danieldiazmusic

This one (as the track I posted just yesterday [here](https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/vidala-del-grand-canyon)) are part of a series of documentary music from 2006-2007 that I got the rights back. Now I'm in the process of re-thinking, remixing and recycling, giving a new life to these forgotten instrumentals. Yesterday track was "Jujuy meet Arizona", this one is pure LA PUNA, an average 3500 m...

Composed and performed by DD , January 2007 in Paris Harmonica Upright basses (bowed, drone) Electric guitars (soundscape) Synthesizers (drone) Feat. Pajaro Canzani: slide acoustic guitar Photo by Ernest Karchmit

This was fun and a lot of work, I spend the whole day (Friday 09 October 2020from 9Am till midnight) and it was a nice chance to try some new sounds I’ve got from a friend (mostly N.I. Kontakt synths and libraries) I wrote one phrase and played it with a random sound on Massive X (first 30 seconds) I wrote a new phrase that includes 2 beats from the first and played it a patch on Reaktor 6 (30sec...

Composed and performed by DD Fender Rhodes electric piano Electric bass guitar Synthesizers For this haiku coffee break a crumb for the sparrow Poem by Bill Kenney Photo by Brandon Green https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/10/07/naviarhaiku353-coffee-break/ @naviar-records

Sound Systems for the HAIKU OS. For junto0457 challenge. Created in Paris using samples of my Hang (hand pan) on Friday Oct 2nd at 10AM, Paris France. There’s an operating system called Haiku. It’s open source. The OS is currently running a contest for System Sounds. Specifically sounds for: General:: Beep A nice and soothing startup chime Notifications: Information notification Important notifica...

Electric guitar Bamboo flutes Bowed upright bass Composed and performed by DD For this haiku: the surface of the water like ornate silk spring rain Poem by Ryōkan Taigu Photo by Trevor Cole @naviar-records

Solo upright bass Harmonica Synthesizers and Fx. Image: Friendship by Agnes Martin. For this challenge: Disquiet Junto Project 0456: Line Up The Assignment: Interpret a painting by Agnes Martin as if it were a graphic score. Step 1: Look at the work of painter Agnes Martin, best known for her parallel lines. Step 2: Select an individual work that suggests itself to you as a musical score. My imagi...

2x requintos (steel strings) upright bass Fender Rhodes Flute For this haiku: urban chorus⠀ harmonious tones⠀ uncomposed⠀ haiku by Darran Bourne/halF unusuaL⠀ picture by Edward Xu @naviar-records @half-unusual

Live in the studio improvisation: daniel diaz: electric bass guitar andré charlier: drums For this challenge: Disquiet Junto Project 0455: Inner Invertebrate The Assignment: What does a moment (or a day) in the life of a jellyfish sound like to a jellyfish? I hate to be lazy and use something I was working on instead of something new sparked by the actual challenge, but sometimes time is our tyran...

The SETI Institute posts an artistic challenge this month. This month’s was issued by the organization’s co-founder, Dr. Jill Tarter. (portrayed as Dr. Ellie Arroway in Contact). - In brief, the idea is to consider that First Contact between humans and extraterrestrials will likely be technologically mediated. “We use technology as a proxy for intelligence, and then we go looking with various type...

Live improvisation by Daniel Diaz, electric bass André Charlier, drums For this Haiku: "two voices that sound alike make their way... clouds of blossoms" Haiku by Kobayashi Issa Photo by Igor Karimov

Solo violin Solo cello Field recordings (treated) delays and reverbs 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 Friday 21st August 2020 for this junto challenge: Disquiet Junto Project 0451: Ursula’s Silences The Assignment: Make music inspired by a line from A Wizard of Earthsea . Photo by D...

