Daniel Diaz Singles

Water in C
Experimental instrumental single. From a 2018 Junto challenge (assignment: record a piece in tribute to Terry Riley’s In C using only samples of water sounds).
Used: several water samples (drops on a glass, waves of the sea — Baltic and South Atlantic), a brandy glass hit with a stick, rain drops (field recording), instances of Chris Watson’s Ice and Water recordings for Geosonics, and a grand piano.
Photo by Tim Marshal. Created by DD, Paris, July 20th 2018.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/waterinc

La mécanique de l’âme
New neoclassical experimental single — 14 tracks of bowed upright basses (harmonics, effects and multiple layered bass and high-pitched notes), some samples (harp, violin), sound effects and noises, cello.
Composed and performed by DD (2019). Photo by DD, Oslo, Norway (2018).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/_xoeN

When Robots Cry In Buenos Aires
Instrumental experimental. Sad, contemplative & melancholic bandoneon solo (performed by Olivier Manoury). Features synthesizers, radio interferences, glitch and noises.
Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France. Remixed and a bit reworked November 2019. Cover photo by Franck V.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/TSLWY

December Vignette
Instrumental contemplative & melancholic little piece. Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France, one December morning.
Instruments: acoustic bass guitars, celeste. Process: Paulstretch, reverbs, delay.
Cover photo by Jessica Furtney.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/C1bgD7A0

A History of Bittersweetness
Instrumental bittersweet & melancholic ballad. Dedicated from my heart to N.C.
Composed and performed by DD in Paris, May 2019. Classical guitar, acoustic piano, upright bass, drums (brushes), vibraphone, electronica soundscape, music box samples.
Cover photo by Click-and-Learn Photography.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/Xx33j

Aspro
A new mix for a 2018 ambient track recorded in Paris. Hang, bowed upright basses, harmonium, treated acoustic soundscapes. Performed by DD in Paris.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/FRJ1p

Broadcasting From The Desert
A single with a B-side like they used to be.

1) Broadcasting From The Desert — electric guitar and treatments/noises.

2) Lost In Cordoba — solo electric guitar theme (performed on Edgar Grau’s Epiphone Joe Pass hollow body guitar, recorded with Neumann U47 in Córdoba, Spain, 2016).
Cover photo by Tim de Groot.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/0s6WO

The Limit of the Rare Bird
A new, expanded and updated version of a track composed for a Naviar-Records Haiku: flutes, ocarinas, upright basses, synths, soundscapes by DD.
Cover photo by D.D. (Périgord Noir, France 2016).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/5xN6y

The Long Sleep
Dark-melodic-ambient instrumental. A new version reworked on electric guitar and soundscapes — experimental, dark and melancholic in mood. Electric Guitar (Startocaster), electro-acoustic soundscapes.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/wfFFpViS

The Wind Down The Fields of Autumn
Electro-acoustic, naive and sensitive instrumental. Electric piano, electro-acoustic soundscapes, electric basses, cello, string section (sample library), spoken voice (reading of a poem by Pablo Neruda).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/q3h7w

Prasino
New ambient single released today: “PRASINO”. Acoustic piano, electro-acoustic soundscapes, bowed upright basses, infinite reverbs. Composed and performed by DD.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/5Jk2z

Would You Focus, Please?
Acoustic instrumental recorded on the road at 37°09’01.7″S 56°53’06.9″W. Used what I had: a requinto, 8 tracks recorded with an AKG 451, converted one melody to MIDI and triggered lead synth, added upright bass notes from the vault. A major, 168bpm in 7/4 time.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/jtPWe

Meditation
New ambient single. Hybrid Eb minor/major nine-minute meditational soundscape: drone on Harmonium from New Delhi (4 tracks), live Hang improvisation recorded with two microphones in Paris, bowed upright bass softly sustaining a root note.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/meditation

Zahara or the Ocean’s Edge
Composed by DD in Zahara De Los Atunes, Cádiz, Andalucía, España. Instruments: accordina, charango, udu drum, upright bass, Indonesian flutes. Performed by DD in Barbate, Spain and Paris, France. Cover photo by Joel Vodell.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/Zahara

Meet The Eye
Experimental melodic ambient. Recorded and mixed on the road, at 37°09’01.7″S 56°53’06.9″W. Requinto (acoustic, steel string), samples and electronica. Laptop-and-headphones creation. Remixed in Paris, summer 2019 for release.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/meettheeye

