Irish DJ Mano Le Tough Announces New Album At The Moment With Lead Single 'No Road Without A Turn'

Irish producer and DJ Mano Le Tough announces his new record, At The Moment, out August 20th on DJ Koze’s Pampa Records, and presents the first single, “No Road Without A Turn.” After more than a decade of releases and touring, Mano has spent the past year at home in Zurich, rearing his young family and focusing on the positives of 14 months without performing, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. In the face of horror, Mano channelled inspiration. With At The Moment, the follow-up to 2015’s Trails, those struggles have produced a record which balances the ambivalence of the current moment, with wistful streaks of unguarded optimism.

At The Moment shows Mano’s modes of expression evolving too. The synths and rhythms common to earlier works are now complemented with less familiar sounds and influences. Jangling guitars and sun-bleached chords envelop his own tender, plaintive vocals in a dappled wash of summery pop. Another track grounds overlapping melodies and sci-fi soundtrack pads with hip hop beats, creating a hypnotic slice of slinky retro-futurism. Where there is reflection, there is also a sense of being unafraid.

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“No Road Without A Turn,” is a contemporary exploration of dub disco. It sees the Irishman's instrumental and production talents graduate to a new level. The perfect soundtrack for a summer evening stroll, "No Road Without A Turn" whets the appetite for what is to come. “The title is about the fact that no situation in life stays the same forever but it's also about being in the moment and accepting the change,” says Mano. “Musically it’s quite representative of the instrumentation on the album and although it doesn't have a vocal, the guitar part is quite lyrical.”“I’ve always liked that Mallarmé quote, ‘Poetry is the language of crisis,’” says Mano. “It’s hard to make good music about everything being amazing. Everything is going great – who wants to listen to that? Anything I’ve done - anything which I thought had any kind of artistic merit, has been through struggles I’ve had in my life”.

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