Manu Delago
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Manu Delago is an Austrian Hang player, percussionist and composer based in London.
, Innsbruck
, and took music lessons as a child in accordion and piano. As a 14-year-old, he played drums for various rock bands, and in 2003 his rock band HotchPotch won the Austrian Band Contest. During the same period, Delago was also drumming for Austrian pop idol Starmania
winner Michael Tschuggnall.
After graduating from the Mozarteum, Innsbruck, in classical percussion, Delago moved to London
and studied jazz drums at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
, beginning his focus on the Swiss instrument Hang. He took arranging and orchestration lessons with Scott Stroman and Matthew King
which led him to study composition at the Trinity College of Music
in London. After completing his studies, he worked as a composer, ensemble leader and musician. Since 2007 he has performed internationally in more than twenty countries on five continents and provided music for film.
duo in the world called Living Room. The duo has released two albums and performed in London
, Berlin
, Madrid
, Vienna
, Budapest
, Zimbabwe
, Canada
, USA, Mauritius
and China
. In the project "Living Room in London", they were joined by a string trio from London, including Ellie Fagg, Tom Norris
and Gregor Riddell.
Manu Delago Handmade features a versatile trio with a notable dynamic spectrum. In this band, Delago is joined by Isa Kurz (vocals, violin, piano) and Philipp Moll (bass, electronics). Delago has also collaborated with artists including Shpongle
, Bugge Wesseltoft
, Didier Lockwood
, Giannis Charoulis, Stuart McCallum, Boris Grebenshikov, Georg Breinschmid
, Wolfgang Puschnig and Björk
. His solo piece Mono Desire was listed in the Top30 best-rated music videos on Youtube
.
Manu Delago is the percussionist and hand player for the Björk
Biophilia
residencies in 2011 and has performed in Manchester
and Reykjavík
.
Features:
Further compositions:
Biography
Manu Delago was born in TyrolTyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
, Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, and took music lessons as a child in accordion and piano. As a 14-year-old, he played drums for various rock bands, and in 2003 his rock band HotchPotch won the Austrian Band Contest. During the same period, Delago was also drumming for Austrian pop idol Starmania
Starmania
Starmania is a French/Québécois rock opera written in 1976 with music by Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. Some of its songs have passed into mainstream Francophone pop culture.-Genesis:...
winner Michael Tschuggnall.
After graduating from the Mozarteum, Innsbruck, in classical percussion, Delago moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and studied jazz drums at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
, beginning his focus on the Swiss instrument Hang. He took arranging and orchestration lessons with Scott Stroman and Matthew King
Matthew King
Matthew Thomas King is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Matt Healy. First appearing in 2004, Matthew arrived as part of the King family, a family of successful businessmen....
which led him to study composition at the Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
in London. After completing his studies, he worked as a composer, ensemble leader and musician. Since 2007 he has performed internationally in more than twenty countries on five continents and provided music for film.
Career
In 2006 Manu Delago and Christoph Pepe Auer founded the first Hang and Bass ClarinetBass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
duo in the world called Living Room. The duo has released two albums and performed in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, USA, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. In the project "Living Room in London", they were joined by a string trio from London, including Ellie Fagg, Tom Norris
Tom Norris (musician)
Tom Norris is an English musician, composer, ensemble leader and songwriter who plays classical violin with the London Symphony Orchestra and also manages a solo pop music career.-Life:...
and Gregor Riddell.
Manu Delago Handmade features a versatile trio with a notable dynamic spectrum. In this band, Delago is joined by Isa Kurz (vocals, violin, piano) and Philipp Moll (bass, electronics). Delago has also collaborated with artists including Shpongle
Shpongle
Shpongle is an English psychedelic downtempo/psybient music project formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford and Raja Ram . Their musical style combines eastern ethnic instruments and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music...
, Bugge Wesseltoft
Bugge Wesseltoft
Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer. He has his own label named Jazzland Records. In the 1990s, Bugge has made a transition from Nordic jazz traditions exemplified by the ECM record label to a style sometimes referred to as "future jazz" or...
, Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin....
, Giannis Charoulis, Stuart McCallum, Boris Grebenshikov, Georg Breinschmid
Georg Breinschmid
Georg Breinschmid , is an Austrian double bass player, composer and jazz musician.-Biography:...
, Wolfgang Puschnig and Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
. His solo piece Mono Desire was listed in the Top30 best-rated music videos on Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
Manu Delago is the percussionist and hand player for the Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
Biophilia
Biophilia (album)
Biophilia is the musical project and eighth full-length studio album by Icelandic singer Björk. The album was released on 10 October 2011, over four years after her previous studio album, Volta ....
residencies in 2011 and has performed in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
.
Discography
Albums:- 2010 – Living Room (Christoph Pepe Auer & Manu Delago) – Colouring Book
- 2010 – Manu Delago - Made in Silence 2
- 2008 – Manu Delago - Adventions
- 2007 – Manu Delago Handmade
- 2007 – Christoph Pepe Auer & Manu Delago – Living Room
- 2006 – Manu Delago – Made in Silence
Features:
- 2010 - Dream #71 - Georg Breinschmid
- 2009 - Nothing is something worth doing - Shpongle
- 2009 - Live in Concert - Shpongle (DVD)
- 2008 - Arigato - Boris Grebenshikov
- 2008 - The Next Step Show (DVD)
- 2007 - Reich - Bluatschink
Further compositions:
- 2011 - Chaos_Equalibrium (string quartet & dance)
- 2010 - Why does one hide from six? (dice game for mixed ensemble)
- 2009 - Pencilphonie No. 1 in Hb2 (a self-portrait for pencil, eraser & sharpener)
- 2009 - Los Cepillos de Dientes (music for 2 acoustic toothbrushes)
- 2009 – 5 ft 12 (marimba solo)
- 2007 - If you’re really right, will be proved by the light (3 players on 2 marimbas)