In 1984 and 1985 he teamed up with songwriter/singer Jacques Henry Perrod.

London Calling
In 1986 the pair moved to London where their friend from Nice artist and punk siren Regine De La Hey who had already 'emigrated'. Here trekking around Islington and living in various squats and housing associations flats they formed a synth pop band called The Party which soon became Stranger Than Paradise 
      Stranger Than Paradise (Photo. P. Tchicaya)
In 1988 Daniel started to work with director/photographer Patrice Tchicaya making the music for a play and two short films.

In 1989 his first record The Feathered Snake was released by AMP Records.

From 1990 he was more and more involved with performance artists/painters like Andre Stitt, Lenny Lee, Judith Norse, Regine de la Hey and Julio Chaile.
In 1991, release of 'Nightmare' the first truly 3D virtual reality game with Daniel's soundtrack.
In 1993 he was invited to play at 'Les Rencontres Poetiques Internationales de Bretagne' in Saint-Malo. 
Ys, his second record was released in 1994 by AMP records as Working on the Bypass , ND records, which was the result of a fruitful collaborative work with Andre Stitt.

In 1995 Daniel stated a new project with Stitt and he composed a String quartet which was premiered in October 1995 at The Burgh House in Hampstead, thanks to the help of his composer friend Stewart Lane.
'...Images and recollections of the past pervade the meditative atmosphere of the first movement. The melodic motives may shift through different musical styles, past and present, sometimes jumping a few centuries in one go, adding an ironic tone to the piece.
As opposed to the previous mouvement, the Allegro, more joyful, is mostly based upon one unique rythmic motive in 7/4. This asymmetrical time signature gives the impression of relentless progression somewhat thwarted because of its slightly inconclusive nature...' (extract from the programme notes)

In 1997 Ceasefire, Akshun records with Andre Stitt was released.

In 1998 Daniel worked on new album  with the Mexican Singer/songwriter Alquimia. Some very promising tracks have been recorded but have yet to be released.

Currently Daniel is involved in various projects including a new instrumental CD, somr tracks with Andre Stitt and Producer/sound engineer Alex Burak and poet/bard/songwriter Aidan Andrew Dun

 

 

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