Danny Kotz
Berlin
Used to be formerly known as DEKAY, Danny Kotz is a Musician, Producer, and DJ/Live act. Currrently based in Israel, Originally hails from Jerusalem and now resides in Berlin. in the last 15 years, Danny has been known for his incursions into the deep end of spacious minimal techno and deep house. Both as a producer and a remixer, his fascinating driven, uplifting live sets and his unique and sometimes peculiar electronic production style is blending between his love for analog synths and digital sound design. His musical background as a jazz keyboard player and his passion for electronic music production in the studio, turned him into a multi versatile musician. You can find in his musical resume productions which are ranging between deep techno and house, minimal, electro, synth-pop, and experimental Avantgarde. In the past 15 years, Danny has been touring and performing around Berlin and Europe's leading clubs, and has been releasing music under different aliases and labels. He had also been collaborating with many other artists as well. One of these interesting projects was a collaboration with Dj Magit Cacoon that resulted in a Remixes EP to the album Voyage 34 of the legendary musician Steven Wilson and his band Porcupine Tree.
On the visual side of his work, is the production of ecstatic music videos to top up the music. The video clip of the title track of his EP “Reject” with Avi Caspi on “made of CONCRETE”, was supported by Kompakt records and had been constantly reposted on their social media channels. The release received positive reviews on various platforms such as Groove magazine XlR8R When we dip, and Beatport to name a few. Danny’s music was as well supported and played by major DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Felix Da Housecat, Nicole Moudaber, Terrence Parker, Ejeca, Richie Hawtin, Agoria, And Charlotte De Wette. For the last 3 years, Danny was busy manifesting his two old dreams. Setting up his own band and his own Music label in the form of De Wolt and Hypernatural Recordings which he shares with both of his buddies and partners in crime Bobby Starrr and Stefano Di Puma aka Berry Feels. Topped by two music videos, the release of the debut conceptual album LP ‘Lost and Found In Berlin’ with De Wolt this year, has marked a major mile stone in Danny’s crier as well as an indie electronic artist and producer and performer. With these platforms, he is fulfilling both of his passions to Club music, indie music production and songwriting and playing Live shows.
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