4lux is proud to serve you the sounds of Italian deep house pioneer Enrico Mantini. This twelve cleverly combines two of Mantini's most sought-after classics together with two brand new offerings.
All trax come in the old school deep house vibe.
I'll Be There was originally released on the Ultimate Result EP on Italian cult label UMM back in 1993 and has been a fave deep house tune of 4lux head honcho Gerd ever since.
The same goes for What You Like actually. This is a truly uncompliacted deep house tune released on Mantini's very own Smooth Sounds in 1992. Now 20 years later these trax still are as actual as they were back then.
The two new track that Enrico recorded for this EP complement the release in a nice way indeed. Don't Make is a loose track with warm chords, organ stabs and nicely shuffled beats. Last but not least comes U Deep Me, a fantastic hypnotic bomb that sounds fantastic on any club system.

Side A

I'LL BE THERE (1993 Original Mix) *
(Mantini - Fioritoni) Universal Music Publishing

DON'T MAKE (2012 Unreleased) **
(Mantini) SIAE Copyright Control

* Written and produced by Enrico Mantini and Marco Fioritoni for UMM.
** Written and produced by Enrico Mantini for Enrico Mantini Productions.

Side B

WHAT YOU LIKE (1992 Original Mix) *
(Mantini - Fioritoni) Universal Music Publishing

U DEEP ME (2012 Unreleased) **
(Mantini) SIAE Copyright Control

* Written and produced by Enrico Mantini and Marco Fioritoni for Smoothsound Productions.
** Written and produced by Enrico Mantini for Enrico Mantini Productions.

Dedicated to all the guys who still love the true house sound in particular the man himself Gerd, dj Zip @ Perlon, William Rosario, Fabio Monesi, Patrick Luca, Davidson Ospina, Hector Romero, Dsastro aka Marco Fioritoni, Angelo Tardio (the real Man behind the UMM project), Sam aka Brawther and Jeremy @ MLIU, YouTube users Thumbzo and innerSpace1991 for their contribution. Stay true to the Vibe.


Don't Make

Private Collection (4LUX013-02)

Hailing from the early age of house music, Enrico Mantini is internationally renowned as a Deep House pioneer.

Born in Pescara (Italy) in 1972, Enrico grew up with music running through his veins, starting his long-standing relationship with it at the age of 10 by taking piano lessons, listening to adult music and later focusing on DJing.

Since his debut in the music industry in 1990, he has appeared on cult labels such as UMM, Smooth Sound, MBG International, Marcon Music and more recently contemporaries PURISM, Half Baked, Traxx Underground, Veniceberg and Wilson.

His music has been heard (and danced to) in thousands of DJ sets around the globe, supported by almost all style bigwigs like Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Zip, Raresh, Jamie Jones, Jeremy Underground, to name but a few

As a DJ he has played gigs in legendary venues such as Tresor (DE), Pacha (UK), Space (ES), Ministry Of Sound (UK), Gipsy (RU), Concrete (FR), Hoppetosse (DE), Paradiso (IT), Kinky (IT) and many more.

Perfection has always been his obsession when composing and performing, and as an MPC enthusiast since 1988, he has composed and produced his entire discography with a minimal approach, using only hardware instruments and never compromising on quality. For these reasons, listening to his music offers a distinctive, unique experience.

In well over 30 years in the electronic scene, Enrico has produced hundreds of releases to date, earning him a solid reputation as an artist and ultimately becoming seminal for the Deep House genre.

Since 2021, Enrico has given up producing house music and performing as a DJ to completely focus on a very personal and emotive, forward-thinking downtempo mix of jazz and funk.

Together with some Italian jazz musicians, he has recently written a new chapter in his musical path: the new 14-song album ’Kinda Jazz After All’, which offers a musical journey through many styles and atmospheres, where Enrico has produced, arranged and played most of the instruments, uniquely mastered by his many years of experience.

On the technical side, he is widely known as a Mastering Engineer who successfully runs his own DDA Mastering studio, where he offers a completely Analog audio treatment, assisted by vintage 90s Vacuum and Tape technologies.

Low F Recordings is his latest label project rooted in jazz.

Check out Enrico's current releases on Bandcamp.