Name: Creature EP
Brand: Mana

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

hdb111

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-09-08

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Standard:20

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5055300386939

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1 / 12" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Mana

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Hyperdub

Hyperdub is a UK based music label that was founded in 2004. Run by the artist Kode9, this label has become known for its innovative and boundary-pushing releases. With a focus on electronic music, Hyperdub has established itself as a leading force in the industry, consistently delivering cutting-edge sounds and pushing the boundaries of genre. Whether you're a fan of dubstep, grime, or experimental beats, Hyperdub is sure to have something that will captivate your ears.
With an impressive roster of artists and a reputation for quality releases, Hyperdub has solidified its position as one of the most influential labels in the music scene today. From iconic albums to groundbreaking singles, their catalog boasts an array of diverse and forward-thinking music that continues to resonate with listeners worldwide.
As a label run by an artist himself, Hyperdub understands the importance of artistic expression and creative freedom. They provide a platform for emerging talent as well as established artists to showcase their unique soundscapes and push sonic boundaries. With their finger on the pulse of underground movements and trends, Hyperdub remains at the forefront of musical innovation.

Mana is producer and composer Daniele Mana from Torino in Italy. His debut EP for Hyperdub, Creature, is also the first under his own surname. It’s one of his most vivid, personal and confident releases to date. Since 2010, he has been releasing under the moniker Vaghe Stelle, with EPs and two full length albums on labels such as Gang of Ducks, Aisha Devi's Danse Noire, Astro:Dynamics and most recently, Nicolas Jaar’s Other People records. He is also a member of One Circle with Lorenzo Senni and soundtracks composer Francesco Fantini. On Creature, over eight tracks, he ingests Shostakovitch, Drexciya, Darkthrone, Frank Ocean and Paul Lansky, and refashions them into an almost operatic record - a rich, melodrama of dark tension and excitable in-your-face synth melodies. In using his own name for the first time, he says he is confronting the unfiltered, “brutal truth” of his self, compressing “tension and anxiety” into a “claustrophobic sense of emotional vacuum.” From the skulking clockwork of 'Crystaline,' the rich drifting ambience of 'Sei Nove', to the panicky, rushy rave stabs meets horror theme of Running Man, it’s lucid, dynamic synth music which uses drums sparingly, but occasionally swirls into little sublime vortices of arpeggiated hyperrhythm. The melodies are bright and pitch bent, swollen by euphoric voltage surges and stuttering, soaring strings in Rabbia, plucking wide-screen, heart strings on Uno e Solo and lulling down into the delicate, shimmering prisms of Wetlife and Consolations. While in its own lane, Creature feels totally at home on Hyperdub.

Creature EP

Music GB