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PLAYRJC 083EP
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Live At Robert Johnson presents the new Holographic Witness EP by Niall Mannion aka Mano le Tough. Please enjoy four very special tracks made by experienced Irishman Mannion near beautiful Lake Zurich. Four tracks to jump into like Zurich folks jump into the Limmat to get carried away. Now here's your chance to get carried away too! Let's start with the hypnotic grooves of "Holographic Witness" with its subtle handclaps and percussions turning this bass-line driven monster to further heights -- a bass-line quite reminiscent of that special Miami sound made famous by the Murk guys back in the early '90s. Add some Balearic guitar riffings and wait until that mighty bass drum comes back in after 6 minutes and you'll find yourself dreaming on a dancefloor in heaven. Niall continues with more pounding drum sounds in next tune "Kakooja". Stabbing synths sounds dominate this track while Niall manages to create another dreamy vibe again for this monotonous (in a very positive way that is) work of art -- a dreamy vibe which can be found on any of Niall's tracks. This leads you directly to "Last Floating Figh, Liufe Floating" where Mr. Mannion floats into much quieter shores. It's a very meditative affair which makes you want to listen to it over and over again once the tune comes to an end. On "Weather Master", this EP's last track, Niall masters the art of trippy sounds for a fourth time building another dreamy hypnotic groove that is just beautiful. Maybe too beautiful for this world. Fans of Mano Le Tough who does not seem so tough at all considering his first offering for Live At Robert Johnson.
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PAMPA 015LP
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Double LP version. Irish producer and DJ Mano Le Tough releases his new record, At The Moment, on DJ Koze's Pampa Records. After more than a decade of releases and touring, Mano has spent the past year at home in Zurich, rearing his young family and focusing on the positives of 14 months without performing, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. In the face of horror, Mano channeled inspiration. With At The Moment, the follow-up to 2015's Trails (PERMVAC 142CD/LP), those struggles have produced a record which balances the ambivalence of the current moment, with wistful streaks of unguarded optimism. At The Moment shows Mano's modes of expression evolving too. The synths and rhythms common to earlier works are now complemented with less familiar sounds and influences. Jangling guitars and sun-bleached chords envelop his own tender, plaintive vocals in a dappled wash of summery pop. Another track grounds overlapping melodies and sci-fi soundtrack pads with hip hop beats, creating a hypnotic slice of slinky retrofuturism. Where there is reflection, there is also a sense of being unafraid.
"I've always liked that Mallarmé quote, 'poetry is the language of crisis,'" says Mano. "It's hard to make good music about everything being amazing. Everything is going great -- who wants to listen to that? Anything I've done -- anything which I thought had any kind of artistic merit, has been through struggles I've had in my life."
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PAMPA 015CD
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Irish producer and DJ Mano Le Tough releases his new record, At The Moment, on DJ Koze's Pampa Records. After more than a decade of releases and touring, Mano has spent the past year at home in Zurich, rearing his young family and focusing on the positives of 14 months without performing, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. In the face of horror, Mano channeled inspiration. With At The Moment, the follow-up to 2015's Trails (PERMVAC 142CD/LP), those struggles have produced a record which balances the ambivalence of the current moment, with wistful streaks of unguarded optimism. At The Moment shows Mano's modes of expression evolving too. The synths and rhythms common to earlier works are now complemented with less familiar sounds and influences. Jangling guitars and sun-bleached chords envelop his own tender, plaintive vocals in a dappled wash of summery pop. Another track grounds overlapping melodies and sci-fi soundtrack pads with hip hop beats, creating a hypnotic slice of slinky retrofuturism. Where there is reflection, there is also a sense of being unafraid.
"I've always liked that Mallarmé quote, 'poetry is the language of crisis,'" says Mano. "It's hard to make good music about everything being amazing. Everything is going great -- who wants to listen to that? Anything I've done -- anything which I thought had any kind of artistic merit, has been through struggles I've had in my life."
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PAMPA 028EP
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Irish producer Niall Mannion, aka Mano Le Tough, releases his first record on Pampa, Ahsure EP. "Your Heavy Head" is the most dancefloor-focused track of the EP. Mano combines crisp, live sounding percussion with various intertwining synth lines and bell chimes, establishing a gentle, yet pulsating groove. "Kitedub" on the flip settles neatly somewhere between modern house music and weirdo pop. Mano's stirring vocals make up the centerpiece of the track, as strange sounds swell and subside. "Ahsure" hears Mano's lyrics sit above swirling ambient sounds and they convey a raw honesty that is palpable.
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MAEVE 011EP
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Mano Le Tough releases his second 12" on Maeve, the label he co-founded with Baikal and The Drifter in 2012. "Big Words From The Small Mouth" arrives with quite the clatter. Searing synth jams scatter over a brooding kick/sub bass combo. The sharp crisp percussion drives the track forward, while various bleets, squeals, and swells give the track a raw rave vibe. "Arganol" is a trippy affair. Touching nine minutes long, the narrative unravels through woozy melodies and melancholic cameos, culminating in a burst of movement and energy perfect for the wee hours of a dancefloor.
