Lee Bannon
Left-field hip-hop producer Lee Bannon (born Fred Warmsley in 1987) hit his stride in the late 2000s/early 2010s as he began working with some of the biggest names in underground rap, including Curren$y, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Talib Kweli, and Inspectah Deck. In addition to producing, he made his own instrumental albums of atmospheric beats. The first solo project by the Sacramento-based beatsmith found him using only Marvin Gaye samples for the Me and Marvin EP. In addition to releasing a few mixtapes, Bannon crafted two instrumental albums, 2009's The Big Toy Box and 2011's The Big Toy Box, Vol. 2. He also compiled a retrospective of songs that he'd produced between 2009 and 2011 called Compilation of Bannon for Dummies. On New Year's Eve 2011, following a screening of Drive, he was inspired to create a soundtrack for an imaginary movie, titled Gnarlon Bando's Midnight Noir, which became a hip commodity on Bandcamp. The expansive Fantastic Plastic, released in February 2012 on Los Angeles' Plug Research label, featured guest spots from Del and Chuck Inglish, among others. The producer's 2013 activities included a handful of free download projects, several contributions to Joey Bada$$'s Summer Knights, and the raw drum'n'bass track "NW/WB," all of which led up to December's Alternate/Endings, an adventurous album for Ninja Tune. Main/Flex followed on the Babygrande label in 2014, this time featuring Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante on a raw drum'n'bass track along with MC Hak from the Ratking collective. Bannon returned to Ninja Tune in 2015 for the release of Pattern of Excel, which marked another shift in musical direction, this time toward ambient/drone music.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Joey Bada$$ / Pro Era Instrumentals
Chill-out - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 12 Nov 2013
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The Big Toy Box
Electronic - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 16 Mar 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fantastic Plastic
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Plug Research - Kash Roc Entertainment on 28 Feb 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Never/Mind/The/Darkness/Of/It...
Drum & Bass - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 15 May 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gnarlon Bando's Midnight Noir
Electronic - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 1 Jan 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Big Toy Box 3
Electronic - Released by Babygrande Records, Inc. on 18 Dec 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cope
Drum & Bass - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 14 Dec 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Caligula Theme Music 2.7.5
Drum & Bass - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 4 Feb 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fantastic Plastic EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Plug Research - Kash Roc Entertainment on 20 Sep 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Main/Flex EP
Electronic - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 4 Nov 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Search & Destroy
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Plug Research - Kash Roc Entertainment on 16 Aug 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Big Toy Box 2
Electronic - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 29 Mar 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Caligula Theme Music
Drum & Bass - Released by Chillectro - Babygrande Records on 11 Apr 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo