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Disquiet Junto Project 0367: Trio Initiate The Assignment: Record the first third of an eventual trio. Solo accordina recording by myself:   Disquiet Junto Project 0368: Engage Duo The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio, adding to a pre-existing track. DD: electric bass Ian Joyce: all the rest @ikjoyce.     Disquiet Junto […]

New long form acoustic instrumental: THE LONG ONE The Long One by Daniel Diaz Streaming and download also here: https://AWAL.lnk.to/h6X2b The Long One: G major/E minor suite   Instruments (in order of appearance)   Bowed upright bass harmonics Cello Electric Bass Guitar (Drake Diaz Custom5) Electric guitar (semi-hollow body) (Epiphone Sheraton) Bowed upright basses Acoustic […]

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

Composed and performed by DD, Paris France, last days of January 2018. Epiphone Sheraton electric guitar Upright Bass Accordina Vibraphone Synthesizer. Field Recordings

Melancholic instrumental “baroque” reflection in two parts 1- gratitude and remembrance (bittersweet pseudo-tango ballad) 2- mourn and sadness (ambient bass live take and audio detritus from the previous part) Dedicated with gratitude and love to PDN, May 1934 – Nov 2017 No synthesiser used on this one. Electric bass guitar (my Drake DiazCustom5) Wurlitzer A200 […]

  Jazz ballad, waltz time. Fully acoustic performance: Drums (brushed) Upright Bass Acoustic guitar (Martin J15 steel string) Accordina (Marcel Dreux custom) Acoustic piano. + String orchestra (11 violins, 4 violas, 4 cello) (from EWQL libraries) Recorded in Lanus, Argentina (2015) and Paris France (2016-2017) Photo by Eutah Mizushima

Instrumental, melodic fretless bass (my good old Sekine custom, circa 1985). Solo fretless bass take, doubled with a moog synth and sparse synth pad on the background. Delay, panner and reverbs as only FX here. Simple “recitativo” melody, no solos, no big development other that the repeated coda/cadenza. Performed by DD, Paris, France, July 2017. […]

The very last mixes from a series of Charango takes recorded on the road in Argentina (2015-2016) and mixed, edited, mutilated, treated, developed and completed in Paris, France 2017. Charango and synths by DD 2nd part:  

A little instrumental son in E minor: Piano, Upright Bass, Flutes and brass. Paris, France, May 2017