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Man Power - Invisible Man (Man Power Power Rework) Released 20/10/23

Out now: https://orcd.co/REKIDS239

DJ, producer, promoter, composer, and cultural agitator Man Power makes his debut on Radio Slave’s Rekids with ‘We Trawl The Hurts’ featuring Louisahhh on 12th April. The first fruits of a long-term friendship see Man Power (Me Me Me/Throne of Blood/Optimo) serving up a stomping, big-room cut that tips its hat to late-90s NY house and serves as a bed for the inimitable Louisahhh’s (RAAR) breathy vocal delivery of classic Prefab Sprout lyrics.

“I realised that I never set out to make a "Banger", so I started sharing daily WIPs on Twitter/X of me attempting to do so, with notes on why I'd made certain decisions or changed certain things. The results were a shock and it felt like I'd managed to do what I set out to do, but I felt it needed an additional element. I've wanted to do something with Louisahhh for forever and the idea of asking her to cover that as a vocal element just arrived in my head fully formed. It's one of the few occasions making music where I've had an idea and the execution has turned out exactly as it was in my head when I first thought of it” - Man Power

An intimate, spoken-word vocal from Louisahh weaves through a world of vibrant pads and chords. The gorgeous lyricism of their ‘We Trawl The Hurts’ is underpinned by an uplifting and emotive swirl of melody and a rock-steady beat. Man Power’s love of Murk and Tenaglia shines through.

The evergreen Deetron delivers three versions of ‘We Trawl The Hurt’s ft Louisahhh’: a remix that flips the original into a thumping deep techno cut featuring loopy synths and pixelated leads, a stripped-back and powerful dub, and his DJ tool ‘drum and bass’, built for those who like to mix.

Man Power Ft Louisahhh  - We Trawl The Hurts

Man Power - The Piano Refrain

Man Power - Lysergent

Man Power - Furies

Man Power - It Is Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer

Part 1
Keeping it local at a sold out party above a pub with little more than loads of lush dancers and a boutique sound system.

Man Power (all night) Part 1 - Cheap Thrills. Three Tanners Bank. North Shields 31/03/24

Part 2
Keeping it local at a sold out party above a pub with little more than loads of lush dancers and a boutique sound system.

Man Power (all night) Part 2 - Cheap Thrills. Three Tanners Bank. North Shields 31/03/24

An amazingly fun all night long set B2B with Ewan McVicar.
I messed up the recorder so it was captured via the Mic rather than through the mixer... but you know what... it's worth it to get a feel for the atmosphere at our parties ;)

Ewan McVicar B2B Man Power. Are Your Affiliated 26.05.25 (Mic recording!)  Part 2

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I MANAGED TO RECORD EWAN MCVICAR & ME B2B...

The bad news is I messed up and recorded it through the microphone, instead of through the desk lolllllll..

So here's a microphone recording of us playing all night long, complete with screaming, whistling, conversations with the first punters to arrive and discussions about how to fix the smoke machine.

TBF it's not at all bad considering, and it lets you get a real feel for the insane energy in that room last night 😉

Ewan McVicar B2B Man Power. Are Your Affiliated 26.05.25 (Mic recording!) Part 1

Young partygoers might know Man Power, AKA Geoff Kirkwood, as the earnest geezer going back-to-back with DJs like Ewan McVicar, Paul Woolford, La La and Skream—peak-time specialists with a fine line in boofy bangers and ravey techno. Kirkwood is also a dab hand at the kind of elliptical house and deep cut detours favored by '00s labels like DFA and Optimo.

In spite of a long track record as a producer and promoter, if you had to boil Kirkwood's work in recent years down to a single quality, it might be altruism. He hails from North Shields, a small town fringing the boundary of Newcastle in England's oft-neglected North East, and wears his heritage proudly. The Me Me Me label boss's involvement in a flurry of civic restoration, and no-filter paeans to the importance of working class involvement in culture, have become as central to his life as music-making itself. For an accomplished DJ who has played at nearly every good club you could name, that’s no small feat.

