the personal update

hello everybody. i hope i find you in good health and happiness. i want the absolute best for you and in all that you do.
this is my annual pre-christmas personal update, where i get to answer the questions posed to me in dms and emails that come in across the year. thank you to everybody who shows such kindness and interest.

firstly, 2021 has been a year of tremendous challenges for me. all of which i have patiently and calmly navigated thanks to the wonderful skills and resilience i have developed. therapy has been great for me to overcome the challenges i have faced and understand mental health more than ever before. and yes, i am aware that i have lost a lot of body fat too. i am fine. but thank you for caring. i have been addressing my physical wellbeing for a while now. i am very healthy, and i am going to be okay :)

i released two singles this year and the first of the two, ‘more than you love me’, has really done the rounds and i have been completely delighted and overwhelmed at the reception and love this song has had. the second single is also enjoying some love from music fans and i am utterly pleased with how my new songs and songwriting style have been received. it was important for me to go in a new direction but maintain the emotion and soul at the center of what i write, and why i write. i guess now is probably a good time to say that 2022 does have surprises in store for you all and if you liked my 2021 output, brace yourselves.

i want to thank written media, podcasters, radio stations, playlisters and pr companies for helping 2021 be the year that my music reached more peoples ears, and hopefully hearts, than ever before. without that effort and appreciation for music, people would never be able to discover such delights. it is how i discover superb little music acts, and to feel like i am now on that level of discovery, is both exciting and nerving in equal measure.

2021 also saw a whole other side of my creative heart, in several new movie soundtracks announced. i want to thank firstly sadie duarte for allowing me to make music for her film, ‘the lights of dawn’. the film has been rightfully praised at short film/indie film award ceremonies across the world, and this opportunity has given me the honour and privelidge to become an multi-award-winning music artist for the first time since i began making music over 15 years ago. i loved making music for sadies great short film, and this opportunity then led to me being so kindly asked to write a full music score and soundtrack for a new film coming in 2022 called mr earth. mr earth is an emotionally charged sci-fi feature movie with some very relevant and powerful themes and the chance to write for this film was another dream come true. scott lambson, the brilliant director (just like sadie is) took a chance on giving me such a huge movie to score for, and i was merely relieved when after six weeks of nonstop hard work i handed over the audio files and waited with baited breath to see wether it was good enough for his incredible vision. the joy and humility i felt when i got the email back saying ‘daniel, these are fantastic’ i gently cried. when i had a super secret listening party for the soundtrack with my team, to see the impact this music could have, watching the tears roll down peoples cheeks during one piece of music, it hit me that we really had created something special, for a very big occasion. it was then i realised that i had done something huge, created a good body of sound, for a great body of vision, coming soon to amazon prime video and select theaters in 2022. the film was just announced two days ago(as of writing this) as an official selection at the hugely prestigious utah film festival in america and this is a testament to how great scott lambson’s film making is. i am totally humbled to have made this body of sound work for the film, and i simply cannot wait for all of you to watch the movie in 2022 and listen to the soundtrack. it was an absolute honour to be a part of this project, and i feel like i am floating in a dream. thank you sadie. thank you scott.

2021 also saw me return to the live stage for the first time in over 2 years. i put a lot of hard work into the live show and the first few shows of this long tour have been absolutely fantastic. i am still perfecting the show, but i simply cannot wait to perform the different sets across 2022 for you all. a big part of this has been two things. the donations made by incredible fans through the spotify paypal link. these donations have funded the singles in 2021, the new music you will hear from me in 2022, and the live tour. i recorded a super secret and intimate thank you show for every person that donates through the spotify link on my spotify profile on the phone/tablet app, and if you donate, you will be sent the link to the video through email. thank you to everybody who funded the 2021 journey, rest assured we have worked tirelessly throughout the year to put your donations to some amazing experiences, sounds and visuals in 2021, and 2022. thank you so much. really. thank you.

