Mangled Records 020 12" 180g Vinyl
Release date : 22.10.18
Distribution : Juno


Ray Mang
A. Number One 8.11
B. Look Into My Eyes 7.48
 
Both tracks by Ray Mang.
Instruments, Programming, produced, arranged and mixed by Ray Mang.
℗ + © Mangled Records 2018

Mangled Records twentieth release also marks 20 years since it’s first release.
To celebrate the occasion here are two of Ray Mang’s better known and loved tracks together on one 180gram Mangled 12” for you!
Number One first surfaced on his solo debut ’96 Noid release. It gained widespread support in the clubs and went on to be featured on both DFP’s De-Luxe House Of Funk and Groove Armada’s Back To Mine compilations as well as his own Mangled LP.
Look Into My Eyes is a blissed out Balearic gem that featured on the B side of Ray’s ’10 DFA release and instantly became a firm favourite for many.

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Ray Mang - Look Into My Eyes (7.48)

Ray Mang is Laj is Raj Gupta. One of the premier disco producers since way back when and still clocking forwards in a future fashion with no sign of letting up. He landed his first 12” Number One in ’96 on Noid Recordings gaining widespread support in the clubs and on compilations. He has taken that wonky party sound and kept it moving on ever since.  He also runs the label Mangled and has released across too many labels to mention. He is prolific with the quality control on high.

He launched his own label Mangled in ’98 with a slew of killer 12-inches. Two albums followed: ‘Mangled’ (Eskimo) and ‘Mangled Again’ on his own imprint, as well as singles on R&S, Smash Hit and Bear Funk. Recent hits include ‘Bullet Proof’ on DFA featuring Lady Miss Kier, a disco-house reimagining of a P-funk classic; and the blissed-out Balearic gem ‘Look Into My Eyes’ which instantly became a firm favourite for many.

His many talents as a musician and producer have driven a wealth of collaborations: in bands Block 16 and Motif on seminal ’90s label Nuphonic; as Laj with the Idjut Boys on U-Star, or with Quakerman on their own Fiasco imprint; and with close musical acquaintances The Glimmers, Foolish Felix, Lee Tong and Nathan D’Troit.  More recently Ray has teamed up with Bill Brewster to form Mang Dynasty.  In all his guises Ray Mang is one of the most prolific contributors to the UK disco/house canon.

As a remixer his phone never stops ringing.  He’s notched up credits for  Lassigue Bendthaus, Banda Black Rio, Gorillaz, Shirley Bassey, Grand National, Beck, Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry, Doves, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Freddie Mercury, Bloc Party, Munk, Rob Garza, Friendly Fires, Classixx, S-Express, Daniel Grau & Los Amigos Invisibles with Dimitri From Paris to name just a few.
 
As a globe trotting DJ he plays at festivals, clubs, bars and on beaches in some of the most beautiful locations around the world.  His incendiary sets blend house, disco, boogie, cosmic, balearic, latin, afro, along with anything that takes his fancy and sneak previews of his own forthcoming monsters.  As happy playing peak time Saturday night as he is providing the soundtrack to your sunset moment in paradise.  Recent trips have taken him to Brazil, USA, Bali, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Croatia, Ibiza and all over Europe. He has also become a regular at festivals like Electric Elephant, Festival No 6, Campo Sancho and Mareh & O/NDA in Brazil. 

For bookings or other enquiries please email fergus@solarmanagement.co.uk or send a message

Music Producer & Vibe Selecta 
Debut EP coming 2024

BOOKINGS: 
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>> Next stops >>
30.08.25 | Mistress Mary | Cambridgeshire, UK
31.10.25 | Planet Caravan | London, UK
29.11.25 | Usual Suspects | Wiltshire, UK

