DJ Manny one of tje new school Chicago footwork dons joins the Planet Mu force in his style! Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. Large toggle button 00:00 / 00:00 Previous track button Next track button Small toggle button A1. 'U-DON’T NO' Small toggle button A2. 'EARTH’S BATTLE DANCE' Small toggle button A3. 'WORK THE FLOW!' Small toggle button A4. 'BOUNTY (FT. DJ RASHAD)' Small toggle button A5. 'FLIGHT 1235' Small toggle button A6. 'U BELONG 2 ME (FT. DJ PHIL)' Small toggle button B1. 'WICKED’BU' Small toggle button B2. 'DEEP SOLE' Small toggle button B3. 'TIME SLIP' Small toggle button B4. 'BLOW YOUR WHISTLE' Small toggle button B5. 'NOTHING STAYS THA SAME' Small toggle button B6. 'MIC' DJ Manny's new album 'Hypnotized' is full of fresh ideas which push the footwork format of 160bpm hyper-rhythmic music in really enjoyable new directions. He builds on the romantic themes of his last album 'Signals In My Head' and evolves them with shades of blue, taking very natural sounding experimentation into new moods and musical colour while never making the album inaccessible. Arguably this is a fine successor to the ground broken by DJ Rashad's 'Double Cup' album, which of course Manny also worked on. 'Hypnotized' solidifies Manny's style, from relaxed r'n'b rollers to moments of romantic distress - like 'WTF Goin On' and the reflective 'You N You (ft. DJ Phil)', to more intense moments like the dubstep inflected 'Ooh Baby' from the vaults, co-produced by DJ Rashad himself. Other tracks like 'Want U Bad' retool Robert Hood style minimal techno whereas dark, nervous belters like 'Turn Me Up' sound like Paul Johnson at his most wild but welded to footwork rhythms and a pumping jump up drum & bass-line. There are also moments of enjoyably hype daftness like the acid and diva head-fuck of 'Opera' or the old school Bukem style jungle homage 'Lost In Da Jungle'. 'Hypnotized' is an album that expands footwork's template with natural ease and outstanding skill. Cat # ZIQ458Forthcoming: 17th Jun 2026
