Daryl Bamonte

Daryl Bamonte is known for working for Depeche Mode and The Cure.^[1] His company Bamonte Artist Management (founded in 2005) represents the bands Das Shadow and Compact Space, as well as artists Producer/Mixer/Engineer/Programmer Paul "P-Dub" Walton, Songwriter/Musician/Producer Andrew Phillpott, and Musician/Songwriter/Producer Christian Eigner^[2]. In Berlin in 2009 he launched a new record label We Collect Enemies with Phillpott and Glen Brady to release tracks from Das Shadow, DJ Wool and new signing Broad Bean Band^[2].

Depeche Mode

He started off, according to the commentary of Depeche Mode 101, setting up and taking down equipment for the band, in their early days. He stayed with them, after they gained success, as the road manager. He is also credited in the film's commentary, as the 5th member of Depeche Mode. He's seen in many parts of the film, including one in which, he sings "I Saw Her Standing There," accompanied by Dave Gahan on harmonica and Martin Gore on guitar.

In 1994, Andrew Fletcher had to leave the tour and Daryl replaced him for the second leg of the US Tour, as well as six shows in South America.

Alan Wilder commented on his website when asked about this:

"While everyone else was sunning themselves on the beach and enjoying a well-earned rest, Daryl and I spent a week cooped up in a hotel room in Hawaii where I taught him the entire set. He subsequently played it perfectly for the rest of the tour - pretty good eh, considering he'd hardly ever played a keyboard before in his life." Shunt Q&A

Having been with them since the beginning of their career^[3], he appears in all of the documentaries for the Depeche Mode remastered albums released so far, apart from Ultra and Exciter, as he stopped working with the band in 1995.

The Cure

In 1995, Daryl began working for The Cure, alongside his older brother, Perry Bamonte who was lead guitarist at the time. Daryl was Executive Producer for the Trilogy DVD^[4] and 'The Cure' album alongside Robert Smith. His work with The Cure ended in 2005. He was the tour manager for the Depeche Mode: Devotional video documentary.^[4]

Compact Space

Bamonte is also one of three artists in the band Compact Space, along with Christian Eigner and Florian Kraemmer. In the band, Bamonte writes the lyrics, Eigner develops the melodies, and Kraemmer puts together the music.^[3] Their first album ‘Nameless’ and the 'Push Push' EP was released in June 2011 in physical and digital formats through their own label Elsbeere Recordings in a worldwide licensing deal with Ferryhouse Productions in Hamburg.^[3]

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References

1. ^ Apter, Jeff. Never Enough: The Story of The Cure. Music Sales Group. p. 429. ISBN 9780857120243. http://books.google.com/books?id=9mAhyIXR2UgC&pg=PT429. Retrieved 5 August 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Bamonte Artist Management". http://www.bamonte.com/. Retrieved 03 August 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Compact Space". Compact Space. 2011. http://www.compactspaceworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage. Retrieved 03 Aug 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Daryl Bamonte - IMDb". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051490/. Retrieved 03 August 2011.