Composed and performed by DD, July 2020. Classical guitar Uillean Pipes Harmoniumn Glockenspiel String orchestra Music for this hauku: a cathedral of pines rising into light echoes of birdsong Poem by Ian Turner Image by Wahyu Priantara https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/08/12/naviarhaiku345-a-cathedral-of-pines/

Guitars and electric bass by DD, Paris, July 25th 2020. A third version of my "Milky Way Sea" track, previous here: https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/the-son-of-the-milky-way-sea https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/the-milky-way-sea For this challenge: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0447-listen-ahead/ Step 1: Imagine what the world will be like in six months, what your world will be...

For this weekly challenge: The Assignment: Celebrate World Listening Day for the whole weekend. https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0446-wwwldd This weekend it’s World Listening Day, which occurs every year on July 18, which is the birthday of R. Murray Schafer, the composer and acoustic ecologist. This year, the theme for World Listening Day is “The Collective Field,” as proposed by Kath...

Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, July 2020. Stratocaster electric guitars Synthesizers Electric piano Acoustic guitars Ukulele Voices Music for this haiku: All across the sky A star has burned itself out Above the cold sea https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku @naviar-records haiku by Inan photo by jeremy thomas

For this haiku: Harvest moon, And mist creeping Over the water. Piano, treated field recording soundscapes and synthesizers by Daniel Diaz, Paris, Friday 26th June 2020. Voices courtesy of NASA Poem by Hattori Ransetsu Photo by NASA https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/06/24/naviarhaiku338-harvest-moon/ @nasa @naviar-records

Created on June 19th 2020, in a rush, for Disquiet Junto Project 0442: One Sentence The Assignment: Make music that explores the shape, tone, cadence, and content of a favorite section of prose or poetry. Sociedad, escuelas, servicio militar, oficinas, periódicos y cinematógrafo, política y hembras, modelaban así un tipo de hombre de clase media, alcahuete, desalmado, ávido de pequeñas fortunas po...

David Byrne and Brian Eno’s landmark sampling album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was remastered and reissued in 2006 with extensive liner notes, photos, and previously unreleased bonus tracks. To celebrate the release, Byrne and Eno launched bush-of-ghosts.com where the audio source files from two of the classic tracks from Bush of Ghosts — “A Secret Life” and “Help Me Somebody” — were offered un...

Mamá II : requiem + himno composed by daniel díaz, november 7th 2016. performed by d.d. november 7th-22nd 2016. Dedicated to N.B.F. 13 de enero 1937 - 6 de noviembre 2016 acoustic piano upright bass (pizz) 12 upright basses (à l’arco) one line is actually a cello sample, the rest of the section (including high notes: bowed harmonics) is performed by me. https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/mama-1-in...

Ambient meditation on love, life, death, memories and solitude. 3 electric bass guitars, accordina composed and performed by daniel díaz paris, france, november 7th 2016. Dedicated to my mother N.B.F. 13th January 1937 - 6th November 2016 https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/mama-2-requiem-himno

CD RELEASE OCT 15 - 2015 https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/album/swan-song http://dedeland.com/swan-song/ D.D. : Piano, Upright Bass, Acoustic Guitar. String section: D.D. : bowed basses. Line Kruse : violins Damien Jarry : cellos Composed in Buenos Aires, 1997, recorded in Paris 2009-2014 http://dedeland.com/swan-song/

Multiple electric basses. Repetitive, hypnotic counterpoint. Dedicated to Steve Reich. www.dedeland.com Included as part of: Disquiet Junto Project 0249: 80 Phases Wish the minimalist composer Steve Reich a happy birthday. More on this 249th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Wish the minimalist composer Steve Reich a happy birthday” — at: http://disquiet.com/0249/1 More on the Disquiet Junto at: ht...

Daniel Diaz: upright bass, delays & filters. Dave Lewis: Trumpet. Bonus track from "Themes" by Daniel Diaz, released May 20, 2013 Another version here: https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/bagatelle-numero-53 and here: https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/bagatelle-numero-52 From my album THEMES (2013) https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/album/themes