Mixes

@mannidee channels the industrial techno experimentalism of his new Perc Trax LP in his high-octane On Cue mix, and speaks to Niamh O’Connor about reaffirming his musical identity

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/cue-manni-dee

On Cue: Manni Dee

@mannidee finds comfort in vibing off a room full of people who are lost in abrasive textures and high octane rhythms. It is that industrial brand of techno which he has perfected over the years, not least on his new Perc Trax LP, A Low Level Love. It is his second full length after 2018's The Residue on Tresor and shows a marked evolution in his sound. While still defined by blistering drum patterns and caustic synths, there is also plenty of melody and introspection in the record. As much as it is a fresh look for him, it's a fresh sound for techno, too. 

On this week's podcast, the London based artist goes hard and fast. He pays homage to his love of grime with a blistering industrial rework of a Stormzy track which launches us into a world of distorted drums and tortured synths. The ensuing barrage of sound is coloured with everything from trance chords to club rhythms and lashings of acid. It's a full throttle mix that is always on the move, much like Manni Dee himself.

Tracklist

Dekmantel Podcast 355 - Manni Dee

Techno maestro Manni Dee brings his unique industrial sounds and broken beats to this week's guest mix. After his debut album on the esteemed and immovable Tresor Records, he kept on releasing on labels such as Perc Trax, South London Analogue Material, Leyla and remixed artists like Daniel Avery, Louisahhh and The Horrors.

BBC6 Music - Guest mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

Next up for the fabric podcast is Manni Dee. 006 brings forth an hour long session from the London-based producer and DJ ahead of his fabric debut for Junction 2 Inner City: By Night (28th August) where you’ll find him alongside fellow heavy-hitters Dax J, Karenn (Blawan & Pariah) [Live], Héctor Oaks, Stephanie Sykes and Tapefeed.

While you might associate techno as being one of the core components in his musical arsenal, Manni Dee’s taste is rooted in R&B, hip-hop and UK sounds – “the music I grew up on” he recalls (DJ Mag). Growing up in Wolverhampton, it was hip-hop that first piqued his interest, then, when studying at university in Brighton, experiments in wonky hip-hop and an interest in artists like Flying Lotus and Hudson Mohawke took him through the dubby, UK sounds, and into the throws of techno thereafter. 

Since then, a catalogue of hefty releases on the likes of Perc Trax (2020’s Everyone's Replaceable Now and 2021’s A Low Level Love), Possession, S.L.A.M. and his debut album The Residue (2018) on Tresor, have all helped propel Manni’s profile internationally, leading him to play various iconic venues and festivals across the globe. But Manni Dee has always been pretty UK-rooted; his most recent album the stripped-back A Low Level Love, is a simmering, techno-fused testimony to the grit and glory of the capital city.  

His mix for us spans some of his own productions and edits (See Me Now, The Remedy, Pillow Princess feat. ANGEL BBY, Clasp), whilst also reflecting his taste for the punkier, hard-edged UK sounds (slowthai makes it in there as well as a techno rehash of The Bug’s Hammer). But ultimately Manni keeps it slamming with techno that's ripe for the tastebuds. 

Manni Dee debuts fabric on Sunday 28th August for Junction 2 Inner City: By Night. Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1539448

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Tracklist:

Umwelt - Brightness Falls from the Air
Ani Klang - elastic drumplay
Wheez-ie - Stolen Moments
Bulma - No Mercy
KRL MX - 1-800-Pigalle-Music-Club
Oklou - Silicium (Ecstasya Remix)
Bosque sin Árboles - Sudaka Rave II
WULFFLUW XCIV & Nahshi - Terra
Manni Dee - Clasp
Electric Rescue - Postures Sociales
GTA & Twogangs - Hasta Bajo (Butt-Head Flip)
Riot Code - I’ll Be Back
IMOGEN - Granular Tears
Keepsakes - Quit Your Dancefloor Yarn
Slam - Let Go
Wheez-ie - Fire Drill
Bulma - Restless (4X4 Club Edit)
Manni Dee - See Me Now
Manni Dee - The Remedy
Ivorian Doll - Body Bag (Manni Dee Edit)
slowthai - WOT
EBB - M.I.K - Ice Rink 38 Calibre Kicks Refix
The Bug - Hammer (Myler Edit)
Manni Dee - Pillow Princess feat. ANGEL BBY

006 - Manni Dee - fabric podcast

Here's my 10 minute mix for Jess Iszatt on BBC Radio London and BBC Introducing, featuring new, unreleased and forthcoming music. 

Thank you to Jess for the invite! 🙏🏽

Tracklist: 
1. Manni Dee - Pillow Princess ft. ANGEL BBY 
2. Charli XCX - Pink Diamonds (Manni Dee Edit) 
3. Shygirl - Leng (Manni Dee Edit) 
4. Ivorian Doll - Body Bag (Manni Dee Edit) 
5. Manni Dee - Unreleased

#bbcintrolondon #bbcintroducing #bbc

BBC Introducing London for Jess Iszatt (10 minute mix)

BBC Radio 6 Music with Tom Ravenscroft. 
The Ravers Hour with Manni Dee. 

Aired on 30th Dec 2022.

