Daniel Bortoni is a contemporary musician, composer, singer-songwriter, and producer from Monterrey, Mexico. In 2020, he independently released his first studio album titled Islandia, which was recorded at Monarch Studios in Vancouver, Canada with the contribution of various local musicians and audio engineers. Daniel also collaborated with visual artists, dancers, and filmmakers from Canada, U.S., and Mexico in the realization of digital art and music videos for this album. He also participated in a local concert tour around Vancouver in support of this project.

Daniel's most recent and second album Alquimia, independently released in 2024, was made in collaboration with Chilean producer and audio engineer Tomás Valenzuela, and with Canadian producer Tiffany Calderbank. This project marks a departure from the wall-of-sound aesthetic of Islandia, and embraces a more minimalist and technically sophisticated sound.

Daniel has written songs and produced albums for other singers, and he frequently collaborates in multimedia projects making music for videos and still image. Most notably, he is a regular collaborator of Denver-based, Mexican-born muralist and visual artist Charlo García Walterbach.

Daniel pursued studies in arts, humanities, and theatre at the Centre for Artistic Education 'Alfonso Reyes' of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) in Monterrey. Subsequently, he studied acting for stage and film at Shelton Studios in San Francisco, CA. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Applied Music Composition from the School of Music and Dance at Vancouver Community College and later obtained a Master of Arts in Composition from York University in Toronto.

Over the years, Daniel has received multiple scholarships and awards, including a graduate fellowship from York University and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. His main area of academic interest lies at the intersection of music semiotics, contemporary aesthetics (particularly that of ArtPop), and the relationship between creative practice and transpersonal psychology. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Musicology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he continues to develop his artistic practice and philosophical research on music, meaning, and affect in the digital age.