The music of Blind Divine is best described as “art music.” These prolific and experienced artists have embraced a creative style that is as unconventional as it is carefully crafted, allowing subtle nuances to collide with deliberate profoundness. Their “musical paintings” may be a thirty second interlude designed to lure the listener into an otherworldly dreamscape, where floating rhythms, ethereal vocals, haunting piano, or effected guitars become a palette of many hues, a sonic texture that conjures a visual aesthetic. .
	While others embrace a mix of moody beats and emotional vocals, where the “art music” becomes the theme of an enigmatic dream that is as strange as it is inescapably familiar in a delicate and abstract world, imbuing an ultra awareness of emotion, love, hate, fear, pain, life, death, elation, or faith, and inviting the imagination to ruminate.  . “It’s about the process of discovering the beauty in the layers of sound,” explains Paula. ”When I write lyrics and melodies to Daniel’s pieces I’m careful to record every note I sing. I capture how the song makes me feel at that moment. There is an unveiling that takes place.” For Daniel, “trying the create a visual picture, a mood, a moment in time without thinking about it too much is a challenge. I like to keep the instrumentation classic and organic. I play everything live and avoid sequencing.”  .
					Inside sleeve from the CD "Devouring The Beautiful"
	Their first album, the 2005 release, "Devouring The Beautiful," was a definitive moment and a liberating experience, one that has brought forth a transfiguration of spontaneity and creation. Long-time friend and guitarist Michael Glidewell would lend his talents to several of the tracks as well. In 2006, Blind Divine released two albums simultaneously, "Desire To Destroy," mastered by the first Grammy Award winning mastering engineer, Gavin Lurssen, and "Music For Unmade Movies Vol. 1."  . Blind Divine’s fourth release, the 2008, “Queen Of Venom,” is a 12-song emotionally rich offering from Daniel and Paula. In 2008, they were featured on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Clive Barker’s, “Midnight Meat Train.” Their fifth, a digital-only release, “Soul Retriever,” came soon after in early 2009. . Their sixth and latest album, “Breathing Spell,” embraces several genres at once, Shoegaze/Dreampop/Indie/Alternative/Hypno Rock, while still visiting their unique mashing of Trip-Hop and Dark Ambience. With this album, Daniel abandoned his keyboards and wrote strictly on the guitar, “I wanted to challenge myself to create strange and beautiful sounds without the use of synthesizers. What emerged was really interesting, it took on a life of it’s own.” For Paula, “our son went to Australia for three weeks and it was sort of a turning point for us all. Daniel and I couldn’t stop writing, it just flowed so naturally.” Later, bassist Jacob Stevens and guitarist Damian Diaz would add their flavor to several of the tracks. .
	At present, Stevens and Diaz, and drummer DJ Esparza, who power up their live show, which invokes an intimate, yet powerful feel that showcases the beauty and emotion of the songs, join Paula and Daniel. In addition to their album releases, Paula and Daniel have written and produced the entire film score for the award-winning New Zealand feature film, “Orphans And Angels,” and their music has been licensed for many film and television productions. . Over the years, Paula and Daniel have become producers of more than just music, they have become a production team, which have collaborated on the design and installation of the new Historic Hotel Congress “Proscenium” stage, the album cover and CD artwork for “Payable On Death” by Atlantic Records band P.O.D., which sold over one million copies, and the book design and layout for Daniel’s art books, “Triginta Uno Dies, Thirty-One Drawings In Thirty-One Days” and
				Paula Catherine Valencia (Photo by Valerie Galloway)
	“Mysterium Fidei,” published by La Luz de Jesus Press and Last Gasp. They are currently working on three prominent public art projects for the City of Phoenix, including projects for the innovative Arizona Light Rail. .
	Discography • 2000 Abstraktions, Vol. 2, Abstrakt Reality Records • 2002 Purified: The Liquid Lounge Chill Out Series, Water Music Records • 2005 Devouring The Beautiful, Mysticus Publishing • 2006 Strange Flesh, Eventide Music Productions • 2006 Desire To Destroy, Mysticus Publishing • 2006 Music For Unmade Movies, Vol I, Mysticus Publishing • 2006 Melancholia Box Set, Mysticus Publishing • 2008 Midnight Meat Train Original Motion Picture Soundtrack • 2008 Queen Of Venom, Mysticus Publishing • 2009 Soul Retriever, Mysticus Publishing • 2009 Breathing Spell, Mysticus Publishing .
	Cleint List: Feature Films: Blind Divine's music appears on the "TAKING LIVES" DVD. Starring Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands. Blind Divine composed the original score for the award winning full-length feature film "Orphans And Angels". This chilling art-house suspense drama was filmed on location in New Zealand by writer/director Harold Brodie. Blind Divine's music appears on "The Midnight Meat Train" (directed by Clive Barker) original motion picture soundtrack. Released by Lakeshore Records starring Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, and Vinnie Jones. .
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	Apocalyptic Resurrection, Oil on Wood, Painted by Daniel Martin Diaz, 2006
	Daniel Martin Diaz Client List: PBS, Warner Bros/Atlantic Records, Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin Magazine, MTV-2, Juxtapoz Magazine, Low Rider Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Garage Magazine, Shade Magazine, 3x3 Magazine, HM The Hard Music Magazine, Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art Book Vol. and II, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, New American Paintings, Equilibrium Magazine, Alter Ego, Versus Magazine, Christianity and the Arts, New American Paintings, Wave Magazine, Raw Vision Magazine, New Zealand Feature Film, "Orphans And Angels," Clive Barker Feature Film, "Midnight Meat Train." . To purchase Blind Divine and Daniel Martin Diaz merchadise visit www.mysticuspublishing.com . . .