The Endless Solitude of a Mountain Village
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). Cover photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel. Poem by Iliyana Stoyanova.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/TheEndlessSolitudeofaMountainVillage

Une étérnité, voir plus
Composed and performed by DD; recorded in Paris, September 4th and 5th 2017. Pads from several reverb units and plugins: infinite decay, freeze reverb, particle reverb, granular reverb, etc. Instruments include electric guitar (distorted power chord), bowed upright bass section (8 takes), Startocaster, Martin acoustics, Spanish guitar, electric bass (Drake custom), acoustic piano, brass section sample.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/wotOw

Full Summer Moon
Acoustic naive instrumental divertimento in 2 parts, 5/4 time signature. Instruments: spacedrum, hang, ukuleles (2), upright bass, synthesizer, marimba, xylophone. Cover photo by Chris Child.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/FullSummerMoon

Emily Dickinson
Classical guitar, soundscape, spoken voice. A contemplative musical appreciation of Emily Dickinson (1830–1886). Includes selected poems read by Becky Miller: “After great pain, a formal feeling comes”, “Hope is the thing with feathers”, “The Soul selects her own society”, and others.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/emilydickinson

Galaxio
NO SYNTHESIZERS USED. Repeated A note or a basic power chord (A-E-A) on upright piano, acoustic guitar (nylon), ukuleles (2), charangos (2), upright bass, electric bass. Harmonic sparks on bass and high pitch piano notes; sustained drones are long-infinite-decay reverbs. Field recordings added (mountain forests).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/galaxio

Altiplano Electrico
Experimental & panoramic electric guitar. Performed by DD in Paris on an Epiphone Sheraton electric guitar. Cover photo by Setuan Ajina.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/AltiplanoElectrico

The Black Rain
Experimental acoustic ambient. Performed by DD in Paris, January 22nd 2018 (ukulele, bowed upright basses). No synthesizers used, nor samples. Cover photo by Colin Rex.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/theblackrain

Tibetan Bowls
Experimental acoustic ambient. New single performed on several Tibetan bowls, hit and rubbed with wood mallets. Composed and performed by D.D. (2019).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/TibetanBowls

Un Clásico Andino
DD: charango, upright bass, percussion, synth pad. Miguel Yanover: recorder (flute à bec). Recorded at different times from 2013 to 2015 in Argentina, France and Spain. Cover photo by Arto Marttinen.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/unclasico

Concrete
Ambient, mostly acoustic track. Features an Indian harmonium as heard through concrete walls, synths and electric piano buried with convolution reverb (concrete basement), composed and performed by Daniel Diaz (2019).
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/concrete

Finisterre
Melodic-ambient, mostly acoustic. Features: Tibetan bowls, shakuhachi, Melodica Hohner, treated dulcimer, clocks, treated tongue drums, Matrix-12 synth pad, voices. Composed and performed by DD in Paris, May 2018.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/Finisterre

The Uncertain Glory Of An April Day
Acoustic experimental instrumental using changing odd time signatures. Instruments: ukuleles (two takes left-right), upright bass, marimbas, harmonium, drums, caxixis, analogue synth (a la Rick Wright). Composed and performed by DD, December 2018. Cover photo by Vivek Kumar.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/OHJPm

Silent Facing The Sea
Experimental instrumental: piano, brass samples, soundscape, synthesizers. Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz (Paris, Oct 17–18, 2018). Cover photo by Patrick Fore.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/silent

To The Moonlight
Neoclassical: two ukuleles, multiple bowed upright basses, cellos and violins (from libraries), accordina. Performed by DD in Paris (2018). Cover photo by Benjamin Child.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/tothemoonlight

La Morne
Melodic ambient. Drone/soundscape based on sustain of a Drake Custom 5 bass, orchestral samples, synthesizers, violin through granulate plugin and Martin J15 guitar strums manipulated with Paulstretch. Inspired by light and wind at La Morne, Mauritius.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/lamorne

A Ghostly Melody
Experimental melodic ambient: piano soundscape with synths and samples, reverb and delays. April 2018, Paris. Cover photo by Casey Horner.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/aghostlymelody

Shallow Water, Winter Moon
Experimental instrumental: electric guitar (Epiphone semi-hollow), Geosonic field recordings by Chris Watson (ice and water), treatments (delay, filter, saturation, Paulstretch). Performed by DD, Paris, Jan 24–25 2018. Cover photo by Teddy Kelley.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/UZQDL