at this stage i want to write a bunch of thank yous. firstly a big thank you to david emery who helped me produce the soundtrack for mr earth. he was so patient with me and i really wish i could give him much more than he has, for the incredible skills he has. one day i hope i can do that. thank you david. next up is louise, my new tour manager. louise, a project manager with superb abilties and skills, discovered my music in early 2021 and out of the blue asked me if she could become my booking agent for live performances. she has overdelivered and is responsible for me coming to your towns and performing my emotional art for you. she has been a passionate shield bearer for my music since discovering it and has given me the confidence i needed to level up my live show and really give you my all again, after years of being too fragile to do it again. we are back. we are strong. and louise is partly responsible for this. thank you louise. the whole tour team is amazing and this includes the tremendous phay, who gets me to every show safely and comfortably and chronicles special moments through her many cameras. those amazing photos you see after every show? that is phays lens capturing special moments. what an amazing person and soul. thank you phay.

lastly, and in my heart, most importantly, thank you to every single person who played my music in 2021, streamed it, downloaded it, watched the videos, showed their friends, came to a live show, donated through our spotify fundraising campaign, showed interest, filmed me, listened to me, interviewed me, gave your precious precious time to my art, i am so undeniably grateful for your presence and your willing to give me a chance. thank you so much. i will endeavour to continue making new sound and emotional art for you. i will not let you down, because i simply cannot let myself down. this music is an extension of me, and thus comes from an extremely personal place. one that i simply cannot release unless i feel it, just like you.

the world is still fighting a virus, and sometimes it feels like we are winning, and recently it feels again like we need to be a little more careful. i really hope to be able to perform live for you in 2022, if it is safe. but whatever happens in this fight against this terrible virus, i will continue to create, and put those creations out for you, to get through the hardest of times. i love you all, have a warm and gentle christmas, and i am always here if you need to talk. on social media. emails. i try my best to respond, even if its a few weeks or months down the road. stay kind. daniel. xox

NEW SINGLE RELEASED!!

A brand new single by Daniel Angelus was released on August 10th. ‘More Than You Love Me’ was surprisingly revealed with a brand new music video and accompanied with artwork by the prestigious artist and creator Emily Brooks Millar.
Fans and listeners can access the song at over 60+ stores worldwide.

You can also access the song by clicking HERE

The music video and single cover art are featured below.

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DANIEL ANGELUS WINS BEST ORIGINAL SCORE AT BEST SHORTS, CALIFORNIA, USA.

Daniel Angelus has scooped his first major music award at the Best Shorts Competition held in California, USA. The award is for Best Original Score for The Lights of Dawn, a film that Daniel penned and recorded and co-produced the soundtrack for. It is Daniel Angelus’ second nomination for a major film award for music and his first win. See the results of this win and other category winners below.

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personal post from daniel

Personal Post: TW/ Suicide & Mental Health


in 2019 i was set to perform a range of shows around the world to promote my recent music releases. at the time we were booking shows, i noticed that i was starting to feel quite different and i was making odd decisions and feeling extremely anxious. i cancelled some of the shows before they were announced, the announced shows in europe were postponed as i got off the airplane and i performed only two shows in front of the public in england.


i made public statements explaining that things had been very difficult and that i was dealing with mental health complications. the truth is that in the year previous to me making these musical commitments i had been told by my then wife of 8 years that she was gay. my mind exploded and all of my worst fears and anxieties surged into my brain and soul. a lot of them linked to my son and my own upbringing. i kept all of these struggles quiet. i ended up leaving my home for a short time to run away from these events and the lingering pain that existed there. i went to the doctor to talk about my mental health and they told me to take sertraline. that was it. the truth is that i needed time to process the events, understand my pain and talk to somebody about it in a safe and comfortable environment. as the news went public, this entire time i watched as my ex-wife was being cheered on publicly for coming out as gay and aggressively encouraged into her new gay life, however, not once did any of these people approach me and ask me "how are you coping?, are you okay?, how do you feel about your whole personal life's plans ending because of something completely out of your control?".