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PERMVAC 149EP
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DJ Koze delivers two killer remixes for Mano Le Tough's track "Energy Flow", taken from his recently released album Trails (PERMVAC 142CD/LP, 2015).
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PERMVAC 142LP
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Double LP version. Includes CD. Mano le Tough spends a lot of time in the club. In 2014, the Irish-born artist played more than 100 gigs all around the world -- landing at number eight on Resident Advisor's annual DJ Poll in the process -- but when the time came to make Trails, the follow-up to his lauded 2013 debut album Changing Days (PERMVAC 105CD/LP), he knew that a little time away from the dancefloor was in order. As such, he took a break from DJing, decamped to the Swiss countryside, and adopted a new routine, one that involved waking up at dawn each day and taking long meditative runs through the hills and forests overlooking Lake Zürich before planting himself in the studio. The resulting flood of inspiration produced Trails. It's full of slow-brewing, melody-driven tracks, many of them featuring Mano's emotive vocals; for fans of Changing Days, Mano's earlier EPs, or even Maeve, the rising label he runs alongside close friends The Drifter and Baikal, there is plenty to love here. While there's never been much doubt about his skills as a producer, Mano's career was largely forged in the DJ booth, and his many extended sets in clubs such as Berghain and Trouw have gradually lent his production work an impressive sense of patience. The songs on Trails swell and blossom at a deliberate pace while blurring the lines between house, techno, new wave, ambient, and classic pop music. DJs may gravitate towards the album's soaring club cuts ("I See Myself in You," "Sometimes Lost"), but songs like "Half Closed Eyes" and "Empty Early Years and the Seed" find Mano deftly balancing his pop impulses with the demands of the dancefloor. Elsewhere, "Trails" channels new wave while employing a hooky no wave guitar riff, and "Meilen" offers up a bit of balearic bliss. Then there's the "Energy Flow," a track that puts Mano's vocals front and center and just might be the most emotionally naked thing he's ever produced. Granted, this sort of variety has long been a staple of Mano's DJ sets, but Trails is perhaps the first time that his diverse tastes have been so coherently reflected in his own music. Without question, the album is Mano le Tough's deepest, most personal, and most potent work to date, and while it's undoubtedly been influenced by his time in -- and reverence for -- the club, its reach goes far beyond the dancefloor.
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PERMVAC 142CD
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Mano le Tough spends a lot of time in the club. In 2014, the Irish-born artist played more than 100 gigs all around the world -- landing at number eight on Resident Advisor's annual DJ Poll in the process -- but when the time came to make Trails, the follow-up to his lauded 2013 debut album Changing Days (PERMVAC 105CD/LP), he knew that a little time away from the dancefloor was in order. As such, he took a break from DJing, decamped to the Swiss countryside, and adopted a new routine, one that involved waking up at dawn each day and taking long meditative runs through the hills and forests overlooking Lake Zürich before planting himself in the studio. The resulting flood of inspiration produced Trails. It's full of slow-brewing, melody-driven tracks, many of them featuring Mano's emotive vocals; for fans of Changing Days, Mano's earlier EPs, or even Maeve, the rising label he runs alongside close friends The Drifter and Baikal, there is plenty to love here. While there's never been much doubt about his skills as a producer, Mano's career was largely forged in the DJ booth, and his many extended sets in clubs such as Berghain and Trouw have gradually lent his production work an impressive sense of patience. The songs on Trails swell and blossom at a deliberate pace while blurring the lines between house, techno, new wave, ambient, and classic pop music. DJs may gravitate towards the album's soaring club cuts ("I See Myself in You," "Sometimes Lost"), but songs like "Half Closed Eyes" and "Empty Early Years and the Seed" find Mano deftly balancing his pop impulses with the demands of the dancefloor. Elsewhere, "Trails" channels new wave while employing a hooky no wave guitar riff, and "Meilen" offers up a bit of balearic bliss. Then there's the "Energy Flow," a track that puts Mano's vocals front and center and just might be the most emotionally naked thing he's ever produced. Granted, this sort of variety has long been a staple of Mano's DJ sets, but Trails is perhaps the first time that his diverse tastes have been so coherently reflected in his own music. Without question, the album is Mano le Tough's deepest, most personal, and most potent work to date, and while it's undoubtedly been influenced by his time in -- and reverence for -- the club, its reach goes far beyond the dancefloor.
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PERMVAC 108EP
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Heavy remix package for Mano Le Tough's debut album Changing Days (PERMVAC 105CD/LP): Tale Of Us, Dixon, and New Jackson deliver fantastic reworks perfectly shaped for the dancefloor. Kristian Beyer of Âme claimed recently in an interview that: "Thanks to Mano Le Tough, I have no fears for the future of house." And not just Beyer, the entire Innervisions gang including Âme and Dixon have become fervent supporters of Mano Le Tough's warm and melodic, yet driving sound.
