Dan is a composer/sound designer from Manchester UK.  Working in theatre sound design and composition, mixing and studio production.

His music often has a haunting beauty and elegance.  He is rarely without a recording device or microphone likes to work with found sounds in his music.  Many tracks will start from an idea that didn't make it into a job he was working on, but which captured his imagination, these ideas then get taken on and transformed into some of tracks you hear here.

Music composed professionally could be an a wide range of styles, and are composed to meet the specific productions needs and feel.

When not writing music his other favourite pastime is writing about himself in the third person

Sunda Arc are brothers Nick Smart and Jordan Smart. Best known as key members of Norwich based alternate-jazz trio Mammal Hands, Sunda Arc channels the duos love of electronic and dance music, without losing any of their deep musicality. Drawing on techno, electronica, neo-classical and post-rock influences, Sunda Arc compose and perform using both electronic and acoustic instruments, including analogue synthesisers, home-made software patches, piano, saxophones and bass clarinet - all finessed and channelled through their own unique creative strategies. Integrating electronic elements and experimentation with the expressiveness and energy of acoustic instruments and live performance, Sunda Arcs music is expansive, compelling and fun in equal parts.

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