Daniel Kandi

Daniel Kandi comenzó a producir música trance en 2000 bajo el nombre de DJ Mendoza . ^{[ 3 ]} Fue miembro de la comunidad musical danesa entonces conocida como MyMusic (ahora conocida como BandBase), donde publicó su música. En 2003, formó el dúo Duval and Mundo con otro miembro de la comunidad, Anders Duvald Mikkelsen (también conocido como Stalker). Lanzaron su primer sencillo como Aurelius, titulado "Sorrow", con Jamie P. y la voz de David Hughes, en septiembre de 2005 en el sello holandés Intrenze. ^{[ 4 ]}

Entre 2004 y 2007, Daniel Kandi trabajó con el director artístico y productor ejecutivo Fritz Niko en dos proyectos llamados Weekend Wonderz y Hit'n'Run, realizando remezclas para artistas daneses e internacionales como Infernal , Inez, TV-2 , Bent Fabric , Christine Milton y Terri Walker . Han sido nominados tres veces en los Danish DeeJay Awards en la categoría "Mejor remezcla danesa del año"; en 2006 por su remezcla de "Stronger" de la cantante Inez y su remezcla de "Alt det" del rapero Mortito, y en 2007 por su remezcla de " Ten Miles " del grupo de música electrónica Infernal.

In 2006, Kandi produced a track called "Breathe", which was signed to the British trance labelAnjunabeats in June 2006, as his first solo release.^[5] It was included as the final track in the compilation Anjunabeats Volume Four.^[6] The follow-up EP "Child / Nova" was released in January 2007,^[7] and both tracks were featured on the compilation Anjunabeats Worldwide 01. Kandi's third release, on Anjunabeats, on 2 July 2007, was "Make Me Believe / I Found The Way".^[8] Furthermore, "Make Me Believe" was featured on the compilation series entitled Anjunabeats Volume Five mixed by Above & Beyond.

On 15 November 2007 Armin van Buuren selected Luke Warner & Mat Lock – "Deep Psychosis (Daniel Kandi's Cure Mix)" as the "Tune of the Week" on A State Of Trance Episode 326.^[9] "Deep Psychosis" was released on 10 December 2007 on DJSA Records, after the track was signed to DJSA from users on HarderFaster.^[10] A remix competition for this track also appeared on the site.^[11]

In 2008, Kandi collaborated with Robert Nickson whom he visited in his studio in the Netherlands. This resulted in several tracks, with "Liberate" and "Rewire" being released on the A State of Trance label later the same year.^[12][13]

Every 3rd Friday, Daniel Kandi hosts his own radio show called "Always Alive" on the internet radio Afterhours FM from 18 to 20 CET.^[14]

In April 2010, Kandi released the track "Symphonica", released under the alias Timmus.^[15] It was selected by Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren as the best track of 2010 on his personal top 20.^[16]

In January 2011, he launched the record label Always Alive Recordings, in collaboration with Phillip Alpha, as a sub-label to Enhanced Music.^[17]

In January 2011, Kandi was nominated at the 2011 Danish DeeJay Awards in the category Danish DJ of the Year.^[18]

Kandi has mentioned in several interviews that the only equipment he has used to produce his tracks has been Propellerhead's Reason software.

On 3 March 2011 Armin van Buuren selected Daniel Kandi & Phillip Alpha's track "If It Ain’t Broke" as the "Tune of the Week" on A State Of Trance Episode 498.^[19] It was also included on Armin's mix album A State of Trance 2011.^[20]

His track, Saggitarius, is on the Universal Religion Vol. 5 from Armin Van Buuren.^[21]

In 2017, Kandi continued his touring career by visiting multiple countries in Asia, notably Bangkok.^[22] He was also featured as a line-up in the 2017 Luminosity Beach Festival trance music event held in the Netherlands.^[23]

Daniel Kandi won the Danish snooker championship for five consecutive years from 2004 to 2009.^[24] On 31 March 2018, Kandi became the first Danish player to score a 147 in an official tournament match when he made a maximum break in his first-round match against Bo Jarlstrøm at the Danish Championship.^[25]

He entered the 2018 Q School in a bid to win himself a place on the snooker professional tour.^[26] In January 2019, Kandi won the Nordic Snooker Championship, an amateur tournament held in Stockholm.^[27]

2005

• Sorrow as Aurelius with Jamie P featuring David Hughes (Intrenze)

2006

• Breathe (Anjunabeats)

2007

• Child (Anjunabeats)
• Nova (Anjunabeats)
• Make Me Believe (Anjunabeats)
• I Found The Way (Anjunabeats)
• Back Home v.s. Kris O'Neil (Mondo Records)
• Turnmills (Fundamental Recordings)
• Soraya (Fundamental Recordings)
• Out Of Sight

