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Sine waveforms from these synths: z3Ta Emu Vintage Keys Ultra Analog by AAS Vinyl noise sampled from my personal collection. Created on a rush, March 31st 2018 in Paris for: Disquiet Junto Project 0326: Wave Turntable The challenge: Compose a short piece of music using only sine waves and the surface sounds of vinyl played […]

Composed and performed by DD Electric guitar Electric bass guitar Melodica Multiple bowed basses Cello Viola and violins from several sample libraries. Inspired on this haiku: “A quiet garden in the silence a rain drop” Poem by Andō theunsui.org/ Picture by Krista Mcphee @naviar-records

A very personal farewell track. Charangos Upright basses (multiple bowed bass section) Acoustic bass guitar Upright bass (pizz) Vibraphone Acoustic piano Accordina. String orchestra (samples) Composed and performed by DD, Paris, December 2017-February 2018. Photo by Ethan Weil

My compilation “Landscapes, Consonances and Solitude” is now on Spotify. It seems my Spotify profile it’s finally cleaned up and only my music appears, hope it stays like this.

Recording on the road, at 37°09’01.7″S 56°53’06.9″W My laptop and a microphone (AKG 451). As sound source I used what I have with me: the Requinto on the photo (taken on recording location) an instrument I bought in Tegucigalpa 22 years ago that proved to be a nice travel companion and perhaps the worst instrument […]

Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France, end of a rainy January 2018. Solo Ukulele, multiple bowed upright basses. photo: patagonia, by christopher burns

Performed by DD in Paris, January 22nd 2018 (ukulele, bowed upright basses) No Synthesizers used, nor samples. Photo by Colin Rex Created for Ambient On-line’s Image Inspired Dare 24 (January 2018) Lovely image, combined with the non-stop rain that’s falling since last week, it proved to be a mood setting, inspiring image. I wanted it […]

Created by DD in Fuengirola, Spain in response to Ambient Online’s challenge “Image Inspired Dare 23”, 30th December 2017. Bowed upright basses Piano Field Recordings (Wind) Treated orchestra samples I wanted to represent in sound the immensely big and the infinitely small miracles in nature, with little simple sounds and the hugeness of Upright basses […]

First track to start this 2018, “The Gate to All Marvellous Things” Freely inspired by the Tao Te Ching Classical guitar Charangos Hang/Spacedrum Electric bass Brass section Whistle Spoken voice (a Tao Te Ching reading in mandarin) Performed by DD 24bit master DR12 More about Daniel Diaz online: Info: DedeLand Music Google+ blog/news Facebook Page […]

Ending 2017 with new releases, Two new albums available for download: Nightwatch EP (music for electric basses) Nightwatch (EP) by Daniel Diaz album cover © sabine pigalle   and Landscapes, Consonance and Solitude landscapes, consonance & solitude by Daniel Diaz 18 track compilation, 2006-2015 soundtrack and production music by daniel diaz Includes digital booklet. album […]