Daryl Bamonte

Daryl Bamonte is an English musician, music publisher, record label head and artist manager, known for working for Depeche Mode and the Cure. He is the owner of Archangelo Music, an Ambassador for Europe in Synch, a consultant for Schubert Music Europe, As the band gained success, Bamonte became their road manager. He is credited in the commentary for the 101 documentary as the fifth member of Depeche Mode. and album co-ordinator on Songs of Faith and Devotion Live.

In 1994, band member Andy Fletcher had to leave the tour due to illness. Bamonte replaced him for the second leg of the 1994 Summer Tour, as well as six shows in South America. He also served as the executive producer for the Trilogy DVD and the band's 2004 self-titled album alongside Robert Smith. His work with the Cure ended in 2005.

Compact Space Bamonte was one of three members in the band Compact Space, along with Christian Eigner and Florian Kraemmer. In the band, Bamonte wrote the lyrics, Eigner wrote the music, and Kraemmer assembled the melodies. Their first album Nameless and the Push Push EP were released in June 2011.

Schubert Music Publishing Bamonte is a consultant for Schubert Music Europe and the head of the Atlantic Curve record label. Since forming in 2020, Atlantic Curve has released albums by artists such as I Like Trains, Laura Carbone, and the Burn album by Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell from Dead Can Dance, which was produced by James Chapman from Maps.

Executive producer

Bamonte was an executive producer for the Cure's live Trilogy film from 2003, and their self-titled album from 2004. He fulfilled the same role for Roger O'Donnell's 2 Ravens album, Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell's Burn album, and Maxwell's Nocturnes album. In 2022, he was executive producer for Exaudia, a collaborative album from Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci.

Archangelo Music Bamonte formed Archangelo Music in 2021. The label's first release was Jules Maxwell's Nocturnes album.

Permafrost

Permafrost is a post-punk band, originally from Molde in Norway, which was formed in 1982 by school friends Frode Heggdal Larsen and Kåre Steinsbu. Robert Heggdal and Trond Tornes joined in 2001, and Bamonte in 2016.

To date they have released the Godtment EP in 1983, the Permafrost EP in 2019, and in 2021 released three singles—"Femme Fatale", "Closed Eyes", and "Restore Us" —which all went to number 1 on the Indie Disko Top40 Chart. In February 2022, their single "Come Back to Surprise" reached number 3 on the Deutsche Alternative Chart and number 5 on the Indie Disko Top40 Chart. Their first album, The Light Coming Through, was released in 2024.