2008

• Liberate/Rewire with Robert Nickson (A State of Trance)

2009

• Let Go/Lovin' Feeling with Neumann (Anjunabeats)
• Child (Anjunabeats)

2010

• Venice Beach (Anjunabeats)
• Everything Counts (Red Force Recordings)
• Australia/As One with Martijn Stegerhoek (Enhanced Music)
• Perdóname/Un pedazo de mí (Anjunabeats)
• Symphonica como Timmus (Grabaciones simplificadas)
• Sticks & Stones con Phillip Alpha (Música mejorada)

2011

• Promised (Always Alive Recordings)
• Si no está roto, con Phillip Alpha (Música mejorada)
• Solo para ti ( Anjunabeats )
• Búsqueda del alma/Un pedazo de mí (Anjunabeats)
• No lo arregles con Phillip Alpha (Always Alive Recordings)
• Insertar título genérico (Música mejorada)

2012

• Sagitario (Armind)
• Azzura con Boom Jinx (Música mejorada)
• Volando en azul con Ferry Tayle (Música mejorada)
• 3 Strikes UR In (Always Alive Recordings)
• La combinación perfecta con Aligator (GatorRecords)
• Change The World con Sarah Russell (Música mejorada)
• Desteñir

2013

• #Trancefamily (Always Alive Recordings)
• Arigatou con Jack Rowan (Música mejorada)

2014

• Paisaje urbano con Markus Wilkinson (Música mejorada)
• Más vale tarde que nunca (Always Alive Recordings)

2015

• ¡Choon! con Matt Chowski (Always Alive Recordings)
• Spectre con Zack Mia (Always Alive Recordings)
• ¡SkyOcean! con Max Braiman (Always Alive Recordings)

2016

• Número uno (Always Alive Recordings)
• Sector 7 con Zack Mia (Always Alive Recordings)
• Open Road con Markus Wilkinson (Always Alive Recordings)
• Cuando los sueños se hacen realidad con Joel Spencer (Always Alive Recordings)
• Tú y yo con Miroslav Vrlik (Always Alive Recordings)

2017

• Río Yangtze con Witness45 (Always Alive Recordings)
• Una combinación perfecta con Dreamy (Always Alive Recordings)
• Libertad con André Visior (Always Alive Recordings)
• Holy Cow con Forion (Always Alive Recordings)
• Tres meses con Anders Duvald (Always Alive Recordings)
• New Way con Exouler (Always Alive Recordings)
• ¿Qué sucede cuando terminamos? (Always Alive Recordings)

2018

• 7 horas con Exouler (Always Alive Recordings)
• En busca de Carl (Fábulas de FSOE)
• Bájate (AVA White)
• Hong Kong con Witness45 (Always Alive Recordings)
• Recuerda (Verano contigo) con Exolight (Always Alive Recordings)

2019

• FL390 con Boris Deckert (Always Alive Recordings) ^{[ 28 ]}
• Eso es todo lo que obtienes con Lasse Macbeth (Always Alive Recordings) ^{[ 29 ]}

2020

• Nova II (El segundo viaje) (Always Alive Recordings)
• Levántate de nuevo (Venceremos) con ARDI (Un estado de trance)
• Concorde (On The Edge) con Boris Deckert (Always Alive Recordings) ^{[ 30 ]}
• Caro con Erika K (Always Alive Recordings)

2021

• Space Tonic con Prox (Always Alive Recordings)

• Intercity con Lasse Macbeth (Always Alive Recordings)

• Talking Waves (Blue Soho Recordings)

• Caída libre con Prox (AVA White)

• Por fin con un nuevo evento (Freegrant Music) ^{[ 31 ]}

2022

• Diversión con Parnassvs (Always Alive Recordings)

• Persiguiendo sueños (Always Alive Recordings)

• Solución de los 80 (Blue Soho Recordings)

• Equilibrio en el caos con Bruno Oloviani (High Voltage Recordings)

2023

• Balance (Blue Soho Recordings)

• Finalmente, Able con Amos y Riot Night (Regenerate Records)

2024

• Para encender un fuego con Reborn Sound System (Trance Friends Records)

• Enciende la chispa con Alexander Spark (Interplay Records)

• Marco Mi Destino con Divisional Phrase, Akku y Arman Bas (High Voltage Recordings)

2025

• Quédate con M42 (Grabaciones de FSOE)

2026

• Hecho de cristal (Grabaciones de FSOE)

• Fuera de tiempo (Hypersia Records)