i am a complicated person. a childhood victim of multiple sexual assaults over the span of 16 years, domestic child abuse and further traumas. this latest event, rocked my world and brought a lot to the surface. i had spent my entire life working to build a home for our only child that was safe, comfortable and not broken like mine was. i started having very scary panic attacks and my world felt ever so small. i decided to take my first tablet of sertraline and i had a awful allergic reaction to it. over the following 48 hours i experienced extreme suicidal ideation and did everything left in my will to not hang myself until this tablet was out of my system. it was one of the hardest and most difficult experiences of my adult life.


the weeks following this event i was suddenly surrounded by therapists working with me to ground me and support me. my doctor told me to never take sertraline again. i reached out and requested the support that i needed from my friends. i talked and talked and talked about what i was going through and over the following months i got better and stronger. and then i started writing again. the first music i wrote after these traumatising events was the soundtrack for the film, the lights of dawn. the songs 'bridge' and 'limbo' came from a very personal and powerful place. a place of hope and legacy. a place in my heart that was hopeful. a place of wisdom, survival and rebellion against the situation i had been in several months previous. i sat in one of our studios with a longtime producer who was excellent at processing this moment and allowing it to happen, and allowed all of this emotion to flow into the session for this music. it flowed right through me. i don't think any single session had ever had such profound and powerful emotion flowing into on anything i had ever recorded before. i was grateful. grateful to be alive. grateful to have survived. grateful to be able to make this music for the wonderful film by sadie duarte. i was grateful for the love of my life, my son. i was grateful to be able to see things clearer. grateful for feeling again. if you take a moment to listen to this music, it was designed for very powerful moments in the film. moments of great mystery. legacy. and i felt my own connection with this and it was perfect. my most personally perfect work involved not one single word spoken or sung by me. it flowed through the music i created and the vocal intonation of our wonderful musical team. it was powerful. beyond the realms of the film, i want this music to be soundtrack for many peoples survival. many peoples moments of mystery. many peoples hope. our hope. we need hope.


I am doing okay now. i have faced challenges to my mental health and wellbeing recently and i have been firm and clear about what i want to experience. respect. love. positive mental health. i will not let anybody else take that from me anymore. and this music stands for that. one persons liberation was another persons heartbreak. but through this music, i was able to liberate myself, from heartbreak. i hope it liberates you.....


be good to yourself. be thoughtful. be kind. support other people's positive mental health. support your own. peace and love. daniel xox

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important update from daniel

hello all.

recently i have been undergoing a lot of changes in my personal life, some that i have shared publicly.

some of these changes prompted a deep and humbling journey that led to many changes in my private life and now….my music career.

i feel a great rush of life and freedom that has enabled me to re-evaluate what i want to do moving forward.

i want to love myself like i am not made of stone. a person with fire in his soul, love in his heart and a pure dedication to music and art.

as a result of this….

i decided recently to cancel production of act iii. there will be no third act. no album.

i have worked on a new home studio setup and i have enlisted the help of two brand new producers to work alongside the wonderful and talented david emery whom i have proudly shared studio space with for 15 years.

last year i ended a publishing deal and signed new deals with companies who represent the vision that was growing inside of me.

moving forward i will be releasing music differently. no albums. i will be making music that sounds very different from my previous music releases. i will be moving in new directions and making music that i have dreamed of making for years but have not been able to due to budget constraints and lack of resources.

i want to thank the new team that have joined me and the great people who really believe in my potential who are helping bring my ideas forward in this new direction. to all of those who are helping fund this, thank you so much. i am so grateful to you. to my followers, thank you for sticking with me with every release, live show and journey since 2007.

2021 will see brand new music from me. it will arrive unannounced and i hope it will stay with you once you discover it. it comes with a big attitude change and a heck of a lot more travelling into emotional parts of my mind and heart that i have never shared in my art before.

i’m going to be gone for a while, creating, making, anticipating, romanticising and dying over and over again.

i will be returning soon….

