Artist: Man Power
Title: The Tourist b/w Oye
Label: ESP Institute
Release Date: 24 June 2016
Cat. Number: ESP055

 

Tracklist

The Tourist
Oye

 

Man Power left his Northern home and ran south of the border. This is his first offering for the ESP Institute.

On side A, he proves that he truly is The Tourist, delivering what we’re already toting as our Summer anthem—a relentless hurricane drum pattern full of toms, timbales and splashes that lays the rhythmic foundation for his Pacific chords and euphoric melodies–an undeniable floor-filler that invites all to dance unencumbered by the constraints of “functional” club music.

With side B’s Oye, Man Power rolls out a similarly vibrant combination of drums and rhythm, however he toughens up the aesthetic with a massive rolling acid bassline, only briefly letting up for a spot of layered marimbas and spriteful pads before culminating in an emotional finale.

After spending a couple years churning out tracks for various labels around the world, Man Power has undoubtably shifted his narrative point-of-view and updated his sense of craft upon his induction to the ESP Institute. These two songs will throw a wrench in your holiday.

– Hear Man Power on BBC Radio 1 for B Traits last month http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lsv7b

– Stream his new XLR8R podcast https://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts/2016/05/podcast-440-man-power/

– Man Power is the musical ambassador for London’s first arts hotel The Green Rooms as featured in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/06/arts-hotel-creative-space-housing-cuts

More info:

man-power-music.com
maouris.co.uk/artist/man-power
www.esp-institute.com