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Carlos Contreras (born December 20, 1994), known by the stage name Shiny, is a Mexican record producer, singer, and songwriter.

Career
Carlos started discovering music at the age of 10 when he first got into guitar lessons, while developing different musical skills on different instruments, making him a multi instrumentalist by the age of 14 when he learned piano, drums, bass, among other isntruments via tutorials on YouTube. It wasn't until the age of 14 when he grabbed a copy of FL Studio a DAW (Digital Audio WorkStation) when he started to produce his own music. He later became a producer for different labels releasing his music in different countries under labels such as Cubo Records, and later on Futurable.

On 2015, he Qqalified in the "Battle of the Beat Makers" as part of the Reserve List in their 10th anniversary with judges such as boi1da, followed by presentations all over México in cities such as Querétaro, CD.MX., Toluca among others. Some of those presentations are Smoothie Tunes first showcase live from México and NRMAL Showcase Toluca.

Later on he decided to start singing in his own productions, releasing his first to singles "Sola" and "Hennessy" under the influence of latin music.

Discography
As Carlos Contreras
 * Blackbeard (2014)

As Shiny Waves
 * Kisses (2016)
 * MissingNo (2016)
 * Gimme Some Lovin - Midnight Generation (Shiny Waves Remix) (2016)
 * MissingNo (2016)

As Shiny
 * Sola (2018)
 * Hennessy (2018)

Upcoming EP
 * Shiny EP (2019)