Manu le Malin
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Manu le Malin, a stage name
literally meaning "Wily Manu", is a French musician and one of representatives of the hardcore techno
genre.
Born in France
as Emmanuel Dauchez, Danchez played for a few years on the European techno scene as it widened. His music's airs of ex-skinhead
and the associated hard edge quickly brought him a reputation for hard music.
His reformulated style, as initially presented on his first album Biomechanik, came closer to hardcore techno, with a sound sometimes compared to metal music because of its heaviness and the dark subjects that it focused on.
He played at several parties, festivals, and additional albums, but it was only in 2002 that Malin first created his first originally composed album, Fighting Spirit. This album is not difficult to approach as his previous albums for the general public, but it draws on a greater variety of the various subgenres of hardcore to embrace as much of a range of styles as possible.
Stage name
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literally meaning "Wily Manu", is a French musician and one of representatives of the hardcore techno
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
genre.
Born in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as Emmanuel Dauchez, Danchez played for a few years on the European techno scene as it widened. His music's airs of ex-skinhead
Skinhead
A skinhead is a member of a subculture that originated among working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. Named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, the first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian rude boys and British mods,...
and the associated hard edge quickly brought him a reputation for hard music.
His reformulated style, as initially presented on his first album Biomechanik, came closer to hardcore techno, with a sound sometimes compared to metal music because of its heaviness and the dark subjects that it focused on.
He played at several parties, festivals, and additional albums, but it was only in 2002 that Malin first created his first originally composed album, Fighting Spirit. This album is not difficult to approach as his previous albums for the general public, but it draws on a greater variety of the various subgenres of hardcore to embrace as much of a range of styles as possible.
Aliases
Manu le Malin, already an alias, is also known by the names "DJ Outlaw" and "The Driver", and he also performed as part of the group Palindrome.Discography
- 1997 : Biomechanik (DJ Mix)
- 1999 : Biomechanik 2 (CD1 : DJ Mix, CD2 : original tracks done with other hardcore musicians)
- 2002 : Fighting spirit
- 2003 : Rions noir (roughly "Let Us Laugh Grimly") with the band Palindrome
- 2005 : "Biomechanik 3 The Final Chapter" (DJ Mix)