Aux Compositerus Barbares
A riff and its interminable variations — instrumental experimental rock. Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, upright bass, ukulele, electric basses. Composed and performed by DD (Nov 2017). Cover photo by Frida Bredesen.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/Auxcompositeursbarbares

World’s End Serenade
Proto-ambient-post-rock. 12 electric guitars (clean, distortion, e-bow), bass guitar, keyboards and synthesizers. Composed and performed by DD (June 2018). Cover photo by Karsten Wurth.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/i5pVo

Born Under Scorpio Skies
This is my song for all Scorpio fellas (like me) many friends and relatives but all any Scorpio reading this really.
Composed and recorded under Scorpio skies (early November 2020) by DD in Paris, France.
Instruments used: Piano, Electric bass, Organ, Drum kit, Celeste, Electric guitars, Moog synth, Voices.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/scorpioskies

Leggerezza Solenne
Instrumental, all acoustic neoclassical.
Instruments used: Piano, Violin, Cello, Upright bass.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/leggerezza

Lost in the Car Radio
Instrumental dark experimental jazz.
Instruments used: Upright bass, Synthesizer, Zither.
Featuring Miguel Yanover (baritone sax).
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/carradio

Confined Telecaster
Slow rock instrumental.
Instruments used: Guitars, Basses, Drums.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/telecaster

Ambiguos Japoneses
Repetitive neoclassical instrumentals (one new release features on a 3-track mini EP along 2 previously released tracks composed and recorded as a trilogy).
Ronroco shines as the main instrument.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/ambiguosjap

Une Mélodie Française
Soft nostalgic jazz ballad. Composed and performed by DD, Paris, October-November 2020.
Instruments used: Upright bass, Piano, Accordina, Guitar (Epiphone Sheraton), Hammond organ (NI BII), Drums (brushes).
Photo by Paul Hosefros.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/unemelodiefran

La Luna
Tribute to the dear ones lost on the tragic 13th November 2015 evening in Paris. Synthesizers and piano by D.D.
Cover photo by NASA.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/laluna

Blocked and Wired
Melodic ambient. Composed and performed using Reaktor by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS (blocks wired instrument).

Ambiguo Japonés
Ambient instrumental blending koto-like textures with modern electronics.
Cover photo by DD.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/ambiguojapones

As Far As The Eye Can See
New instrumental-experimental single. Panoramic neoclassical-world experimental instrumental, composed and performed by DD in Paris, France. Ronroco, picked piano, brass samples, synthesizers, electric guitar.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/asfaras

Commons
An old track from 2009, publisher’s commission for a “Childhood” themed project. Never released, just got the rights back. Performed in Buenos Aires, Villa Gessel (Argentina) and Paris (France) by DD: upright pianos, requinto (steel string) upright bass, melodica. Miguel Yanover: recorder (flauta dulce).
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/commons

Twenty Fragments Selection
A selection from my 20 Fragments album (20 tracks 20 seconds each). Here you have a mix of 15 selected fragments out of 20. Instruments used (in order of appearance): all real instruments unless indicated. Picked piano, bowed upright basses, violins and violas (from sample libraries), acoustic piano, muted piano, ronrocos, fretless bass, synthesizers, Micro Korg, Z3Ta, AAS, charango, melodicas, Emu Vintage Keys (pads), bowed chamber bowls (from Soniccouture library), reverse bowed piano (from sample library). Album 2 of 20 of the 20×20 Project. Released February 9th, 2020.
Listen / Download — 20x20project.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-fragments

Proto-chanson caverneuse et luisante, quasi-optimiste
A tribute to modern neoclassical piano players and French impressionist composers. Harmonically like Debussy meets Folk. Played piano, upright bass, glockenspiel, and some glass bowls and wine glasses. Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz in Paris, late May 2020.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/protochanson

Interlude Ushuaia Buenos Aires
Production music (for a TV documentary) composed by DD. Solo bandoneon performance by Olivier Manoury. Original core for my 2017 track “When Robots Cry in Buenos Aires”. Photo (c) Daniel Diaz, Caballito, Marzo 2019.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/mbzqejp

Blues 13
Composed by DD, Palermo, Buenos Aires, March 13th 1995 5AM. Recorded in Paris, early 2020. Performed by Daniel Diaz: electric bass (melody and solo), electric piano, upright bass, drums, electric guitar. Miguel Yanover: soprano saxophone.
Photo (c) R.Ernesta (una noche en Palermo Viejo 1993).
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/blues-13

