[7] Danz writes, produces, records and releases her own music, which Allmusic describes as "spacy, sci-fi influenced synth pop".

[8] She has released 4 studio albums (Davos in 2015, Danz in 2018, The Absurdity of Human Existence in 2021, and Berlin Tokyo Shopping Mall Elevator in 2023), 2 compilations (Super Rare in 2017, Covers, Vol.

Danz was born and raised in the Catskill Mountains area in upstate New York, in both Rock Hill and Woodridge.

[11] Her mother a social worker, father a handyman and stepfather a mechanic, music and the arts had an unexplained appeal for her at an early age.

At the age of 18, she moved to New York City to attend Hunter College as an affordable alternative to art school.

[13][9] According to Danz, she was a "pretty terrible student", trying to afford rent and the expensive city living by working late nights at restaurants and DJing.

I was so sure no one would believe it was just one person making the music, this was like ten years ago when there weren't as many bedroom pop artists, wanted to incite the idea that it was a band, so I named it Computer Magic.

[18] She started releasing her own songs as free download on her sites zDanz and TheComputerMagic[19] and compiled those songs on various EPs: Hiding From Our Time (2010), Hiding From More of Our Time (2010), Electronic Fences (2011), Get a Job (2011), Spectronic (2011), Orion (2012, released through Kitsune), A Million Years / Another Science (2013), Extra Stuff (2014), Dreams of Better Days (2015).

[24][25] Three music videos were released to promote this album: "Be Fair" (filmed in Trona Pinnacles[25]), "Hudson", and "Fuzz".

On December 15, 2017, Danz released the compilation Super Rare on Channel 9 Records, which included early tracks, Japan exclusives and rarities.

Danz wrote, produced and recorded the album, Claudius Mittendorfer mixed it and Joe LaPorta mastered it.

[31] Speaking about the album, Danz said that she went through an existential crisis: she experienced feelings of self-doubt, went through an extreme low, was about to break and contemplated the human existence.

"[31] The first single and music video (filmed in Death Valley[31]) from Absurdity, "Idea of You", premiered on YouTube on December 11, 2020.

Her fourth studio album, Berlin Tokyo Shopping Mall Elevator, was released on March 31, 2023 on Channel 9 Records.

Danz wrote, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered the album, which contains some music she composed specifically for her Synth History podcast.

According to the album liner notes, it is "a mainly experimental and instrumental LP, inspired by the universe, the electromagnetic spectrum, sound, space, time, frozen pizza and driving on the autobahn."

[35] In 2022, Danz composed and produced the score for the cosmic horror short film While Mortals Sleep directed by Alex Fofonoff.

Danz is an avid collector of vinyl and states, "As a person who truly values the tangibility of music, it's important for me to have my songs available in some kind of physical form.

Past interview features have included John Carpenter,[40] Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Fatboy Slim,[41] Oneohtrix Point Never, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode and Yazoo, Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO,[42] Rick Wakeman of Yes, Suzanne Ciani, Pete Townshend of The Who, Chromeo, Gary Numan and others.

It was the first to contain any recorded interviews, these included astrophysicist Joel Green of the Space Telescope Science Institute, physicist Max Katz, and vice president of product development at Moog Music, Steve Dunnington.

The guests talk about various oscillations that occur in the universe, accompanied by Danz's sound design and musical score.

[47] One of the first songs she ever wrote, "Running (Hiding Version)", was used in two separate television commercials for Aria Resort and Casino and Lexus.

[48] Her music has been featured in the TV shows Never Have I Ever on Netflix, The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBOMax, Charmed and The Flash on The CW and others.

[24][54] Attracting science fiction enthusiasts, she often performs or takes press photos in space suits with backdrops reminiscent of NASA base camps.

[45] In 2018, she was featured in the artist spotlight by Dave Smith and Sequential for using the Prophet 6 analog desktop synthesizer module.

[58] She considers Paul McCartney, Trent Reznor, David Bowie, and Thom Yorke as the main songwriters she looks up to.

[62] The music video for "Lonely Like We Are", which presents images from one of her tours in Japan, was dedicated to her Japanese fans and labels.