Dantes

Fusing five-octave vocals with woodwind layers, <a href="spotify:artist:5AflrDLKnIrldZeepeKFAc" data-name="Dantes">Dantes</a> represents the unorthodox. Born in Broward County to exiled Cuban dissidents, <a href="spotify:artist:2pmpPRYKKgS5kmcBugg7eg" data-name="Alec Arritola">Alec Arritola</a> took up the clarinet at 10 &amp; was a member of the <a href="spotify:artist:7KHovwwRzttaeoxo1XYIhB" data-name="South Florida Youth Symphony">South Florida Youth Symphony</a> by 12. A prodigy saxophonist &amp; National Hispanic Scholar, he gigged throughout Miami, where he performed in the same venues as influences including <a href="spotify:artist:2ZvrvbQNrHKwjT7qfGFFUW" data-name="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:30Mx3ZadPgGZTcs38FvYP8" data-name="Paquito D&#39;Rivera">Paquito D&#39;Rivera</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:0MGQZNEMaEICyku3cSDrnJ" data-name="Arturo Sandoval">Arturo Sandoval</a>; his repertoire comprised of jazz, classical &amp; native Afro-Cuban music.


In 2016, the then-anonymous singer under The Count of Monte Cristo-derived moniker “<a href="spotify:artist:5AflrDLKnIrldZeepeKFAc" data-name="Dantes">Dantes</a>” garnered attention with his R&amp;B/hip-hop collaboration project <a href="spotify:album:6fTUVqS1vQGFzYG2RtTiel" data-name="Divino">Divino</a>, which featured rap acts like <a href="spotify:artist:08Ld63UgKrJ0nZnCkzHtzc" data-name="Project Pat">Project Pat</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:21dooacK2WGBB5amYvKyfM" data-name="Smokepurpp">Smokepurpp</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:2rhFzFmezpnW82MNqEKVry" data-name="Ski Mask The Slump God">Ski Mask The Slump God</a>, over beats from formative trap producers including <a href="spotify:artist:5Rtdt9VRU1leFt5fS2q0v1" data-name="808 MAFIA">808 MAFIA</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:36j2bzgU6sbViHKCNz00ex" data-name="Wheezy">Wheezy</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:5L0n62BVUljSzKMLyMaFHR" data-name="Young Chop">Young Chop</a>.


Following the release of <a href="spotify:album:2EKGMaGQHKvfwPjTMSj9Co" data-name="Divino">Divino</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2pmpPRYKKgS5kmcBugg7eg" data-name="Alec Arritola">Alec Arritola</a> landed songwriting placements on FOX series “STAR”. Along with <a href="spotify:artist:3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB" data-name="JAY-Z">JAY-Z</a>’s protégé <a href="spotify:artist:4jWzNq3sdzSpqn7BnzvIKn" data-name="Memphis Bleek">Memphis Bleek</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:49pQfWTLlSww8C7K7unpUC" data-name="Ruff Ryders">Ruff Ryders</a> producer Teflon, he penned <a href="spotify:track:5CloWXHDzMrR4AJxttXR4s" data-name="Save Your Love">Save Your Love</a> (performed by <a href="spotify:artist:4E7AV8mtElSjHZP3xA9kyU" data-name="Luke James">Luke James</a> &amp; the <a href="spotify:artist:6UKDgKJpv0MCwiQHbllkfR" data-name="Star Cast">Star Cast</a>). While working out of Bleek’s Roc Nation studio, he sung bilingual references for international stars <a href="spotify:artist:5EvFsr3kj42KNv97ZEnqij" data-name="Shaggy">Shaggy</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:1r4hJ1h58CWwUQe3MxPuau" data-name="Maluma">Maluma</a>. He was additionally featured on UMTV’s Emmy Award-winning show “Off The Wire”.


Apart from his solo releases, Dantes has been a featured artist on songs along with <a href="spotify:artist:699OTQXzgjhIYAHMy9RyPD" data-name="Playboi Carti">Playboi Carti</a> - <a href="spotify:track:4k8b0ULXKIPV6GM3M8SYmG" data-name="Snow (feat. Playboi Carti &amp; Dantes)">Snow (feat. Playboi Carti &amp; Dantes)</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6POMCYQE1sq1BJ8FnAvTA8" data-name="Nessly">Nessly</a> - <a href="spotify:album:02vfQZo6hZrjGz05eXY38F" data-name="Chanel (feat. Nessly &amp; Dantes)">Chanel (feat. Nessly &amp; Dantes)</a>, &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:2jku7tDXc6XoB6MO2hFuqg" data-name="Tory Lanez">Tory Lanez</a> - <a href="spotify:album:1pEoyPHavc59E1ieD07yDm" data-name="Come (feat. Tory Lanez &amp; Dantes)">Come (feat. Tory Lanez &amp; Dantes)</a>.