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tribute to Andrew Price

i was sadly informed today of the passing of andrew price. andy was the first person to ever teach me how to perform. he taught me how to sing. he taught me how to act (sorry i am so shit at this andy) and he advised me to be less of the prick i was at school and in life.

andy was a very powerful figure in my young life. my childhood was absolutely dreadful and i was suffering a whole multitude of abuse in my home and then some more at school. this entire time andy was teaching me drama at school. after my father died at 14, he being my main abuser, i felt a lease of freedom that meant i was able to take those first steps to being the person i am now. it took me many years to feel at peace and comfort with myself but it all began with andy shouting instructions at me with passion, throwing tantrums and turning tables over because i fucked up a line in his musical play or i had just said something so blindingly stupid that he couldn’t take me seriously.

i was a young person going through some serious shit and andy, despite being brutally honest and sincere about how i should and should not be, showed me a level of empathy that i have never forgotten. he allowed me to be in his musical plays, he put his faith and trust in me, and he was honest with me when i pissed him off for being the egotistical little dick that i was when i was 14 to 22 years old. he gave me purpose and through his theatre company - the derby youth theatre workshop - he gave me a small breather from awful things happening in my home. i sat in my first ever pub next to him and listened to his jokes. i went on my first school trips with him and listened to his humour and his silliness. i went to his house after shows had wrapped and stared in awe at the artworks and crafts he had in his home. i was terrible at socialising but i knew i was in the presence of an incredibly skilled and unique individual. he allowed me to stay with him until 6pm after school most days to help him build his theatre sets for shows. it meant so much to me and i cling to these memories as he safeguarded me from the trauma in my home.

i let andy down on many occasions as a young person. he gave me opportunities and i squandered them as my life was a mess. however, andy persisted with me and this is why i will never forget him and every time i released a new record i always hoped that maybe he would have taken a listen and possibly liked just one of my songs. i seeked his approval because he was such a kind and special figure in my young life, an incredibly visionary who had such a huge passion for theatre and new york city. from the age of 20 i never spoke to andrew again. i had set off on my own travels, my own lives journey but i was so lucky and blessed to have his advice and words with me.

i remember writing a letter to andy about my abuse, explaining to him why i was such a letdown from time to time and i asked his forgiveness for exiting his theatre company twice. once because i thought i was going to be a big movie star (what a twat i was at 16) and the last time because i was struggling with my mental health.

wherever i go and whatever i do, i will always mention andrew price and how he taught me to be the performer i am on stage today. i am proud to have been a complex pupil of his because he, in turn, showed me what a true teacher and director can be. a leader. an organiser. but most of all, an inspiring person and i am eternally grateful for the important and hugely needed advice that he gave me along with his peers. i feel a deep sadness today and i am sure that many who have worked with andy and been students of andy will feel this same way, he was that special and unique an individual.

andy, i hope i can do you proud with the wonderful things happening in my music career, and i truly owe a lot of my drive, determination and love for music and theatre, to you. thank you so much. rest in power. xox

(i have included below a recorded performance for andy’s derby youth theatre workshop, the show was called trouble and is from 2004, i am 16 years old in this recording)

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THE LIGHTS OF DAWN - FILM SOUNDTRACK UPDATE

Feelings Post: it is an absolute privilege and humbling opportunity to have written and recorded my first ever original music score for film. i remember lying in bed late at night next to my friend, when I got the DM on Twitter from the wonderful director, sadie duarte, around a year and a half ago. i felt this was an incredible opportunity that I had been working towards for over 10 years and I was shaking with excitement at the possibilities. i lay there and dreamed of all the "what ifs" and played out in my head how my music could help these incredible film artists bring their vision and performances to life. the time is nearly here for The Lights of Dawn to begin its world tour over the next few years to every film festival it can earn across the globe, to deservedly win as many awards as it could, and begin for me a journey that i have personally dreamed of my entire life. the journey is soon set to begin - for now I want to extend my gratitude to the team involved in making the film and to the director for giving me this opportunity. i love you all and I am humbled by this journey. lets do this!

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