ''Feet Upon the Sand (Dntel Remix)'' (2006 ·

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) *Gudrun Gut – ''The Wheel (Dntel Remix)'' (2007 ·

) *

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– ''Cruel World Enterprise (Dntel Remix)'' (2007 ·

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) * Why? – ''By Torpedo or Crohn's (Dntel Remix)'' (2008 ·

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) *

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– ''Sound At Sea (Dntel Remix)'' (2010 ·

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) *dné – ''Like Physical (Dntel Remix)'' (2012) *

- ''Summer Years (Jimmy Tamberello Remix)'' (2018) *Mia Doi Todd – ''Little Bird (Dntel Remix)'' (2021 · City Zen Records) ;Notes 1. First edition released on 250 CD-Rs, later re-issued by Phthalo Records
2. Contains material recorded between 1994 and 2000
3. Reissue of ''Early Works for Me If It Works for You'', ''Something Always Goes Wrong'' plus additional material recorded between 1999 and 2003

References

External links

News and media

"Sometimes a song kind of turns 3D" – 2012 Dntel Interview at Drowned In Sound

2008 Dntel Interview at Bandega.com

Dntel Dumb Luck Announced
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Personal life

Musical career and Dntel

Figurine

The Postal Service

Other projects

Equipment

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Other appearances

See also

References

External links

Official sites

News and media