Daniel Diaz (musician)

Daniel Díaz (born 22 November 1963) is bass player multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer known for his work for films and television. and his fusion of different styles and genres of Argentinian music, jazz and experimental music .
==Biography==
Daniel H. Díaz Fernandez was born in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina of Spanish parents) . . He lived and studied in Argentina until 1992, then he shared time between Buenos Aires and New York until he decided to move permanently to Paris, France in 1997.
==Career==
In Argentina, from 1983 until 1997 he developed a career as a performing and session musician, arranger, producer and musical director , touring and recording with many local acts, especially in the Tango, Folklore, and Rock Nacional scenes. He worked with Fats Fernandez, Jorge Navarro, Virginia Lago, Daniel Binelli, Antonio Agri, Virgilio Exposito, Hector Starc, Horacio Lopez, Rodolfo Garcia, Lucho Gonzalez. 
Since 1997 he lives in Paris, France, where he’s been active in the Latin, experimental jazz, and French rock scenes, producing, recording and performing live (concerts in Paris and tours in Italy, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Turkey, Luxemburg, Monaco, Belgium, Andorra, Switzerland, Morocco, and all around France) with Hilton McConnico, "Anga" Diaz, Steve Argüelles, Francis Lalanne, Renaud, Juan Carlos Caceres , Cuarteto Cedron(fr), Miguel Angel Estrella, Magic Malik, Elise Caron, Alfredo Arias, Jorge Chaminé, and Teresa Berganza. 
After the 2020-2021 pandemic he focused on his composer and studio work, producing collaborative albums with Argentine percussion player Minino Garay (fr) and Chamamé (es) big figure Raúl Barboza (es). 
His last collaboration with Barboza, "Souvenirs Panamericanos" released on March 2023 got extensive media coverage in Argentina and good reviews as well as some radio coverage in France 
====Solo Career:====
In 1993 he recorded his first album "The Years Alone". released by North American label Green Linnet/Xenophile_Records, with little commercial success and some small media coverage . The variety of styles in this album was praised by critics 
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Daniel Diaz played most of the parts (fretted and fretless basses, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, etc.) and included guest appearances of other South American players, such as Ricky Olarte on congas, Manuel Miranda on Sax, flute and Indian flutes, "Pato" Loza on drums, Beto Satragni on bass, Gustavo Paglia on bandoneon, Rikhi Hambra on tabla, and Miguel Angel Amaral on vocals.
He continued this solo career with “Segundo Ciclo” (1997) Dutch jazz label Timeless Records in 2002 , and "Swan Song" released in 2015, always with guest players form around the world . Both albums featured the cosmopolitan jazz-fusion style of the first one. 
====Music for Film, Television and Theater====
Since 2005 Daniel Diaz has been composing and recording for films.. In 2005 he started working for French publisher and music library Cezame Music Agency (Frédéric Leibovitz Editeur) for whom he composed and recorded more than 250 tracks and released 5 albums alone or in collaboration. 
. Since then he continued his work for films, TV and theatre, releasing hundreds of compositions for different publishers, in France: Cezame Music Agency , and Scoring Pictures/Universal Production Music , in Germany Sonoton GmbH , Music Vine and Indiesonics in England and Pacifica Music and Omnimusic in the USA. 
In 2012 he attended the Festival De Cannes as original score composer for the short film "Quitte ou Double" 
Since 2010 his music has been used on many TV documentaries and films . In 2022 his track "Club Recoleta" was used on Tom McCarthy's feature film Stillwater 
==Discography==
===As a solo artist===
* 1996 The Years Alone (Green Linnet/Xenophile 4031) USA CD & Cassette.
* 1997 Segundo Ciclo (Tímeles Records CD SJP 459) Netherlands CD.
* 2005 Lugar Comun (DedeLand/Exodos CDDD009 ) France CD.
* 2007 LOW Volume 1 (DedeLand/Éxodos CDDD011) France CD.
* 2010 Musique Mécanique Boxset + Musique Mécanique Addendum (bonus tracks) + Lärmknunst (DedeLand/Éxodos CDDD012) France CD.
* 2015 Swan Song (Dedeland 016) France CD.
* 2016 Landscapes Consonance and Solitude (Dedeland 017) France. digital album.
