Published
Thu, May 6, 2021, 16:39
- The artist said he wanted "to do something that nobody (in footwork) had ever done before."
Footwork innovator DJ Manny will release a new album, Signals In My Head, on Planet Mu this summer.
The 12-track LP continues to advance footwork—the regional Chicago genre that Manny helped bring to the world alongside DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn—while also touching on drum & bass, Detroit techno and Chicago house. In a press statement, the Brooklyn-based artist said he sought "to do something that nobody (in footwork) had ever done before, which is an R&B love type of album but still keeping it footwork, juke, house, techno, with a few breaks."
Planet Mu helped popularise footwork globally with the seminal Bangs & Works compilation series. Manny appeared on the label's 2011 compilation, Ghettoteknitianz. In the meantime, he's released with Teklife, Aeronema, Hoko Sounds as well as put out a number of LPs himself, including The Vault from earlier this year.
Listen to the title track from Signals In My Head.
Tracklist
01. Never Was Ah Hoe
02. U Want It
03. You All I Need
04. Club GTA
05. All I Need
06. Wants My Body (feat. DJ Chap)
07. Havin' Fun (feat. DJ Phil)
08. Good Love
09. Signals In My Head
10. That Thang
11. Smoke 'n' Fade Away
12. At First Site
Planet Mu will release Signals In My Head on July 23rd, 2021