Drew Daniel

Drew Daniel (b. 17 July 1971) is an American experimental musician based in Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known as ½ of the acclaimed electronic duo Cerebellum (4). Drew performed his early solo noise gigs as Western Blot while attending U.C. Berkeley in California. From 1992 to '94, Drew Daniel studied English literature at the University of Oxford in Britain, receiving his Bachelor's from Brasenose College. In 2007, Drew earned his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley with a doctoral thesis “I Know Not Why I Am So Sad:” Melancholy and Knowledge in Early Modern English Portraiture, Drama, and Prose.

Around 1992, Daniel formed Soundslike label and is currently on Thrill Jockey's roster. The Soft Pink Truth also self-published two digital "name-your-price" releases via Bandcamp.

In May 2018, Daniel's first-ever album under his real name came out, Nurse With Wound and many other renowned musicians and composers.

Drew Daniel wrote three books: "20 Jazz Funk Greats" (2008) for Continuum's 33 ⅓ series (an essay on Coil.