Is Danny Avila A Fake?
Danny Avila is one of the most beloved EDM artists to have emerged recently. The young producer from Spain has released some pretty major tracks like “Tronco”, “Breaking Your Fall”, and “Voltage”, songs that were played and still are played by the world’s biggest DJs. The only problem is Danny Avila isn’t the one behind these great tracks.
If the name Maarten Vorwerk doesn’t ring a bell that’s not something that would surprise many people. You’re much more likely to know the tracks “Epic” by Sandro Silva and Quintino and “Wow” by Yves V and Felguk or maybe you know “Mammoth” by Dmitri Vegas and Like Mike? These are all songs done by Maarten Vorwerk and there are many more that we didn’t mention. Vorwerk and probably a few others are the talent behind Danny Avila and they’re major reasons for his success. Supposedly Avila’s newest track “Poseidon” was also ghost produced by Vorwerk, but we don’t have any confirmation on this. Based on previous tracks that Vorwerk has done it certainly seems likely.
Doing a brief search reveals some interesting things about Danny Avila. It’s no secret that his father is very wealthy and has designed some of Ibiza’s best clubs, but few people realize how much of a role Danny’s father may have had in his rise to stardom. According to a graph compiled by Inner Circle Records only about 41% of Danny Avila’s Facebook likes are from the United States, Spain, and Germany. Interesting considering these should be his three biggest markets if he compiled all those likes organically. Spain, his home country, only accounts for a paltry 12.1% of the total. It makes you wonder if his 124,000+ likes are a result of a lot of marketing dollars or because people really like him. I mean Danny Avila kind of came out of nowhere. Not even industry insiders were really aware of Danny Avila before he dropped “Breaking Your Fall”, I mean he had literally zero presence in the EDM world. It also amazes me at how little love he gets anytime an article is written about him. Check the comments below from a Dancing Astronaut article to see what I mean and trust me there are a lot more.
Just because you drop one good track doesn’t mean you suddenly get to hang out with Tiesto and Fedde Le Grand. It’s hard to believe some of daddy’s influence and money didn’t get Danny Avila to where is today when it took years for people like Dillon Francis and Ummet Ozcan to really break out. The fact that he has his own radio show already is crazy. The kid has less than 10 singles and hasn’t even done a major official remix by himself. The one he did for Krewella’s “Live For The Night” was with Deniz Koyu who many suspect has done more than help him with previous productions.
I’ve never personally seen Danny Avila perform, but I’ve heard very mixed things about him. A few of my friends who aren’t really into the scene loved him and proclaimed he was “amazing” live. Some of my other friends who are huge house heads and go to shows at least once a week complained that he played right off the Beatport Top 10 and dropped some tracks that just didn’t flow. A review of his set from the Generation Wild tour early last year seems to corroborate that. It’s a little strange that someone who is supposedly so good at producing music isn’t that great at playing music.
In an interview Avila claimed that his biggest influence was Skrillex. I mean I know Skrillex is a great artist and he’s experimented quite a bit with his sound, but I haven’t heard anything from him, and I mean ever, that would inspire someone to make progressive house. That just makes no sense. A YouTube video compared a portion of Danny Avila’s song “Rasta Funk” to Showtek and Justin Prime’s “Cannonball” and the similarities are just uncanny. Even if Danny Avila is making his own music, he’s not even being original about it.
Look, I’m not hating on Danny Avila, I actually like his music or whoever made it, but if you’re going to use a ghost producer or draw from other artists’ sounds then just come out and say what your doing. People may not like you for doing that, but at least they’ll be able to respect you. I want to hear it from you guys though, what do you think of the whole Danny Avila situation and what’s your opinion on ghost producing?
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from his wiki: "danny avila… llegando a cobrar más de 6000 euros por sesión a pesar de comenzar pinchando gratis".
6000 euros per gig, pretty good dj fee…
and I think that his tracks were ghost-produced by deniz koyu. danny has a lot of photos and interviews with him.
his daddy may have gotten in him famous with his money and then during that time he actually got really good at production. Or maybe he was already learning and his dad just decided to make him famous.
well anyways, it doesn't make him a "talentless piece of shit"
EDM should be CDM – Commercial Dance Music. The watered down Beatport Top 10 infiltrating the US "scene" perpetuates the cycle of more watered down crap. Watch commercial pop radio in the US over the past 10+ years – the same thing is happening to CDM. Whether or not Avila's daddy bought the residency, we have only begun to see the cookie-cutter ghost-produced garbage.
the real story should be 'who isnt a fake in the EDM scene' ? Avila is a kid with a rich dad who had all the correct contacts.his tracks are ghost produced, his dj sets are pre produced ( i witnessed this at Hakassan in vegas) but who cares he and others are making big money and thats what dictates this scene.
i was guessed it!! about his ghost producer!! EDM is fallin with dat they'r so many fake too much for EDM!!
This article is BS… just writing a story to get fans steered up so that they keep referring to this article, which keeps this dumb website in business, get a life.
I had the chance to hang with Danny at his most recent gig in NYC at Pacha. Sat with him in the green room and started talking music production. I had heard all the same things you listed in this article, but for what it's worth, Danny knows his shit. As someone who has produced and used Logic for years now, its easy to spot someone who doesnt know what they are doing and I can honestly say he actually even helped me out with a problem I was having. Then as for his set, he played at 3am, came out with some hard stuff, by 4am he was playing a proper deep house set, and when they told him he can stop at 5, he kept going until 530 bc he was having fun and the crowd was vibing with him. I can't really speak to the numbers on FB or similarities in production, but I do know a LOT of artists have the same issues. I was impressed with Danny as a DJ Producer and as a nice guy when I met him, thats all.
People like Danny make me sick. Just shows how much the industry is messed up. Money matters more than talent. Whatever.