Daniel R.

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Name, Age: Dan Roberts, turned 40 last year

Where from?: from Oxford originally but now in Wrexham

Family & Pets: got two huskies and live with my partner, thats my family.

Favorite artist Devin Townsend and his many incarnations.

Best label in the world: Probably Relapse or Ipecac

Best concert ever: Devin Townsend playing Ki in its entirety in 2011.

Top Record of 2021: DVNE - Etemen Ænka

10 Albums for the month-long-stay on the tiny island:

  • Devin Townsend Project - Ki
  • Tool - 10,000 Days
  • Isis - Oceanic
  • Oceansize - Frames
  • 65daysofstatic - Wild Light
  • Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
  • Mastodon - Crack the Skye
  • Clint Mansell - The Fountain OST
  • Crib 45 - Marching Through the Borderlines
  • Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect

Best joke you always tell: Why did the monkey fall out of the tree? Because it was dead. Why did the second monkey fall out of the tree? Because it was a necrophiliac.

Best Beyoncé song: Crazy In Love, but only because thats the first one that came to mind.

Favorite Drink: Genie dry apple Kombucha.

Most important piece of advice to tell your 20-year-old-self: Grow the beard now, save money now, play more guitar, learn to skate now, get a dog sooner.

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