Club OBJEC at Timebar was a blast with @manatamusic owner and founder of @nugsonboardlabel was playing for us an amazing set that we want to share with you.

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Manata @ Object X Hornstull - Timebar - Stockholm (24.02.2023)

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Portuguese house wizard João Manata aka Manata announces his first solo release under his Nugs On Board vinyl-only label, after five years since its inception and five sold-out records to date. With his fierce passion and dedication to music, Manata became a relevant name in the underground music scene of Portugal and beyond, having countless gigs around Europe. [continue reading at...https://trommelmusic.com/music/premiere-d1-manata-the-golden-age-nugs006/]

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Premiere: D1 - Manata - The Golden Age [NUGS006]

With the Nugs On Board LP “The Golden Age” from label head Manata still doing the damage on dancefloors around the world we are proud to present the next in our Free Download series from the man himself. His long player is a no-nonsense tour through the many shades of the label’s sonic identities and this is exactly what you get when you catch a set from Manata. Rounded basslines, propulsive kicks, and a whole barrel load of the finest vibes are always the order of the day. [continue reading at...https://trommelmusic.com/music/freedownload/free-download-manata-off-track-tfd094/]

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Free Download: Manata - Off Track [TFD094]

exclusive | Manata - Look To The Future | LO VE

With its inaugural release, LO VE—LowMoneyMusicLove’s freshly minted sublabel—casts its gaze beyond the horizon, setting the coordinates for an odyssey through the boundless expanse of groove. Manata, helming this voyage with his "Final Frontier" EP, charts a course that is both deeply familiar and thrillingly uncharted, balancing the weightlessness of cosmic textures with the gravitational pull of the dancefloor. The Lisbon-based producer unfurls his blueprint for movement in "Look to the Future", a track that doesn’t so much play as it pulses, each beat a celestial body in its own orbit, each layer an echo of some distant, unseen force.

A subterranean bassline anchors the track from the outset, thick and assertive like the rumble of engines warming before liftoff. Then, like phosphorescent streaks cutting through the darkness, an acidic motif etches itself into the expanse, restless and hypnotic. The rhythm oscillates between propulsion and suspension, a game of gravity and release that Manata orchestrates with an assured hand. And then, as if peeling back the atmosphere to reveal a sun-drenched new world, the deep pads emerge—pillowy, expansive, and utterly enveloping. They carry within them the echoes of nights lost to dance, the collective memory of floors where time bends and bodies dissolve into motion.

But Manata is not one to indulge in weightlessness for too long. An organ rises from the depths, its reverberations slicing through the dreamlike ether with a preacher’s conviction. The vocal snippets—disembodied, fragmented, yet urgent—add a human touch to the machine’s steady hum, as if whispering forgotten prophecies of futures yet to be written. This interplay between the raw and the refined, the mechanical and the emotive, is where "Look to the Future" finds its charm. It does not impose a singular vision but instead opens a gateway, a shimmering mirage on the horizon, daring the listener to take that next step forward.

As the track unfolds, it becomes evident that Manata is not just constructing music—he is architecting spaces. Spaces where tension is sculpted into rhythm, where nostalgia is coded into harmony, and where the future is not merely imagined but felt. With "Look to the Future", LO VE’s mission is clear: to tell stories through sound, to forge connections through movement, and to remind us that even in the most hypnotic loops, there is always room for discovery.

Buy the EP: https://systemerrorworldwide.bandcamp.com/album/love01-manata-final-frontier-ep-lo-ve

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Manata: @manatamusic // https://www.instagram.com/joao_manata
System Error: @systemerrorworldwide // https://www.instagram.com/systemerrorworldwide
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exclusive | Manata - Look to the Future | LO VE

art:cast °183 | Manata

From countryside calm to cosmic dancefloor calls, Manata digs for nuggets of gold - both musical and metaphysical. Having grown from small-town gigs in central Portugal to sunrise closings on Berlin’s Hoppetosse and label showcases in Brooklyn, João Manata's journey is one shaped by persistence, dusty grooves, and a Fantom 06 that rarely leaves his side. The DJ/producer’s story isn’t one of overnight buzz, but of careful curation, endless digging, and a love for records that started with Stevie Wonder and unexpectedly found its way to ‘90s Trance gems.

Now with the launch of his new label Red Beryl Records – a spiritual successor to his Nugs On Board imprint – Manata revisits the past to shape the future, uncovering unheard treasures from decades gone by. “Since Nugs is all about precious gems, I got the idea for Red Beryl after doing a small research about rare stones… it’s one of the rarest minerals on Earth,” he explains. 

In this candid and wide-ranging interview, Manata opens up about vinyl-fueled upbringings, the early Lisbon hustle, hazelnut cookies in the studio, and the joy of seeing a dancefloor respond to a long-forgotten Belgian trance record from 1995.

“For me, producing or playing music is like telling a story. I love to get vocal samples from old movies or NASA space journeys and build my tracks around that.”

Prepare to dig deep with Manata - because the gold’s always there for those willing to unearth it.

Read the full interview: https://torturetheartist.net/2025/06/20/interview-artcast-183-manata

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Manta: @manatamusic // https://www.instagram.com/joao_manata
Nugs On Board: @nugsonboardlabel // https://www.instagram.com/nugsonboard

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