Treinta Años
Composed and performed by DD, January 2020. Electric guitars (clean stratocaster), music box samples, slide guitars (Epiphone Casino), vibraphone, acoustic piano, analogue synths, upright bass. Music for haiku: “not heard my breath in years. breathe” — Poem by @sevenism. Photo by DD (Venezia, Italy, 2016).
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/rpvrm0k

Algorithmic Permutations in Black and White
Paris, Friday 22nd March 2019. Step-by-step algorithmic experimental composition with 3 different pianos (one muted and played with mallets), orchestral samples and treatments.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/anddvgj

El Gran Norte
Melodic world-ambient. Bandoneon (performed by Olivier Manoury) and bowed upright basses and orchestral soundscapes (performed by Daniel Diaz). Photo by Jones Wurster.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/yzy47j7

El Gran Sur
Melodic world-ambient. Bandoneon (performed by Olivier Manoury) and bowed upright basses and orchestral soundscapes (performed by Daniel Diaz). Photo by Lia Tzanidaki (Patagonia).
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/npdppld

in The Fundamental Mood
Experimental-instrumental, electro-acoustic ambient ballad. DD, Paris, 2017. Synthesizers and electric piano. Dedicated to Rick Wright and Simone Veil. Photo by Elena Nicolai.

Spring is Coming, Somewhere, Somehow
Experimental-instrumental (orchestral soundscape). DD, Paris, Summer 2017. Cello, upright basses, samples: strings and brass. Featuring Gustavo Bulgach (clarinet). Music for haiku by Takarai Kikaku: “Springtime in Edo, Not a day passes without a temple bell sold.” Photo by Cater Yang.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/koaz99b

Transience (Letting Go)
Experimental-instrumental-electro-acoustic. Ukuleles, synth bass, treated orchestral samples, electric piano, analog synthesizers, marimba, electronica, voices. Composed and performed by DD, Paris, France. Photo by DD, Kyoto, Japan, 2019.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/14qq6qv

Fretless Wake Up Call
Experimental-instrumental fretless bass. 8 tracks of fretless bass guitar recorded on Friday 24th 2017. Alarm clocks and bells from my vaults. Composed and performed by DD, Paris, France.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/d6moddp

Copernicus’ Bad Idea
New charango track featuring Miguel Yanover (recorder/flauta dulce). Instruments: ukulele bass (Kala U-Bass), two ukuleles, marimba, tongue drum, harmonica, lead analog synth, balafon (x2). Photo by Lena Bell. Composed and performed by DD, Paris, October 2019.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/G9WQ9V43

El Destino
Fusio experimental-instrumental. Instruments: charango, acoustic bass guitar, synthesizer, bombo legüero, pezuñas, marimba/tongue drum. Composed and performed by DD, Paris, October 2019. Photo by DD, Asturias, Spain, 2016.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/NkjaxMmV

Errante Sedentario
New experimental-instrumental-orchestral soundscape. Orchestral soundscape, using real cello performances from various sources including Pierre Fournier, Damien Jarry and Rostropovich, violin samples from vinyl collection (Menuhin Bach sonatas), electronica, synths and samples performed by Daniel Díaz. Bowed upright bass section recorded by myself. Photo by NASA.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/eodcvsd8

Un Altro Angelo (synth orchestral version)
Charango Pan-American road movie. Instruments: electric basses, upright bass, drums (brushes), electric piano, acoustic guitars, vibes, synthesizer. Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, Paris France November 2019.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/fU_hG

Mojave Gaucho
Charango Pan-American road movie. Instruments: electric basses, upright bass, drums (brushes), electric piano, acoustic guitars, vibes, synthesizer. Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, Paris France November 2019.
Listen / Download — https://awal.lnk.to/8XHeSAEW

It Is Coming…
Dark experimental ambient. Instruments: electric bass guitar (jazz bass with pick), 2x Ronrocos, electric guitar (stratocaster), bombo legüero, pezuñas, harmonica.

