BIOGRAPHY
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Born and raised in Munich, 6th floor, left door
Single polish mother, 1 younger sister, father german †
Based in Munich and Berlin.
Daniela is a queer, multidisciplinary artist, live-act, musician, producer, composer, singer and environmental activist.
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After six years of playing in punk/grunge/rock/indie bands as lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Daniela returned in 2008 to electronic music.
With an incredible rich background of different styles of music, Daniela has created a personal style that defines her sound.
Daniela´s sets and productions expand the boundaries of understanding house and techno music to new horizons. By processing a colorful range of various kinds of (electronic) music genres, Daniela is proving her uncompromising diversity on the dancefloor.
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In 2010 (Paris, FR) Daniela won an "QWARTZ 6 Electronic Music Award" (Wikipedia) in the cathegory "Dancefloor & Clubbing" alongside highly respected artists like filmmaker Alejandro Jodorovsky, Laurie Anderson, Gudrun Gut, the ancestors of Pierre Schaeffer and more.
Without her knowing, Danielas piece EllE Routine was sent to the jury, blindly selecting out of 4332 music pieces. "Elle Routine" was released on the VA Compilation Musik Non Stop Uno from the label Syncopated Musik / Minneapolis, US).
In the same year she played with female high profile DJs tINI and Magda @ Ushuaia, Ibiza.
GROOVE Magazin said about Daniela in 2021:
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Daniela La Luz´s Chicago House piece about queer love, "Did You Ever" was featured 2017 as closing track on Moodymanns DJ mix for "DJ KICKS" on K7! and by now has more than 3 million plays on Spotify.
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From the 1st release, Daniela´s productions made it into the record bags of high profile DJ´s such as Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Ken Ishii, Solomun, tINI, Marcel Dettmann and many others.
In 2015 "Feel The Future" was released in the mix on tINI´s DJ mix CD with Dana Ruh for Cocoon Ibiza and Daniela has played several times on the "tINI & THE GANG" events on the beautiful island of Ibiza (ES). "Feel The Future" got released short after on Danielas now ex-label "Parallel Berlin".
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From 2008 - 2018 Daniela was co-running "Parallel Berlin" and playing international live gigs around the world. Next to her own career, she fell into the role of working as A&R, promoter of dozens of international club nights, on regular base in Berlins clubs such as Tresor, Griessmühle (RSO), About Blank, Kater and many more.
From 2012 - 2018 Daniela had a monthly event residency at Griessmühle (RSO), Berlin, finding and booking the scenes international upcoming talents of tomorrow.
Beside writing, releasing and performing her musical career as Daniela La luz, she was also working in the fields of multidisciplinary design, A&R, record label work, booking, as well as artist management, concepts and marketing.
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Next to clear electronic dance music live shows, Daniela enjoys to collaborate with classic trained musicians. In 2012 has performed a concert as "Apocalypse" with the String Quartett from the "Berliner Oper" in Szczecin (PL), as well as a with jazz trumpet player Sebastian Soldrzynski for the EU and in 2020 started the duo "Daniela La Luz & Natyra", who´s a classic trained piano player.
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After ten years in Berlin, In 2020, Daniela moved back to Munich, as she struggled with serious illness and the pandemic hit at the same time.​ Daniela took the time to restore health and to rearrange her private life and dmusical career.
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In 2021 Daniela compiled the Various Artist Compilation "Coping Mechanisms (Electronic Meditation)" with international artists, like Paramida, Vril, Herzel, Frieder Blume, and more.
In the same breath she founded "Dimension Of Being Human", which functiones as music label, radio, event series, providing a deep experience with HQ music.
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Goethe Institut, November 2022:
Two weeks, after Danielas father passed away, she by coincidencal timing travelled to Tegucigalpa (Honduras,), Mexico City and Monterrey (Mexico) just at the time of "Dias De Los Muertos (Day Of The Dead)". This added a deeply spiritual experience of loss and grief to this trip.
