DANIAL ARIFFIN AZMAN (born Singapore, 1991) is a composer, arranger, pianist, producer and an educator. He holds a Diploma in Sonic Arts under the School of Technology for the Arts from Republic Polytechnic in 2013 and graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts with a First-Class Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition and Arranging in 2019.

Danial was awarded the Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award (Merit) by MENDAKI Singapore in recognition of his talents and his potential to excel in the discipline of music in 2013 and holds a Diploma in Sonic Arts under the School of Technology for the Arts (STA) from Republic Polytechnic in 2014. He was in the SAF MDC (Singapore Armed Forces Music & Drama Company) as a musician during his National Service.

He has been playing with Orkestra Melayu Singapura Belia (OMSB) and also the main orchestra, Orkestra Melayu Singapura (OMS) under the People’s Associations (PA Talent) since then. Danial also conducted the Orkestra Melayu Singapura Belia (OMSB) at a concert “Rentas Muzika” in April 2018.

The Audio Image Wind Ensemble (Singapore) and MARA University of Technology Wind Orchestra (UiTM) (Malaysia) has premiered his first wind band composition titled “Enigma” in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Singapore Wind Symphony recently played Danial’s revised version of Enigma for their South Korea Tour 2016. In 2015, Danial was commissioned by Malay College Kuala Kangsar Wind Orchestra (Malaysia) to arrange Lagenda Gunung Ledang, a medley of music from the movie “Puteri Gunung Ledang” for their 17th SBP Finale Wind Orchestra competition and they clinched the Gold Award. They won another Gold Award for 2nd Malaysia International Music Arts Festival in the same year.

Danial was the youngest composer to be commissioned by the Singapore Wind Symphony to arrange “We Will Get There” NDP 2002 Theme Song as part of the Songs of Singapore Project in 2012 and Dick Lee’s “Beauty World Medley” for “Singapore! A Musical Celebration II” in 2013. It was premiered at the Esplanade Concert Hall in July consecutively and he has been part of the Singapore! A Musical Celebration series since then.

Other than working with wind bands and orchestra music, he arranges music for Marsiling Secondary School Chinese Orchestra as well.

Danial also arranges music for Mediacorp’s Suria Malay dramas theme soundtracks by both local TV production companies like Eaglevision and DV Studio. He was appointed as one of the music arrangers for Mediacorp’s Suria singing competition program Juara Mic Junior (2018) and Anugerah.

Danial has been the music director for Wadah Seni Entertainment’s shows such as Silver Arts 2019 “Sukma Irama Layar Perak” (Soulful Silver Screen Melodies) concert, Keroncong Asmara and a few upcoming show organised by the National Arts Council held at SOTA Concert Hall performing with musicians of the Orkestra Melayu Singapura (OMS).

Danial was invited as a composer, arranger, performer and conductor for Rentas as part of Gemadah – Traditional Malay Music Festival organised by the Traditional Malay Music Consortium in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in November.

Currently, Danial is a relief educator and a freelance composer, arranger, pianist and producer.

Since 2012, DUCRU has been carefully piecing together the story of their musical career. Through their music, the composition of their lifelong friendship breathes a cohesive tone. The band dives through long delicate bridges before it hits an explosion of honest sounding rock music that has its own distinct character. DUCRU is on a mission to revive rock music from its dirty organic roots and bring it out of the commercial gutter that it’s been in for the past 20 odd years. 

In 2013 DUCRU released their first album “A Language Apart”, which was produced/mixed by The Mars Volta/At The Drive-In sound engineer, Matt Bittman. The album received rave reviews nationally across various press outlets and received national airplay on Internet and FM radio.  The band played at most of the venues in Baltimore as well as the Main Street Music Festival in 2014. 

“Around The Bend” is the band’s latest release (2015). It was tracked LIVE in Wright Way Studios of Baltimore, MD in the summer of 2014 and mixing/mastering was completed in spring of 2015. It bleeds interesting, twisted guitar tones and interwoven melodies that express the honesty that’s been missing from the Rock genre for quite some time. With less of a pop vibe than “A Language Apart”, the latest release from DUCRU is more mature and sophisticated. The band plans on touring extensively in support of it in fall of 2015. 

“Around The Bend” can be purchased here: https://ducru.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-bend


After forming in June 2012, DUCRU spent a year writing and recording their debut EP, A Language Apart. The band paired the music that instinctively came to them as a group with months of pre-production to get the best sound in the studio. With help from producer/engineer Matt Bittman (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, Bosnian Rainbows), the band’s first release is heavy sounding, while also wrought with vibrant guitar tones and catchy hooks. 

DUCRU’s debut EP, A Language Apart, was released June 4, 2013 and recorded at Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, MD. A Language Apart is now available for download here ( http://ducru.bandcamp.com ).

Nigee Woo

Soundcloud is a platform for me to compose at my free time. 
Composing music is more of a leisure than a must for me.

As someone who is not as musically inclined, the works that i have done is mainly created based on what i like.
Most ideas usually come from games that i play and music that i listen to but more simplified due to my disability with music theory.

I have experience in the live sound industry as part of my internship as well as a part time job after internship.

Many of the works here are created using Ableton Live 8.



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