Habanera de los Pedros
Instruments: Electric basses Upright bass Drums (brushes) Electric piano Acoustic guitars Vibes Synthesizer Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, Paris France November 2019 Dedicated to my father, to Pedro Almodovar, and all the Pedros in Asturias during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Choose your service (download or streaming): https://awal.lnk.to/RfDudqVN

Harmonium Panoramic Triple Blend
Composed and performed by DD. Instruments used: Harmonium, Electric piano, Bowed basses, Synths, Chromatic harmonica, Bombo. Released as a single September 22nd 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/harmonium-panoramic-triple-blend

Meridional Lullaby
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz (in lockdown in Paris, April 2020). Instruments used: Ukuleles, Upright bass, Music box samples, Vibraphone, Voices, Udu drums, Bass drums & Bombo, Synthesizers. Published by Sonoton GmbH. Photo by Azzedine Rouichi. Released as a single August 6th 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/meridional-lullaby

A Cure for Distance
Duet (composition and performance) with Emilio Solla. Solla: Acoustic grand piano. D.D.: Upright bass, Accordina.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/curefordistance

Sinusoidal Souvenirs
Sine waveforms from these synths: z3Ta, Emu Vintage Keys, Ultra Analog by AAS, Acoustic Guitar. Vinyl noise sampled from DD’s personal collection. Released as a single July 16th 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/sinusoidal-souvenirs

Two Moments of Stasis
Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France, November 7th 2020. Instruments used: Two pianos, Muted piano basses (mallets), Treated soundscape, Upright bass (pizz and bowed cadenza). Released as a single June 14th 2021. Photo by Ricardo Gomez.
Listen / Download — [link not provided]

Surrounding Silences
Music inspired by this sentence by Ursula K. Le Guin: “For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.” Created by DD in Greece on August 21st 2020. Photo by DD, Kamari, Greece. Instruments used: Solo violin, Solo cello, Field recordings (treated), Delays and reverbs. Released as a single April 6th 2021.
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The Lost Love Letter
Solo accordina with background soundscape performed by DD. Published by Sonoton GmbH.
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Two Hearts in the Rain
Jazz ballad composed and performed by D.D. Instruments used: Piano, Accordina, Acoustic drums (brushes), Upright Bass. Featuring Miguel Yanover (tenor sax). Photo ©2019 Paul Hosefros.
Listen / Download — https://ffm.to/twoheartsintherain

Looking For The Comfort Zone
Composed and performed by DD (October 30th 2020) and Luis Rigou (circa 2015). Completely removed the old acoustic backing tracks and made a “comfort” one (a tame groove of pizz strings samples and upright bass C minor pentatonic) and an “uncomfortably” one (C diminished performed on dystopian orchestral samples and a different flute performed in a different key). Photo by DD (Naxos, Greece). Released as a single March 19th 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/looking-for-the-comfort-zone

War and a Brief Vision of Light
Composed and performed by DD October 2019. Instruments used: Hang, Accordina, Charangos, Upright Bass, French Horns (sample library), Percussion. Photo by Helena Hertz. Released as a single March 3rd 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/war-and-a-brief-vision-of-light

The City and the Infinite Game
Guitars, Synths, Synth bass. Composed and performed by DD in quarantine in Paris, April 2020. Released as a single February 28th 2021.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-city-and-the-infinite-game

La Del Jaime
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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EL Otro Borges
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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EL Otro
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Ceci n’est pas une ballade
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Each Time They Roll
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Whales and Me
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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When the Wind Direction Changed
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Vejer De La Frontera
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Edith Wharton
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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El Exilio Del Nómade
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Un Bosque Austral
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Abstraction and The Art of Avoidance
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Bass Divertimento In Tempo Di Milonga
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Hymn For A Deep Blue Sky
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz
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Spinetta (parte 3)

Instrumental rock, tribute to the late great Luis Alberto Spinetta.
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: electric bass, electric piano, synths, guitars.
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Spinetta (parte 1 & parte 2) 

Instrumental rock, tribute to the late great Luis Alberto Spinetta.
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: electric bass, electric piano, synths, guitars.
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The Woman Form The Other Side

Instrumental melodic  piece composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: fretless bass, electric piano.
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Night Train
Instrumental repetitive, proto post-rock-ambient piece composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: multiple electric guitars, bass guitar.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-fourth-cloud

A Ghost’s Ukulele
Rework of the 2021 Halloween track, performed on a Kala concert ukulele with treatments, glitches, and noises. Photo by Kevin Escate.
Composed and performed by DD.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/a-ghost-s-ukulele

Mundo Potrero
Acoustic piece recorded on the road while confined to a room with laptop, ukulele, acoustic guitar, and small percussion objects. Additional instruments recorded later in Paris.
Instruments: ukulele, acoustic guitar, percussion, upright bass, marimba, cello.
Composed and performed by DD.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/mundo-potrero

The Fourth Cloud
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: charango, percussion, xylophone, marimba, upright bass.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/the-fourth-cloud

Broken Venus
Soft, bittersweet ballad performed by Daniel Díaz.
Instruments: charangos, upright bass, acoustic piano, hang hand-pan, featuring Miguel Yanover on soprano saxophone.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/sekishoin-bachiana

