Man Power, Lionel Rifkin (Club Tularosa), DANILO BRACA - Dead Letter No.9

Who they are

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  Man Power

  Newcastle, United Kingdom · 6 bookings since Nov 2023

  “Initially it felt fairly easy to pin down the Man Power project when it started off in 2014 with a bunch of growling slo mo techno records on the likes of Correspondant, Hivern Discs and Infiné.”

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  Initially it felt fairly easy to pin down the Man Power project when it started off in 2014 with a bunch of growling slo mo techno records on the likes of Correspondant, Hivern Discs and Infiné. However in the intervening decade we’ve seen Geoff Kirkwood continually confound expectations, whether it be via releasing Disco and Italo records (Stamp / SKINT / Eskimo), Detroit leaning Techno (Sound As, DFA, Ene Japan), straight-up House Music (Rekids, Make A Dance, ESP Institute) or, more often than not, weirdo mutations of all of those sounds and more on an impressively wide range of big and small labels. All of this before we even get into his Techno Alias MPX, his 2 Experimental Ambient albums as Bedwetter, and his creation of a full blown Orchestral Symphony with the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Since almost the very start of the project, Man Power has been found applying this mercurial method regularly as a DJ at clubs and festivals across the world ranging from the candy coloured excesses of Burning Man Festival, to the lights-off mystery of Panorama Bar, and all points in-between. Making appearances at everything from institutions like Glastonbury, Rex Club Paris, Love International, Nitsa Barcelona, Vent Tokyo, Amnesia Ibiza and Elsewhere Brooklyn, to nameless warehouses, pub-raves, pop-ups and guerrilla parties across the UK, Europe, Central & South East Asia, The USA and Latin America. In many ways it feels as though it’s taken the last 10 years just for Kirkwood to be able to get some way towards revealing the full scope of his musical breadth both as a producer and as a DJ, but despite the somewhat open-ended approach to genre it’s still possible to pick out common threads in his choices. Throughout the Man Power project there has always been an openly earnest and emotive undercurrent that is often tempered by a contrary tendency towards the arch or absurd, and while cinematic sonics and narrative indulgences are frequent motifs, they often rub shoulders with a raw, direct and unpretentious approach that arguably borders on the naïve. At the heart of it all, whether making music, playing music, releasing other people’s music via his Me Me Me label, or throwing parties around the world, the Man Power project is simply an example of someone authentically trying to explore the full extent of their creative self, and doing so in way that may not be for everyone, but which is deeply meaningful and compelling to those who feel things the same way that he does.
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  Their RA profile lists Eskimo Recordings, BMG, PIAS, InFine Music and 6 more.

  Recently at Gabriela, House of Yes, Public Arts · often with Eli Escobar, Nastia Reigel, Loidis, none of them here that night

• Lionel Rifkin

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  DANILO BRACA

  Rome, Italy · 27 bookings since Aug 2023

  “Danilo Braca is an expert audio professional, with a long track record as a mixing engineer, DJ and music producer.”

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  Danilo Braca is an expert audio professional, with a long track record as a mixing engineer, DJ and music producer. Born in Italy and influenced by his father’s love for collecting records and for audiophile HiFi gear, Danilo started DJing at the age of 13. Shortly thereafter started working as a sound engineer in music studios in Rome, where he specialized in mixing audio for film and TV. In 2012 he moved to NYC, where he founded The Sound of New York City, a web radio and a music production studio. He has built a strong reputation as a club DJ, as a producer and as a mixing engineer. His most recent work includes production on labels such as Music for Dreams, Best Record, House of Music, Jumbo Records, Sirsound Records, HGS, and mixing/mastering on labels such as World Famous, Music For Dreams, Best Record, TSoNYC, House of Music. As a DJ he has performed as a headliner at venues such as LeBain at The Standard (NYC), House of Yes (NYC), Cielo (NYC), Output (NYC), ATV (Miami), Eagle Room (Miami), Air (Tokyo) Sunday Sunday (Mexico City), Departamento (Mexico City) and many more around the world. Danilo created 2 record labels and released 5 EP that caught many ears in the underground community. His style as a DJ has remained very eclectic with the ability to blend Afro-disco, synth pop, Italo Cosmic, Garage House, Disco, Prog- Rock, Chicago Old School House, Philly vibes and Techno all in one set. In the late 2019 he founded TSoNYC - The Sound of New York City record label and he released names like DJ Spinna, DJ Nature, The Revenge, Ashley Beedle, DJ Rocca and many more to come this year like Ron Trent and others that cannot be revealed yet. In 2020 winner of the Beatport competition to remix the DJ Harvey’s song, “Berghain”. The Latest releases in 2022 on his label are Piano Piano also remixed by DJ Spinna and Sïana (Woza Woza) remixed by Ron Trent
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  Balearic on 16, House on 14, Downtempo on 12 and Ambient on 8. styles on their catalogued releases

  Released on TSoNYC-The Sound of New York City (2) and Best Record (1); their RA profile also lists Best Record Italy. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile

  Recently at Eavesdrop, Le Bain, Jupiter Disco · often with BASHKKA, Satoshi Tomiie, Justin Cudmore, none of them here that night