Career
Lee Bannon is a producer from Sacramento, California, United States. Lee Bannon first began to receive attention after self-releasing a number of homemade beat tapes from 2010 to 2012, eventually leading to collaborations with California rappers Souls of Mischief, Hieroglyphics, and producer Alchemist. The relationship proved to be fruitful, with Bannon signing on as Pro Era"s touring DJ in 2012 and having multiple production credits on Joey"s mixtape Summer Knights.
He appeared alongside Joey and The Roots when Joey performed "Waves" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on November 2, 2012.
After his time with Pro Era, Bannon began to explore a more experimental sound as a solo artist. In June 2013 he self-released "Northwest/World Bank", which showcased strong jungle and drum and bass influences and garnered a significant amount of press including Spin who included Bannon on there 5 Best New Artists in July of that year drawing the interest of United Kingdom-based label Ninja Tune, who signed Bannon shortly after.
His full-length, entitled Alternate/Endings, was released on January 9, 2014 to critical success. Rolling Stone placed Alternate/Endings LP at number 15 of the 20 Best Electronic and Dance Albums of 2014.
On march April 27, 2015 Bannon announced his second LP "pattern of excel" via Resident Advisor along with the first single from the album "Artificial Stasis".
The announcement of his second LP came with the news that the album would be almost completely ambient music
On May 26, 2015 Fact magazine posted to their site that Lee Bannon changed his moniker to the symbol " ¬ b " after a hand written note appeared explaining the change on Lee Bannon"s instagram page. The following day Lee Bannon released the track "disneµ girls" and stated that his upcoming album "pattern of excel" released July 10, 2015 would be his last under the name Lee Bannon. He reiterated the reason behind the name change was to escape the stigma of his earlier not as mature work and stated "the name i feel has reached its limits".
The Name requires a key code consiting of the alt key in combination with the L key giving you the ¬ symbol meaning "not" and the lower case letter "b".
In an interview with VICE, Bannon cited RZA and Goldie as key influences, along with Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, and fellow Sacramento natives Death Grips.