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Dmiles catches melodies before they disappear.

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A note from Daniel

Hi, I’m Daniel — the person behind Dmiles.

I’ve always been obsessed with sound. Not only music: sound itself. I can be walking through a park and something stops me — a baby crying, a stranger whose voice rises and falls like a tune. My mind takes it from there. I don’t decide to do it; it’s simply how I’m wired.

Some mornings I wake up with a melody already playing in my head, and I feel an urgency I can’t ignore — as if it will disappear forever unless I turn it into a song. Some of my favorite ideas began in the shower, humming a tune I couldn’t shake and recording it before it slipped away. I’ve been collecting moments like these for many years. Only now have I started letting them out into the world.

Inspiration finds me in the car, too. I’ll be driving, listening to a great song, and catch myself wondering why its creator didn’t take it somewhere else. I start humming my own answer — and suddenly a completely new melody is there, asking to be let out. To be heard. To be felt.

If you listen closely, you’ll find me inside these songs: hidden details, small artifacts, feelings that sometimes only I know. How I feel, how I think, what I love, how my mind works. It’s all there for anyone willing to listen.

I don’t believe these melodies are mine. They come from above — from a higher mind. I was born with a gift, and a gift is meant to be shared. My job is simply to let them out. That is my purpose, and I hope to keep creating until my very last day.

— Daniel, Dmiles

To my children

Watching you dance and sing to my music — watching you watch me make it — is the greatest reward I could ever ask for. You are my whole world.

When I see you dancing to one of my songs, I feel I’ve already achieved so much, and it makes me want to keep going. And when you ask for one of my songs by name, it fills my whole world. Nothing is worth more than that.

One day I won’t be here, and what remains will be these words and this music. I leave them to you — to our family, and to the whole world. I hope they help you feel what I felt, and understand what I was going through.

For you, forever.

Love, Dad

The Dmiles story

Dmiles is an independent artist and producer whose catalog spans 33 albums and more genres than most artists touch in a career: melodic EDM and festival remixes, futuristic techno, Psy Techno and Goa trance, spiritual R&B, soul and gospel, lo-fi hip-hop, Latin, Afrobeats and dancehall, Native American-inspired New Age, orchestral music, country-pop, folk, 90s-style boy-band pop and even children's party music.

His story as an artist begins with Time To Shine, the debut album he made when he decided to leave his job and seriously pursue music — the moment of standing at the edge of the nest, not knowing whether he would fall or fly.

Many Dmiles melodies are not invented so much as caught. They arrive as whistles when he wakes up, drives or takes a shower, and sometimes in dreams — the melody of “Lia's Dance” on Direct Potion came to him in his sleep. He records them before they disappear and builds albums around them.

Both of his parents are from Uruguay, and Latin music filled his childhood home. That heritage runs through Sonrisa del Alma, a Cuban-inspired Latin album, and Sangre Charrúa, a world music album imagining the musical voice of Uruguay's Indigenous Charrúa people.

Most Dmiles albums are concept albums: humanoid machines fighting like Capoeira warriors (Giro Fatal), alien messages and abductions (Abducted, Abducted 2), a sheep that becomes a DJ (Viral Sheep), a 90s boy band that was never discovered (The Lost Band), or a dimension made of feelings (Heart Dimension). The Just Dmiles series then remixes his own catalog into EDM — the first three albums reworking his first 20 releases.

Frequently asked

Who is behind Dmiles?

Dmiles is the artist name of Daniel, a songwriter and producer who catches melodies from everyday sounds, dreams, shower humming and car rides, and turns them into albums across many genres.

Who is Dmiles?

Dmiles is an independent multi-genre artist and producer with 33 albums, from melodic EDM and techno to spiritual R&B, world music, lo-fi hip-hop, Latin and country-pop. Most of his albums are concept albums built around original melodies.

What is Dmiles' latest album?

Just Dmiles 4 — Familiar Dmiles melodies, rebuilt for the drop. Just Dmiles 4: Dmiles turns melodies from his recent albums into melodic, festival-ready EDM remixes — DJ-friendly club tracks for sets, parties and workouts.

What was Dmiles' first album?

Time To Shine is Dmiles' debut album, made when he left his job to pursue music full-time.

What genres does Dmiles make?

EDM, deep house, techno, Psy Techno and Goa trance, psychedelic electronic, dark pop, pop, pop rock, R&B, soul, blues, gospel, lo-fi hip-hop, Latin, Afrobeats, dancehall, Capoeira electronics, tropical electronic, New Age, world music, classical and orchestral, country-pop, folk-pop and children's music.

Where can I listen to Dmiles?

Dmiles' albums are on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, YouTube and Amazon Music. Every album page on this site links directly to each platform.

Where is Dmiles from?

Dmiles has Uruguayan family roots — both of his parents are from Uruguay — which inspired his Latin album Sonrisa del Alma and the Charrúa-inspired world music album Sangre Charrúa.