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https://awal.lnk.to/unclasico New single, Un Clásico Andino. Instrumental World. DD: charango, upright bass, percussion, synth pad Miguel Yanover (recorder/flauta dulce) @yanomito Recorded at different times from 2013 till 2015 in Argentina, France and Spain. Photo is from Arto Marttinen    

  Composed and performed by DD, February 2019. Ukuleles bowed upright basses orchestral soundscape muted piano, voices synthesizer celesta slight percussion groove ( tongue drums and thunder drum). Music for this poem: “Transience Petal by petal We let go” haiku by Debbie Strange debbiemstrange.blogspot.com picture by Annie Spratt unsplash.com/@anniespratt

Challenge: Compose a work of music for sentient beings elsewhere in the universe. “Science is Copernican, but society remains Ptolemaic.” This is on more step in a research I’ve been into lately: creating music that have that “pop” catchiness and charm that stick with you, but avoiding some of the “pop” song formulas: typical pop […]

Ambient track performed exclusively on Tibetan Bowls. I used the two sound you make with this thing, _Tap_ that’s a “hit” on the edge of the bowl with the fat wood stick/mallet and a _Rub_ drone turning the stick around the bowl’s edges. Then I just pitched up and down to several different notes and […]

Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France, May 2018. Tibetan bowls Shakuhachi Melodica Hohner Treated dulcimer Clocks Tongue drums (treated) Matrix 12 synth pad Voices https://awal.lnk.to/Finisterre

New single released today April 1st 2019 Acoustic instrumental experimental using changing odd time signatures. Ukuleles (two takes left-right) Upright bass Marimbas Harmonium Drums Caxixis Analogue synth (à la Rick Wright) Composed and performed by DD, December 2018 Photo by Vivek Kumar https://awal.lnk.to/OHJPm      

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 […]

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 […]

https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO24WEDw?si=JKHJRVQvSlekY1ywfAYpDw THIS IS DANIEL DIAZ, The essential tracks, all in one playlist. Created by Spotify

  first track for 2019, music for this haiku: “mountain village the endless solitude of a lark’s song” composed and performed by DD ukuleles (two takes, L/R) reverse ukulele muted upright piano treated piano (pick and bow) sine wave monophonic synthesizer khim (samples) brass section (albion I) photo by ricardo gomez angel poem by iliyana […]