BBC Radio 6 Music: Tom Ravenscroft - The Ravers Hour With Manni Dee

An eclectic exploration of dance music and its fringes, including exclusive edits and unreleased material.

https://www.instagram.com/mannideeuk

Manni Dee @ The Lot Radio 02-11-2023

Live recording of my set from NYD at UNFOLD

UNFOLD 24/24 (NYD 2023)

Thrilling dancefloor energy from one of Europe's most exciting club DJs - For Your Entertainment, every single month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/vtss/episodes/vtss-26th-july-2023

For Your Entertainment: Manni Dee 260723

Get the full tracklist: https://blrrm.tv/3TSn1HM

We spin it back and touchdown in Mumbai once more, bringing with us a slew of Hard Dance & Techno specialists longside a slew of hotly-tipped local luminaries

Manni Dee | Boiler Room: Mumbai

Hi octane monthly missives from Naina & Sherelle, the minds behind the hybrid Jungle, Techno & Footwork label Hooversound. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/hooversound/episodes/hooversound-deft-manni-dee-12th-february-2025

Hooversound w/ Deft & Manni Dee 120225

[re]sources a l'immense plaisir d'inviter un des producteurs et DJ les plus talentueux de sa génération, Manni Dee. Basé à Londres, Manni Dee apporte son talent et sa vision aux différentes scènes artistiques, de la musique électronique, à la pop ou au hip hop, en passant par lone de la mode ou du cinéma. Ses collaborations comptent des noms prestigieux tels que Damon Albarn, Mike D, Depeche Mode ou encore Sherelle, JD. Reid, FLOHIO et Yuné Pinku. On vous recomande fortement de regarder son mythique set pour Boilr Room à Mumbai. La 2eme heure de l'émission sera assurée par Tom Ferrare, avec un DJ set tournant autour de 160BPM.

[r]esources invite Manni Dee - 02 Février 2025

Aired March 6th 2025

Bicep, Eliza - CHROMA 008 TANGZ
Brodinski, Nutso Thugn, Modulaw - Backends
COBRAH - ACTIVATE
RHYME - move on me
Safety Trance - Angel Dust
MM & NKC - Grindhouse
Deft, Manni Dee - Charged
Pinch & Lorem - Perdido
Manuka Honey - Dusk
Avalon Emerson - Sandrail Silhouette (Minor Science Remix)
Kendrick Lamar -  hey now (feat. Dody6)
Deft Manni Dee - Busy Bee
Big Freedia - Booty-Whop
Architect - I GET CRAZY (Architect Remix)
Cardozo, Yanka - Swap
SOPHIE - PONYBOY
VVS1 - 7 Pocket Pacemaker
Pink Siifu - BLACK’!ANTIQUE



BBC6Music - New Music Daily Fix - Deft & Manni Dee

manni dee is going b2b with london-born turkish-sri lankan artist bodur, celebrating the launch of  boyz noise's brand new label ones & zeros

ones & zeros + manni dee b2b bodur - 14.03.2025 - foundation.fm

- Arca - Señorita
- Toya Delazy, Tash LC, Ahadadream - QOBA
- Shygirl - Playboy / Positions
- Deft, Manni Dee - Busy Bee
- Jenson Interceptor - Thermaic Rise (estoc’s rhetorical nonsense)
- Swedish House Mafia - It Gets Better
- Blurrd Vzn - Disco
- Trim - God Knows
- Eyeza - S is for the Stamina
- Nina Las Vegas - Contagious feat. Snappy Jit) 
- T.NO - SON TIN
- Darby, Nikita, the Wicked - REWIND
- Decemberkid, OOTORO - Mugwanti
- Ron Mercy - Junkin Da Trunk

Sherelle - The Sweatbox with Manni Dee (BBC6 Music)

manni dee is locked in for the next two, bringing techno, rnb-twisted edits, jersey club and more to fka twigs' eusexua afterglow live.

fka twigs presents eusexua afterglow live + manni dee - 14.11.2025 - foundation.fm

Bookings - charles@omni-artists.net
Management - anthony@thewildseeds.com
Publishing - paul.arnold@ultrapublishing.com 

Manni Dee is a sought-after artist, producer and DJ - an advocate for non-conformism. Cultivating a sound, vision and taste that synthesises boundaries and nurtures collaboration. 

As a producer Manni has worked alongside the likes of Jeff Wootton (Gorillaz), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Daniel Avery (co-producing his no’1 UK dance album, ‘Ultra Truth’), Cecile Believe, Art School Girlfriend, Kelvin Krash, Clem Douglass, Yunè Pinku, HAAi, UNIIQU3, Flohio, ESG, Serge Pizzarno (Kasabian), Matt Healy (1975), SHERELLE, James Massiah, and Jas Shaw (Simian Mobile Disco). Other projects include working on campaigns for Alexander McQueen, Adidas, BBC Olympics and Toyota.

Manni has performed DJ sets at Boiler Room, Glastonbury, Warehouse Project, Piknic Electronik Festival, fabric and ADE as well as tours of India, China and North America. His understanding of sound is unburdened by genre specifics, instead motivated by an ever-expanding set of interwoven aesthetic codes.

He further demonstrated his ability to synthesise contrasting sounds in his Friday Night Guest mix for Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 6 Music, Boiler Room, The Lot Radio NYC set and in fiery mixes for Dekmantel and DJ Mag.

With releases on fabric Originals, TWTW records, Tresor, Herrensauna and forthcoming release on Sherelle and Naina’s Hooversound Recordings and remixes for Metronomy, Sleaford Mods, Max Cooper, Daniel Avery, SALOME, The Horrors and Louisahhh amongst others. His productions are a stamp of quality, assimilating sonic touchpoints from far and wide. 

Manni Dee’s creative house Silk + Steel functions as a studio, record label and event series. The platform showcases his own work and fosters collaborations with artists such as TAAHLIAH, Safety Trance, ROOO, Mun Sing, Tim Reaper, River Moon and more, finding moments of connection in order to ideate a new lane for experimentation.