I Can’t See You
Melancholic guitar track — a rework of a composition originally created as a tribute to the late Bassel Khartabil.
Instruments: electric guitars, sampled voices, synth infra bass, huge reverbs, treatments.
Composed and performed by DD.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/i-cant-see-you

Kyoto No Kyoto
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz with the collaboration of Miguel Yanover (recorder).
Instruments: charango, percussion, xylophone, marimba, upright bass.
Photo by DD, Kyoto, Japan, October 2019.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/kyoto-no-kyoto

Sekishoin Bachiana
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz (in lockdown in Paris, April 2020).
Instruments: ukuleles, upright bass, music box samples, vibraphone, voices, udu drums, bass drums & bombo, synthesizers.
Photo by Azzedine Rouichi. Published by Sonoton GmbH.
Listen / Download — https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/sekishoin-bachiana

Silencio
Acoustic ballad, jazz + neoclassical. Piano, upright bass, accordina.
Cover photo by DD.
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Polymechanos (Eleven)
Acoustic repetitive instrumental in 11×8 time signature. Ukuleles, upright bass, acoustic piano, percussion.
Cover photo by DD.
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
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Observation minutieuse d’un rêve
Ukuleles, harmonium, fretless bass, synthesizer, acoustic hand percussion.
Cover photo by DD.
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Through The Prism (dedicated to Keith Jarrett)
Experimental jazz ballad. Acoustic piano, upright bass, acoustic guitar, drums (brushes), vibraphone, celesta.
Cover photo by DD.
Composed and performed by Daniel Díaz.
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Time Keeps Coming
Repetitive, mysterious instrumental. Ukuleles, fretless bass, Indian harmonium, acoustic guitar, percussion.
Cover photo by DD.
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Bagatelle 58
Simple and soft ballad, neoclassical. Ukuleles, upright bass, felt piano.
Cover photo by DD.
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Adoquines
Instrumental dark jazz. Electric bass, electric guitar, drums (mallets), featuring Miguel Yanover on tenor saxophone.
Cover photo by DD.
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Historia de un notable fracaso
Experimental meditation on Buenos Aires. Upright piano, accordina, synths, and noises.
Cover photo by DD.
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Pausa (canción de cuna)
Acoustic piano and reverbs. Floating neoclassical piece.
Cover photo by DD.
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Obstinado (ensayo en dúo con Raúl Barboza)
Rehearsal recording “live in the studio” with Raúl Barboza. Accordion, acoustic bass guitar.
Cover photo by Juan Hitters.
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Avenida Pavón
Melancholic, ambient dark jazz. Electric bass, acoustic drums, accordina, vibraphone, strings.
Cover photo by Juan Hitters.
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Yes, You Are Asleep
Upright piano sessions with synth noises and acoustic guitar.
Cover photo by DD.
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Sheraton 1
Epiphone Sheraton track: guitar arpeggios with eBow and synthesizers.
Cover photo by DD.
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Sheraton 2
Electronic melancholic instrumental. Upright bass, Fender Rhodes, Epiphone Sheraton, drum beats.
Cover photo by DD.
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Stop Trying
Experimental instrumental. Classical guitars, upright bass, glockenspiel, celesta, acoustic drums, drum program, zither, string orchestra samples.
Cover photo by Paul Hosefros.
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See You Down the Road
Sad little ballad. Acoustic piano, classical guitar, tenor ukulele.
Cover photo by DD.
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Romantic Brutality (dedicated to Björk)
Instrumental inspired and dedicated to Björk. Fretless bass, electric piano, classical guitars, accordina, harp samples, string section, programmed beats.
Cover photo by Paul Hosefros.
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Inherent Pathos
Experimental neoclassical and orchestral jazz. Sophisticated instrumentation, easy melody, melancholic mood.
Cover photo by DD.
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La Uruguaya
Traditional Uruguayan-inspired instrumental with modern arrangements. Accordion, acoustic guitar, fretless bass, subtle percussion.
Cover photo by DD.
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Camino al Sur
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Arctic Wind
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Electric Guitar Preservation Act
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Scintillating Heights
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Scintillating Heights (long demo version)
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Crepuscular Horizons
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Balcanico Appassionato
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Time Lapse
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Time Lapse (Motorik version)
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Baltic Thunder
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Reflex
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Waiting on a Sunny Day
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Un Vals
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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Ferviente Ilusión (Studio Jam)
Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz
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