So which side of Man Power were we in for? The answer on RA.940 is: both. '60s free verse poetry, Zebra Katz, Gesaffelstein and John Carpenter in the opening stretch? Makes sense. Octave One punching through Rozalla? You got it. An extended Joe Claussell workout atop Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place"? Why not. In Kirkwood's hands, it all goes down as smooth as a pint of Newcastle Brown.

@manpower-1

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RA.940 Man Power

Skream B2B Man Power. Me Me Me at Are You Affiliated. North Shields. July 5th 2024.

Uploaded without Radio 1 Voiceover or bad language edits.

1. Vangelis - Los Angeles, Noiembre, 2019 (Gongo Music)
2. Gonna - Obscurant (International Feel)
3. Soulwax - Is It Always Binary (DeeWee)
4. Autarkic - Solo Gun (Disco Halal)
5. Pete Shelley - Witness The Change (Logan Fisher Edit) (Genetic Records)
6. The Cure - Why Can’t I Be You (Youth Edit) (Fiction Records)
7. Vin Sol - Trac (Clone Jack For Daze)
8. Michael E - Give Me Vision (Ultramajic)
9. FX MCHN - Dunn (Roman Flügel Remix) (TRANSIT)
10. Mr Tea - The View From Space (Butress)
11. DNA Dub - Karizma (Karizma)
12. Divine - Jungle Jezebel (Casino Times Edit) (O Records)
13. MU - Lets Get Sick (Output)
14. Neinzer - Flurry (Yumé Records)
15. Man Power - Where R U (Hypercolour Records)
16. Recloose Feat Dwelé - Can’t Take It (Milton Jackson Remix) (Planet E Communications)
17. Unknown Artist - EEE001 (Blue Note)
18. Tal Fussman - Freedom Defines House (Rekids)
19. Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (R&S Records)
20. IMOGEN - In Bed With My 808 (Steel City Dance Discs)
21. DJ Debonair Samir - Samir’s Theme (Digidance)
22. Dirty Channels - Catch Me (Shake)
23. Wet Leg - Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix) (Domino)
24. Posthuman - Extender (Deadbeat Records)
25. Austin Ato - Bertha (I Love Your Energy)
26. Audion - Mouth to Mouth (Spectral Sound)
27. Matt Whitehead - A is for Acid (Perc Redux) (Perc Trax)
28. Chemical Brothers - Electronic Battle Weapon 7 (Freestyle Dust)
29. Frank De Wulf - Orbital Ways (Music Man Records)
30. Robag Wruhme - Naila (Kompakt)
31. Mount Kimble - Made To Stray (DJ Koze Remix) (Warp Records)
32. Prefab Sprout - Bonny (Leo Zero Edit) (Kitchenware Records)

Man Power - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. 070924

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/TheMix047ManPower 

North Shields' underground powerhouse @Manpower-1 transports us to Panorama Bar with his leftfield mix.

"I wanted to make this mix feel special and different to my other mixes I've done in the last 12 months. I decided I'd try to make it as representative as possible of how I've been playing recently, so to do that I've picked a bunch of tracks exclusively from the music my USB tells me that I played at a gig at Panorama Bar a few weeks ago. I reckon that's the best way to give an honest a snapshot of stuff I play — it's just short of providing a live recording from a club."

The Mix 047: Man Power

Full recording of the Hi Fi Party at Are You Affiliated, King Street Social Club, North Shields on New Years Day 2025

Public House x Cheap Thrills (Diz, Vinny & Man Power)

Zang Tum Tumb

Standard Deviation (Olympe4000 Remix)

Zang Tum Tumb (Running Hot Remix)

Standard Deviation

Man Power at Smart Bar Chicago - September 13th 2025

Man Power at Off Brand IBIZA (opening set) 26/09/2025.