_Daniela played shows and gave two workshops (FLINTA), where they´ve explored the connection of "Music & Soundrecordings becoming a contemporary document", also in terms of culture and technology. There she has performed at "Modular Festival" and "Topaz Club".
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2023 Daniela recived a funding by "Musikfonds" for her initiated audio visual project "Melting Giants, featuring the melting glaciers of the alps because of manmade climate change.
2024 - 3rd Album: Daniela has released "System Reset (Still Based On Electricity)" on her own label: "Dimension Of Being Human", as 2 x 12" vinyl, digital and stream. Funded by: Initiative Musik.
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In 2025 Daniela will receive top funding by VPBY.
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As you can expect from a passionate musician like Daniela, there´s much more to come!
PAST SHOWS/GIGS
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ARTE "United We Stream" (Berlin, DE) / About Blank (Berlin, DE) / The Villa (Oslo, Norway) / Berlinale @ The Tunnel, Taiwan Cinema / MODULAR Festival (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) / Topaz (Monterrey, Mexico) / Kompass (Ghent, BE) / Ushuaia (Ibiza) / Watergate (Berlin, DE) / Bilbao, ES) / Visio Festival (Helsinki, FL) / Tresor (Berlin, DE) / Donnerstag, (Taipei, Taiwan) / Berliner Festspiele, DE / Griessmühle (RSO, Berlin, DE) / Badaboum (Paris, FR) / Fuse (Brussels, BE) / Efest (Tunis) / Münchner Kammerspiele, DE / Rote Sonne (Munich, Berlin) / OHM (Berlin, DE) / Kammerspiele (Munich, DE) / Pathos (Munich, DE) / Villa Stuck (Munich, DE) / tINI & The Gang Ibiza / Sousami (Limasol, CY) / Club der Visionäre (Berlin, DE) / IPSE (Berlin, DE) / Harry Klein (Munich, DE) / Kiste Baden (Switzerland) / Renate/Else (Berlin, DE) / Grelle Forelle (Vienna, AT) / Rote Sonne (Munich, DE) / Kater Blau (Berlin, DE) / Golden Gate (Berlin, DE) / Visio Festival (Helsinki, FL) / Hoppetosse (Berlin, DE) / Plötzlich Am Meer Festival (PL) / Loftus Hall (Berlin, DE) / Chalet (Berlin) / Her Damit Festival (Rügen) / Aura Karma Alles Festival (Munich) / Paris, London, Malmö, Oslo, Copenhagen, Ibiza, Aarhus, Torino, Milano, Prague, Taipei, Tunis, Minsk, Dubai, Taiwan, Szczecin, Lublin, Zielona Góra, Gent, Brussels, ...
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3rd ALBUM: "SYSTEM RESET"
Daniela has just released her third album "System Reset (Still Based On Electricity)" on her own label "Dimension Of Being Human", a double LP Album with 11 pieces. The digital release contains 13 pieces, ranging from jazz, to house, to techno, house, acid, punk meditation, breaks and voive ambience. The funding was provided by Initiative Musik, Germany.
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"DIMENSION OF BEING HUMAN"
End of 2020, during the pandemic, Daniela founded her "Dimension Of Being Human" Label and Radio Show on Radio80k.de (Munich, Germany), where she´s playing upcoming, international Releases, as well as inviting interesting guests.
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DANIELA LA LUZ & NATYRA
In 2020 Daniela got to know Natyra Elezi, a master pianist from Kosovo, based in Munich. They met and right away, their sounds were vibing just perfectly together!
Now they play live on stage as duo: "DANIELA LA LUZ & NATYRA"
In April 2023 they played their big international debut, in the hall of Kosovos capital, Pristina at DAM Festival.
Together they gave masterclasses to the students of the Music University of Prishtina.
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MELTING GIANTS
In 2022 Daniela initiated this Audio Visual LIVE concert with an imprint of electronic and classical improvisation, underlined by strong images of the melting and disapearing glaciers (caused by Climate Change) of the bavarian (german), austrian, swiss and french Alps.
A new project will follow. Funding by: Musikfonds​​​​​
