This album is inspired by Aztec myths. 
The project started as stage music for a play 'Quetzalcoatl' ( The Feathered Snake ) written by the Mexican playwright and screen writer Berta Dominguez, aka Mrs Alexander Salkind. The original material was then developed and rearranged to form the basis for the CD. 

The unusual musical colours of the album come partly from recordings made in Mexico amongst the Nahuatl Indians, who still use many of the musical instruments of the Aztec epoch before the Spanish conquest. 
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What the critics said: 

Beautiful, exotic mixture of ethnic/electronic tones... 
                                        Eurock, USA

One of the most interesting 'concept' album of the year. 
                                    Keyboard Revue, UK 

Music contains subtleties and nuances which aren't found in much of the fashionable labels such as Venture,Windham Hill, and Private. 
                                    International Musician 


Poetic and evocative music which shows a talented composer and programer. 
                                        ACME, Belgium 
 

Hints of Terry Riley's Rainbows in a Curved Air and of Deuter's fluting sounds pervade Biry's deceptively simple but highly charged compositions, making each one a thought provoking experience. 
                                       WHICH CD 
 

A good example of a successful mix combining minimalism, cosmic rock (Pink Floyd, Klaus Schulze). baroque (Purcell) and ethnic music. 
                                        NICE-MATIN, France 

The Feathered Snake is in fact a very good release. Taking Aztec myth, and non Hispanic Mexican music styles, Daniel has blended these with his own unique to synth music making, with a library of unusual sampled sounds, great dexterity in performance and a highly complex approach to composition, rhythm and melody, Daniel makes a fascinating musical 
world - strange, otherworldly, mystical yet simultaneously attention grabbing and strongly melodic - full of surprises, and most enjoyable. 
                                             Audion, UK 
 


Cover photo CODEX BORBONICUS: Feathered Snake and smoking Mirror
 

Click on the links below to download sample tracks (MP3s) from the the Feathered Snake.

 Lady Golden Bells (1.32 Mb)

     Malinche (1.42 Mb)

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