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Daniel Merlot

Producer of Dance

MUSIC PRODUCER/ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR ​ Daniel Merlot is a songwriter, producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist who currently resides in Los Angeles where he splits his time between there and Tokyo. . He produces music artists in Japan,Korea,China and the States . ​ Daniel started in San Francisco by organizing an ongoing series of successful trip hop and house dance events in the late 90's that included top deejays,performance artists and live music projects he was involved in. He moved to Los Angeles and started releasing dance record under the name Crash Berlin with collaborations with Bassnectar,drum & bass legends Aquasky,hip hop legend Kool Keith .He also had releases with Perry Farrell from the rock band Janes Addiction and reggae dub legend Mad Professor Daniel was consistently deejaying thru out the United States on tours with music festivals Lollapalooza,Burning Man,Coachella and Ultra music festival Miami. Daniel worked with Lady Gagas producer Red One for his Universal music record label as a live music director . He has toured the states opening for Lil Wayne , Niki Minaj,Rick Ross,Drake etc .Playing live on the David Letterman show and many numerous shows in the states. Daniel has also produced music for many hollywood film and TV shows such as MTV,Volkswagon,AnthonyBourdain,ABC TV Networks,Modern Family etc Most notable he scored music for the worldwide hit film Marvel Comics BLADE TRINITY starring Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel.He collaborated with rap legend Kool Keith for this and also was released on the official soundtrack with RZA and members of the Wutang Clan for NEW LINE CINEMA. Daniel scored & co-produced the of launch Vogue Magazine/Conde Naste fashion video series. In Asia Daniel produced top hits for China's #1 top pop singer Shang Wenjie for the last 5 years and produced Korean girl group SPICA .He also produced Japanese pop acts that have gained him 3 #1 songs on the Oricon charts. He was the music director for the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion festival into China for 2 years Beijing & Shanghai.He also is launching dance festivals in China and brought in partnerships for Ultra music China. Daniel continues to produce music at his studio in Hollywood for all kinds of projects internationally .He also hosts events at his Hollywood space for OWSLA,Skrillex,Apple Beats Radio,Diplo,Odesza,Rufus Du Sol,One Ok Rock etc He also is the Head of China and Japan music business development for the his partner DJ,musicians,entertainment music booking agencies ASA MUSIC LLC,ALLIANCE TALENT ​ ​ EVENTS Daniel started producing live/dj events in San Francisco in the 90s.Transitioning into working directly with Larry Harvey the founder of Burning Man producing/performing shows and acts for the main stage at Burning Man(when they had a main stage) ​ He started working directly for years with Perry Farrell on the Lollapalooza/Enit Festival/Coachella festivals etc Daniel was producing all the side performance stages and acts with Perry at these festivals.Also was the touring dj for Janes Addiction 2002 reunion tour . ​ When Lollapalooza Music Festival relaunched in 2003 he was the main director for all the side performance stages for the whole 35 city US stadium tour working side by side with Perry creating a circus like atmosphere for the whole festival.By the end of the tour Daniel had booked over 2000 different regional performers into the festival Daniel went on to Japan/Korea/China and started producing/touring/creating asian pop acts . He was the music director for the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion festival into China for 2 years Beijing & SHanghai(10k plus each show) bringing Japan/Korea's top models and pop acts . Daniel also has a talent booking agency in Los Angeles called Alliance Talent which books major celebrities ,musician, and talent into Asia.He has booked various talents such as Carly Rae Jepsen,Adam Lambert,Gigi Hadid,Victoria Secret Angel Erin Heatherton,Cody Simpson etc etc into China for various events. ​ Daniel has deejayed live on the samebill with such types as Justice,Bjork,Peaches,Janes Addiction,Lil Jon,Kool Keith, Lee Scratch Perry,Crystal Castles,Black Ghosts,The Horrors,Dj Spooky,Freq Nasty,Bassnectar etc. etc. He also deejayed the legendary ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL in Miami 3 times.

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