Daniel Peixoto
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Daniel Peixoto (2012)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Peixoto Cordeiro de Farias |
| Born |
January 5, 1986 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
| Origin |
 Brazil
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| Genres | Pop, electronica, Brazilian popular music, trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | http://danipeixoto.tnb.art.br/ |
Daniel Peixoto (/peɪˈʃoʊtoʊ/ pay-SHOH-toh, born in January 5, 1986) is a Brazilian singer and performer of pop, electronica and Brazilian popular music.
Daniel Peixoto was born in the Aldeota district of Fortaleza, Ceará. He began singing professionally around the age of 22, but since his childhood, he learned to play piano and act. During his adolescence he also did fashion model's work and host regional TV shows. His passion to singers like Madonna, Iggy Pop, David Bowie - which he was compared to by a journalist of The Guardian - and Björk push him to the music world and, in 2005, he emerged as the frontman of electropunk duo, Montage, which was praised by Justin Timberlake as "The Prodigy meets Shiny Toy Guns with tons of Brazilian passion. Taste it only if you dare". Actually, Daniel opened the Prodigy Brazil's concert in 2009, but alone, without the duo, who separated in the same year.
In 2011, Daniel Peixoto goes in a solo career, Mastigando Humanos debut album was released in that year, along with the EP Shine, launched in Europe, while touring, by French-Brazilian label AbatJour Records.MTV IGGY presented him with an accolade article and, consequently, he won the Artist of the Week MTV IGGY also chosen him as the second, in TOP 10, of best tecno brega artists from Brazil.
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