Tag: Manual Music

  • Fractal Architect – Larsen / Facets – Manual Deep

    From the opening moments as Larsen gathers pace the prevailing sense of joyous expectation is plainly palpable. Its cross contamination of influences have created an intriguing mix of haunting, delicate guitars alongside shimmering arpeggios, moody bass and electro drums. Facets, proceeds to move across deeper territory with a graceful flair again combining different atmospheric charges…

  • 3kilo – Searching For You – 90watts

    The haunting spaces opened by this rather tasty production from 3Kilo is rewarding in its own right. Moods, voices and textures are made readily available through the expert use of electronics, generating much thought about the human soul as about connectivity through sound on the title track. KAMADEV & Paul Hazendonk provide a first rate…

  • Riigs & Skenna – One More Love – Manual Music

    The luscious One More Love which begins this new release from Riigs & Skenna fills the air with space and timely emotion. Temptingly open to interpretation as unfolding waves of synthesized arpeggios roll over unhurried drums plus occasional splashes of breathy vocals all of which strongly hints at sun and shine in evocative manner. Ambro,…

  • Aluria & Aman Anand – Stop The Silence – MNL

    Talking of revolutionary fervour, Stop The Silence injects the fire of much missed energy into their provocative statement of intent. Accompanied by pounding drums and bass there is an urgency to it all which focuses thoughts on the future with Aluria’s words delivered via the force of Punk attitude. Followed by an excellent Dub version…

  • Alex Cicada – Syèl – Manual Music

    This reflective production from Alex Cicada sets the future standard high as his debut release brushes the senses with the air of emotional resonance. The yearning vocal is at the heart of Syèl from which the splash of tastefully crafted instruments all breathe soul into the arrangement that is more about the depth of quality…

  • Sasheen – Colors – Manual Music

    The opening bars of Colors greets you with breathy anticipation soon being resolved by the introduction of treated voices intoning thoughts of the wonder of nature. The soul of electricity pulses throughout the arrangement of chiming, melodic keyboards but not before a contrasting burst of darker synthesizer hits midway. Dreamlike intention. The heavier, though equally…

  • Alessandro Diga Q&A

    Your new single: Grace’s Secret/ Skies Are Crying is due out in May on Manual Music. What is the inspiration behind the titles? The track name for ‘Skies Are Crying’ is based on my experience on a flight I took to Berlin last summer. When the plane took off it rained pretty hard, so in…

  • Alessandro Diga – Grace’s Secret / Skies Are Crying – Manual Music

    In anticipation of a forthcoming album Alessandro Diga’s highly charged assault on the senses sees fizzy, exuberant bass lines fuse a dangerous sense of melody together with hard-hitting notation. Supremely addictive as Grace’s Secret also underpins the action with contrasting delicate string-like plucks which offset it all rather nicely. THe WHite SHadow version follows injecting…