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PERMVAC 105LP
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Gatefold double LP version with CD of the album. This is the debut album from heralded Irish producer Mano Le Tough, who is one of 2011's international DJ shooting stars according to Resident Advisor's top 100 list. The entire Innervisions gang including Âme and Dixon have become fervent supporters of Mano Le Tough's warm and melodic, yet driving sound. Niall Mannion, as Mano is known to his parents, is originally from Greystones, a seaside village near Dublin, Ireland. After an eclectic musical youth and a move to Berlin, Mannion first popped up on the electronic music radar in 2009 with an EP on legendary disco Viking Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label. With his unique mixture of modern disco, atmospheric house and electronic, Niall quickly gained massive interest in his music. EPs on such acclaimed labels as Tensnake's Mirau imprint, Dirt Crew Recordings and Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly followed his remarkable debut. In no time, Mano also became a much sought-after remixer for the likes of Aloe Blacc, Midnight Magic, Flowers And Sea Creatures and Roisín Murphy. With his ever-growing reputation, he soon got heavily booked worldwide and became a regular in some of the best clubs in the world including Panorama Bar, Trouw and Robert Johnson. All of his great experiences as a musician and artist culminate on this debut album. Fully aware that the album format is still the most important statement of a musician, Mano succeeds in this field with flying colors by not falling into the obvious traps of making a "dance" album with 11 songs that all seem to sound the same. Instead, he creates his own distinct sound and musical vision with bittersweet melodies and atmospheric moods that should appeal to ravers and more pop-trained ears alike. On the album, Mano perfects what he began to explore on his last few EPs, especially by using his own voice as a unique musical instrument and as a transmitter to communicate with his audience.
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This is the debut album from heralded Irish producer Mano Le Tough, who is one of 2011's international DJ shooting stars according to Resident Advisor's top 100 list. The entire Innervisions gang including Âme and Dixon have become fervent supporters of Mano Le Tough's warm and melodic, yet driving sound. Niall Mannion, as Mano is known to his parents, is originally from Greystones, a seaside village near Dublin, Ireland. After an eclectic musical youth and a move to Berlin, Mannion first popped up on the electronic music radar in 2009 with an EP on legendary disco Viking Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label. With his unique mixture of modern disco, atmospheric house and electronic, Niall quickly gained massive interest in his music. EPs on such acclaimed labels as Tensnake's Mirau imprint, Dirt Crew Recordings and Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly followed his remarkable debut. In no time, Mano also became a much sought-after remixer for the likes of Aloe Blacc, Midnight Magic, Flowers And Sea Creatures and Roisín Murphy. With his ever-growing reputation, he soon got heavily booked worldwide and became a regular in some of the best clubs in the world including Panorama Bar, Trouw and Robert Johnson. All of his great experiences as a musician and artist culminate on this debut album. Fully aware that the album format is still the most important statement of a musician, Mano succeeds in this field with flying colors by not falling into the obvious traps of making a "dance" album with 11 songs that all seem to sound the same. Instead, he creates his own distinct sound and musical vision with bittersweet melodies and atmospheric moods that should appeal to ravers and more pop-trained ears alike. On the album, Mano perfects what he began to explore on his last few EPs, especially by using his own voice as a unique musical instrument and as a transmitter to communicate with his audience.
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PERMVAC 091EP
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Irishman Mano Le Tough travelled far and wide to return with these hypnotic and psychedelic house cuts. "Mountains" and "Even Now" embody the space and vastness of the Swiss Alps while "She Sighed" sees Mano return to the melancholy rain and rich musical history of his native Ireland. Enjoy the trip.
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INT 020EP
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"Mano baby, this is your finest moment yet. I was sure at first you'd gone and sampled Arthur Russell and I couldn't believe you had such a fine voice. I love you, never change." --Prins Thomas, August 2011
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DIRT 043EP
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Mano Le Tough presents a great mix of disco and house -- two great, original tracks and two stunning remixes from Jacob Korn and Iron Curtis. A tremendous collection of deep hitters.
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INT 014EP
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Mano Le Tough reemerges on Internasjonal, fusing the deeper shades of house and techno with a strong melodic sensibility. "Oblique" boasts a perfect, effective dramaturgy with a slightly spooky broken melody box theme rising out of a thick mist of grinding chords before morphing into a deep acid finale. Château Flight toughen up the beats and throw in some African wood percussions and sparse psychedelic dub effects for a superb, multi-layered rework.
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INT 008EP
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Mano Le Tough's "Warhorn" has been cycling around the ether for about 2 years now. During that time, it has been significantly road-tested and has verily passed the test. Simple, dark melodic techno with quite an anthemic feel. After a bit of fiddling around trying to come up with the right person to remix it, Mano instead came up with "Halve A Sun," which now graces the B-side even more gracefully than any remix money could buy. Killer alert!
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