BLOCK is my first printed poetry collection and this is my first attempt at an audiobook. Let me know what you think of it. And listen to the whole set on www.whojackmann.com

LET ME TAKE YOU OUT TONIGHT | BLOCK | Jack Mann

INTERVAL | BLOCK | Jack Mann

SILVER SERVICE | BLOCK | Jack Mann

SOLSTICE | BLOCK | Jack Mann

AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD TO PLUG | BLOCK | Jack Mann

90s SINGLES NIGHT mixtape reflects on Chinese Singles Day from the perspective of a single Englisher to the tune of popular 90s songs.

90s SINGLES NIGHT_Full Mixtape_touchpaperlit x Jack Mann

There are so many tictoc clocks... a demo of e.e. cummings' poem 9. The track features my vocals, his words, a Korg Volca Beats drum pattern and a little bit of German to boot. Let me know what you think of it and if you'd like to re-work it or even work with me further on it.

9 feat. a drum machine

one brief - intense and immediate connection - one narrative from three angles, 'an interaction' (as we'll provisionally call it before tweaking it a little bit more)was sampled, written, recorded and mixed in less than 8 hours. I've not worked on anything this bouncy before and would love to keep it going, not least with Hansel and Charlie.

Beat: Sam Gellaitry

an interaction | Hansel Mac, Saiki & Jack Mann

In 2012, I had two heroes: Bob Dylan and a man from Salford who looked like Bob Dylan, but more lived-in. And when I met the latter - having fallen in love with his documentary, Evidently... John Cooper Clarke - that was when I started to take my own performance more seriously. This track, then, is a cover of, homage and thank you to JCC, as well as an excuse for me to get on the drum machine again.

Evidently Chickentown | John Cooper Clarke Cover | Jack Mann

This is the audio from my spoken word Spring Series, a selection of original and borrowed poetry that experiences time and its monotonous and marvellous moments. You can watch the full video on: www.whojackmann.com

1. i'm not in your city (original)
2. 9 feat. a drum machine (E.E. Cummings cover)
3. Evidently chickentown (John Cooper Clarke cover)
4. i'm sick of all these ladies (original)
5. 'an interaction' (original, working title)

Spring is my favourite season; 2019's featured a move seemingly away from love and into London and has consequently been as challenging as it has productive; like the equinox, light and dark, equal and opposite. 

Thank you to everyone who came along to the venues, bought a copy of BLOCK and/or played a part in the sequence forming as it did and, of course, to each of the venues and their hosts: 

1. Tooting Tram and Social, Tooting @bellemtmusic 
2. Lyttelton Arms, Camden @saddestnightout
3. Holborn, Plough @saddestnightout
4. Clutch Chicken, Shoreditch @ruby_francis

Cover artwork by @ojdeans

SPRING SERIES | spoken word & poetry covers | Jack Mann

writer, performer, collaborator passionate about performance, namely spoken word and working with visual and recording artists.

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