Manual - Confluence - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Re-press 2010 . Manual, AKA Jonas Munk, is a producer from Odense, Denmark specializing in a unique brand of warm, organic music that fuses elements of new and old, electronic and hand-played, analogue and digital. He made his debut 10 years ago with an EP on Hobby Industries, followed by a handful of releases, both as Manual and with Icebreaker International, as well as his band Limp. Later, Munk signed with Darla and expanded his work into the area of minimalist ambient music while still perfecting the original Manual sound. 12 tracks.

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Reissue of the long out of print mini LP, originally released on Static Caravan in 2003. The four track mini LP points in different directions simultaneously both towards the ambient works that would soon take up such a prominent place in the Manual discography, as well as towards the epic, 1980s-influenced Azure Vista, released in 2005. The warm and swirling sound of Isares betrays Jonas Munk's admiration for the sound of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although the works of Manual were highly regarded by critics in this period, Jonas Munk remained in obscurity. But the influence of these sounds can still be heard in following acts such as M83 or Tycho as well as in recent styles such as neo-shoegaze and chill-wave.