2010–2012: Early career and work with Pro Era Warmsley, then known as 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 fellow producer
The Alchemist. Soon after, Warmsley was introduced to
Joey Bada$$ and the rest of
Pro Era through a mutual friend. Bannon signed on as Pro Era's touring DJ in 2012 and doing production for Joey Badas$$' third mixtape
Summer Knights. He appeared alongside Joey Bada$$ and
The Roots when they performed "Waves" live on
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on November 2, 2012.
2013–2015: Alternate/Endings, Pattern of Excel and name change After his time with Pro Era, Warmsley began to explore a more experimental sound as a solo artist. In June 2013, he self-released "NW/WB", which showcased strong jungle and
drum and bass influences and garnered a significant amount of press, including
Spin, who included Bannon on their list of the 5 Best New Artists for July 2013. The attention drew the interest of British label
Ninja Tune, which signed Bannon in October 2013. His debut
long play, entitled
Alternate/Endings, was released on January 9, 2014 to critical acclaim.
Rolling Stone placed
Alternate/Endings at number 15 of its 20 Best Electronic and Dance Albums of 2014. On April 27, 2015, Warmsley announced his second long play,
Pattern of Excel, along with its first single "Artificial Stasis". It was also announced that the album would consist almost completely of
ambient music. On May 26, 2015, Warmsley announced via a hand-written note posted on his
Instagram page that he would be changing his moniker from Lee Bannon to "¬ b" (meaning "not Bannon"). He wrote that
Pattern of Excel would be his final release as Lee Bannon, adding that he feels the name had "reached its limits" and that "the future can no longer exist in the same realm with music I created when I was 17, fickle and still developing." The following day, he released the track "disneμ girls" from
Pattern of Excel, which was itself released on July 8, 2015.
2015–present: Second name change and $uccessor On September 9, 2015, Warmsley released an
extended play titled
tHot eNhançeR under the new moniker "
Dedekind Cut". He followed that up with a collaborative project with the musician Rabit titled
R&D on January 19, 2016. On March 23, 2016
American Zen was released physically by
Hospital Productions and digitally by Ninja Tune. In a review,
Resident Advisor described
American Zen as "new age" and having "chilling cinematic sound design". On September 1, 2016, it was announced that Warmsley would be releasing his debut
studio album as Dedekind Cut, titled
$uccessor, on November 11, 2016 on the NON Worldwide record label. On January 15, 2018, Warmsley, under the alias of Barrio Sur, released
बड़ा शोक (heart break), a rock-oriented mixtape that was previously recorded in the summer of 2017. The mixtape is dedicated to Chyna Gibson, a
trans woman and performer of color from
Sacramento, California who was shot dead in
New Orleans, Louisiana during
Mardi Gras. ==Discography==