* 2017 Nightwatch (Dedeland 018) France. Solo electric basses, digital EP
* 2018 Invisible Soundtracks (Dedeland 019) France, digital album 
* 2020 Film Noir & City Nights (Dedeland 022) France, digital album 
* 2021 Understated Passion Melodies (Dedeland 023) France, digital album 
* 2021 Miniatures Volume 1 (DedeLand 024) France, digital album 
* 2022 Miniatures Volume 2 (DedeLand 025) France, digital album 
* 2023 Daniel Diaz & Raul Barboza « Souvenirs Panamericanos » ” Cezame Music Agency (CEL7034) France, digital album 
===As Producer/Arranger/Musician===
* 1993 Juan Del Barrio “El Alma Secreta de las Cosas” (Ciclo3) Argentina. co-producer.
* 1994 Xeito Novo - Galimérica - (Melopea) Argentina. Electric bass (as member of Rodolfo Garcia's La Barraca)
* 1995 Osvaldo Burucuá “Paisaje” (PAI3029) Argentina. Bass, producer.
* 1996 Lina Avellaneda “Ciudadana” (Alfiz/BMG) Argentina. Bass, keyboards, percussion, arranger, producer .
* 1999 Norberto Pedreira TRÍO “Otras Imagenes” (AIA, France) Bass, co-arranger, producer.
* 1999 Tres Porteños “Tango Solo Para Bailar” (DedeLand005/France) Bass, producer.
* 2005 Jorge Chaminé “Alma Latina Vol 1” (DedeLand/Éxodos/SonsCroisés, France) Bass, producer.
* 2008 Pájaro Canzani “Transamericana” (Random, Argentina). Bass, keyboards, co-producer
* 2012 Norberto Pedreira TRÍO “A la Vida” (SurSud, France) Bass, co-arranger, producer.
* 2014 BorderTracks “BorderTracks” (Exodos, France) Bass, co-composer, producer.
* 2014 Peio Serbielle “Zara” (indep, france). Arrangements, Co-producer, basses, multi-instruments.
* 2019 Raul Barboza Trio “12 de Julio en París” (DedeLand, France). Bass, producer.
===As a composer for Film/Television/Theater, Production Music===
* 2006 Daniel Diaz & Pajaro Canzani "La Otra America" Cezame Music Agency (CEZ 4048 & 4049)
* 2010 Daniel Diaz & Pajaro Canzani "Cubanisimo" Cezame Music Agency (CEZ 4079)
* 2010 Daniel Diaz “Ambient World” Sonoton, Germany EAN: 4020771107377.
* 2011 Daniel Diaz “Elect’ Tango” Cezame Music Agency (CEZ 4093)
* 2012 Daniel Diaz & Selma Mutal “Natural Energies” Cezame Music Agency (CEZ 4099).
* 2012 Daniel Diaz, Pajaro Canzani, Selma Mutal "Géopolitique Amérique Latine" Cezame Music Agency (CEV3032)
* 2012 Various Artists "Film Noir 3CD collection" Cezame Music Agency (CEZ4107/08/09)
* 2013 Daniel Diaz, Daniel Finot, Arnaud Rozermblat "Just Bass" Cezame Music Agency (CEZ4110)
* 2013 Raul Barboza & Daniel Diaz “Ruta 40” (Cezame Carte Blanche, CCB1007).
* 2013 Daniel Diaz “The Time” (30 track album for Sonoton)
* 2014 Daniel Diaz "Film Noir" (Sonoton , Germany SCDV 578)
* 2015 Daniel Diaz "Equinox" (Omnimusic, USA)
* 2016 Daniel Diaz "Minimalist Steel Drums" (Sonoton , Germany SCDV 603)
* 2017 Daniel Diaz "Soloists" (Sonoton , Germany SCDV 715)
* 2019 Daniel Diaz “Acoustic Sophistication”(Sonoton , Germany SCDV 887)
* 2021 Daniel Diaz “Organic Underscores” (Indiesonics 2021) England
* 2021 Daniel Diaz, " Latin Noir" Cezame Music Agency (CEL7012)
* 2022 Various Artists “French Themes” (Universal /Scoring Pictures , France SCP018)
* 2022 Daniel Diaz/Laurent Levesque “Repetitive Minimalism” (Universal /Scoring Pictures , France SCP021)
* 2022 Daniel Diaz & Minino Garay “Latin Percussionary” (Sonoton, Germany SCDV1135)
Category:1963 births
Category:People from Lanús
Category:Argentine people
Category:Multi-instrumentalists
Category:Music arrangers
Category:Composers