Mr Scruff. Keep It Shields. Beacon Centre Car Park. Aug 2025

Man Power. Keep It Shields. Beacon Centre Car Park. Aug 2025

Antony Daly. Keep It Shields. Beacon Centre Car Park. Aug 2025

Also Features DJ Tennis Remix

Debut record on my new label "Me Me Me".  
Remix coming from DJ Tennis on 14 Oct

For more info please visit
http://maouris.co.uk/music/tachyon
www.facebook.com/manpowermakesmusic

Buy the 12" at...
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Man Power - Tachyon (MMM#01 )

Man Power launches Me Me Me label - Tachyon with DJ Tennis remix. Released 14th October

http://maouris.co.uk/music/tachyon
www.facebook.com/manpowermakesmusic

Man Power - Tachyon (DJ Tennis Remix)(MMM#02)

Red Axes & Naduve Remix Last Waltz on Tunnel Snakes EP
Releasing Next On Man Power’s Me Me Me Label 9th December 2016


The first release on Man Power’s Me Me Me saw FACT mag travel to Mexico to get inside the head of the Geordieman in Mexico. Next up for the label is a comeback record from Last Waltz, the trio with which Man Power first ever released, featuring three new, original tracks, and a remix from the first ever recorded collaboration of Tel Aviv’s Red Axes (I’m A Cliche) & Naduve (Disco Halal).


Last Waltz are Lee Forster (Lizards) Mick Rolfe (The Great Curve) and Geoff Kirkwood (Man Power). Outside of their solo projects, Last Waltz have released on labels including Futureboogie, Endless Flight (Mule Musiq), Tusk Wax, Lets Play House, Is It Balearic, and many more. After a two year break from producing together, the three North East England born producers finally felt brave enough to suffer the inevitable studio fist fights and tantrums that have always occurred during their creative process. This latest session has resulted in potentially their most cohesive and impressive output to date, with an EP that swings between deep excursions, psychedelic disco and industrial electro, only to have Red Axes and Naduve take the track into an altogether more low-slung and feral direction.


Me Me Me is shaping up to be an imprint for crate diggers, blurring the boundaries of electronic music and forging new channels for the dancefloor. Future contributions are incoming from Axel Boman, Mike Simmonetti, Chida, Fort Romeau, Hammer, Rex The Dog, Daniel Maloso, Last Waltz, James Hadfield (as Elizabeth Collective) and of course Man Power.


BACKGROUND
Man Power has risen to prominence over the past few years through a beguiling versatility that is eminent in both his DJ and production style, leading to key releases on ESP Institute, John Talabot’s Hivern Discs, Permanant Vacaction and Throne of Blood. He currently holds residencies at the esteemed Topaz Deluxe in his new station of Monterrey and at the equally chic MN Roy of Mexico City and his critically acclaimed 2015 album on Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondant led to his title as one of XLR8R’s Artists of the Year. 


Label: Me Me Me | Released: 9th December 12” Beatport | Distribution: Above Board | Cat no: MMM02
1 Last Waltz - Tunnel Snakes 
2 Last Waltz - Y’ave Changed
3 Last Waltz - Itchy 
4 Last Waltz - Tunnel Snakes (Red Axed & Nudave remix)
Man-power-music.com - soundcloud.com/manpower-1 - facebook.com/manpowermusic - soundcloud.com/redaxes

Tunnel Snakes

Last Waltz- Tunnel Snakes (Original)(MMM#02)

James Hadfield feat Danny Linton - Soak (Axel Boman Dubb)(MMM#03)

Sonic Pressure (Optimo Trax)

Pale Blue - Have You Passed Through This Night (MMM#04)

Pale Blue - Comes Home (Pional Remix)(MMM#04)

DSC - Coming Round (Rex The Dog Remix) (MMM#06)

Artist Deleted - Track Deleted (Discodromo's Belgian Remix)

22 Night Charmer - Pional

1. Bryan Kessler - Even My Cigarettes Taste Like You

I visited Pikes in Ibiza and played a set of the music that inspired my Bed Wetter album, as well as the sounds that are informing my ongoing work for Sage Gateshead as their artist in residence for 2020/2021.
I also performed live for the first time, playing some of the early sketches from the performance I'm writing which will debut next year.

You can find the following process diary on instagram which I'm using to currently document the process of making a live experimental performance, and where I'm detailing things like learning about working with symphony's as well as listing information on the influences that are informing my work.

instagram.com/bedwettermusic

 - Geoffrey JL Kirkwood



You can learn more about Sage by visiting https://sagegateshead.com/

and you can learn more about Pikes at https://pikesibiza.com/


I'd especially like to thank Mark Broadbent for all of his support and his hospitality in making this appearance happen.

Man Power

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