Myele Manzanza

Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.4 – Meditations (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:51 minutes | 518 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
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DeepMatter Records are proud to present the fourth instalment of Myele Manzanza’s ‘Crisis & Opportunity’ series; Vol.4 ‘Meditations’.

Over the past two years, the first three instalments of his lauded ‘Crisis & Opportunity’ record series saw Myele garner praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Complex, Jazz FM, Lefto, Worldwide FM, Jazzwise and more. The latter of these offerings extended Myele’s sound deeper into the electronic world, venturing further into dance & club territory. From this underground energy, the steady swing of life’s pendulum reaches its apex, so we see Myele revert to a purely acoustic line-up, channelling a focused and razor-sharp return to his Jazz roots on ‘Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.4 – Meditations’.

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Myele Manzanza – Focus (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:55 minutes | 567 MB | Genre: Electronic, Nu Jazz
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This recording came together as an offset from the Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 3 – Unfold creative development phase. For 4 days in early 2021, Lewis Moody, Benjamin Muralt and I bunkered down in a tiny studio near Finsbury Park, tracking some of the pre-planned ideas (The final productions of Gone Up In Flames, Child & Falling Fast for example) as well as having some open improvised jams with the hope of generating some fresh material (Wasted Time & Drumbella were some of the by-products of these improvisations). There was maybe 5 hours’ worth of raw recorded material that for various reasons didn’t make the cut for the album, however, there was a golden 25-minute run that at the time we all came away from thinking ‘holy shit’. I recall Benjamin saying after the performance concluded that ‘this is the kind of music I’ve always wanted to make’ and I was in accord that we had gotten one of those all too rare musical moments where nothing was planned but we collectively fell into the ‘zone’ and made something greater than the sum of its parts.

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Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol. 2 – Peaks (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:22 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Hot on the heels of the first instalment of his much-lauded ‘Crisis & Opportunity’ record series, world-renowned drummer/composer, & producer/beatmaker, Myele Manzanza, now readies Volume 2 for release, giving an insight into his new material with brand new single ‘Quinnies For The Boys’.

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Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol. 1 – London (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:23 minutes | 478 MB | Genre: Jazz
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DeepMatter are excited to announce ‘Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.1 – London’ by Myele Manzanza. World-renowned drummer/composer, & producer/beatmaker, Myele Manzanza, has proved that he’s an artist who continues to dissolve the borders between modern jazz and electronic beat production. Having released three solo albums, and racking up tours and collaborations with Jordan Rakei, Theo Parrish, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Recloose and Amp Fiddler amongst others. Myele is already developing a strong live presence in his new London base; his quartet has shared stages with the likes of Hiatus Kaiyote, The Bad Plus, Alfa Mist, and drawing packed houses to top venues such as The Jazz Café and Ronnie Scott’s. Tapping into the vibrant scene of his adopted home, Myele now readies his next project on DeepMatter Records.

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Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:24 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Electronic, Broken Beat, Funk, Nu Jazz
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Having established himself as one of the most energetic and exciting Jazz musicians within the already thriving worldwide scene, New Zealand born, London based Drummer and Producer Myele Manzanza has made a major impact upon the global music landscape.

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