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I released this EP today, all performed (almost exclusively) on electric basses. Some multi tracked ambient bass, some unaccompanied bass (fretless track 2, fretted 5 string track 1, real time pedals and treatments track 4) Thanks for listening and any comments/critics are welcome. It is called Hope, Despair & Other Issues: Melodic Experimental Electric Basses […]

Released today, another remixed version of an old junto track (junto 307). Again thanks guys and marc.weidenbaum for the inspiration and for being the spark for this (and several other) creative weekend fire.   https://awal.lnk.to/Auxcompositeursbarbares

I love algorithms, and algorithms love me? Spotify (or, better said, its algorithms) are starting to take me serious (thanks to my fans really) and some days ago it created the “This Is Daniel Diaz” playlist, but more interesting is the new “Daniel Diaz Radio” where they put together a playlist with some of my […]

New release January 31st 2019 World’s End Serenade https://awal.lnk.to/i5pVo      

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 […]

Synthesizers by D.D. Friday October 5th 2018 Photo courtesy of N.A.S.A. FREE DOWNLOAD More on this 353rd weekly Disquiet Junto project (Warp & Weft / The Assignment: Read loom-woven fabric as a musical composition) at: disquiet.com/0353/ Instrumental created using samples by Nathan Moody as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0354: Rituals & Canticles The Assignment: […]

Old fashioned instrumental, for my film noir soundtrack playlist. el. bass fender rhodes trap drums loops strings moog photo by brandon wong

Genetically modified clarinet by Gustavo Bulgach Image by Casey Horner Poem by Taneda Santoka Nylon string electric bass, stratocaster guitar, samples and synths by DD This haiku inspired the music: “the milky-way at midnight a drunkard dances” April 2018, Paris and Los Angeles. . . . Clarinet performance inspired by Yusef Lateef and performed by […]

Some solo or “soloist” bass exercises: This a transcription of an improvised introduction I performed live for Norberto Pedreira’s arrangement of Francis Lai’s “Un Homme Une Femme” movie song. @norbertopedreiratrio In January 2017 we performed the song for the first time, a bass introduction was part of the arrangement, I improvised something. We played the […]