<< Past gigs <<
02.08.25 | Wilderness Festival | Oxfordshire, UK
26.07.25 | Energy Fields | Cotswolds, UK
12.07.25 | Noisily Festival | Leicestershire, UK
28.03.25 | Mimi Disco | CDMX, Mexico
01.02.25 | Disco Bizarre @ KitKat Club | Berlin
20.12.24 | Tegel Boys LIVE @ NAHC | London, UK
15.11.24 | Private party @ Unit 58 | London, UK
09.11.24 | Melopee Records @ Terminal Club | Lyon
07.09.24 | Pickle Juice @ Olso Hackney | London
10.08.24 | Heartwood Festival 2024 | Wiltshire, UK
14.07.24 | Noisily Festival 2024 | Leicestershire, UK
31.05.24 | Dombrance LIVE @ Bush Hall | London
11.05.24 | QUEST | London, UK
24.09.23 | Format Festival 2023 | Bentonville, USA
22.07.23 | Secret Garden Party 2023 | UK
10.07.23 | Noisily Festival 2023 | Leicestershire, UK
25.06.23 | Rabbit Hole @ Glastonbury Festival 2022
16.06.23 | Summer Solstice @ KOKO | London, UK
20.05.23 | Orb LIVE @ Electric Brixton | London, UK
06.05.23 | Ukukhapha | Cambridgeshire, UK
05.05.23 | Parable Vitalic LIVE @ VA | London, UK
15.04.23 | Discolypso @ Nell's | London, UK
04.08.22 | Heartwood Festival 2022 | Wiltshire, UK
22.07.22 | Secret Garden Party 2022 | UK
10.07.22 | Noisily Festival 2022 | Leicestershire, UK
26.06.22 | Rabbit Hole @ Glastonbury Festival 2022 
22.05.22 | Little People Party | Oxfordshire, UK
25.03.22 | Stil Vor Talent @ Steelyard | London
31.07.21 | Unusual @ Horse & Groom | London, UK

BIO:
Beyond The Struttopshere is a sonic collaboration between two DJs channelling their considerable musical production experience and boundless love of cosmic chugging dark disco. Their debut EP ‘New Frontier’ was released on Discolypso Recordings in 2020 and found much acclaim among Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s A Love From Outer Space online fraternity, also appearing on Juan Mclean’s (DFA Records) contribution to Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space mix series. This propelled the duo to new heights, leading to highly lauded releases on esteemed labels such as Mélopée Records, Astrolead Recordings, Discolypso, In Dark We Trust, Emerald & Doreen and X-PRESSINGS, and DJ gigs at Glastonbury’s Rabbit Hole, Secret Garden Party, Noisily Festival and Berlin’s infamous KitKat Club among many others. Beyond The Struttosphere’s music is now making sonic reverberations around the globe, hitting the dancefloors of Burning Man, House of Yes NYC, ADE, Fusion Festival, Sisyphos Berlin, and notching up remixes from notable legends of the scene including Shubostar, Rebolledo, Rigopolar, Tegel Boys, Vongold, Badknife, James Rod, Julian Sanza, Roliva, K-Effect and Mufti. The cosmonauts are frequently immersed in the studio, with live guitar now a mainstay of their productions. Their trademark sound combines fat chugging basslines with reverbed guitar riffs, syncopated arpeggiators, cosmic synths, vintage vocal samples, Italo drum fills and psychedelic 303 sequences. Check out their guest mixes on Gouranga, Mélopée, SXDNS, In Dark We Trust, Counterrasim and Something Spaecial and catch them DJ’ing this summer on the UK festival circuit. Strap in for an interstellar journey Beyond The Struttosphere! 

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Shubostar, Curses, Algy Strutt, Nick Warren, Roliva, The Juan Maclean, Alvaro Cabana, Duncan Gray, The Two Mamarrachos, Tony Y Not, Mufti, Did Virgo, Richard Sen, Strapontin, Jennifer Cardini, Juan Soto, Peza, Poulper, Kate Stein, Rigopolar, Tiempo de Maldad, Juve, Rebolledo, Ilya Santana, Chloe, Sean Johnston, Severino, Bill Brewster, Justin Robertson, Teniente Castillo, Tronik Youth, Jaye Ward, You Man, M.A.N.D.Y, Andrew Claristidge, The Soviet Union, Flash Atkins, Golden Bug, LUCiD, Danny Rampling, Red Axes, Phred Noir, Megan Leo, Theus Mago, Alan Dixon, Vongold, Justin Robertson, Franz Scala, Perel, DJ T., Bonnie Spacey, Bottin, Teniente Castillo, Badknife, Middle Sky Boom & more.