Manic Focus Delivers Emotional & Mesmerizing seventh LP, By no means Not Blue

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Denver-based producer Manic Focus is an artist of many abilities. As a magician, he makes use of sleight of hand to drag objects out of skinny air. As an digital artist, he executes equally unattainable sonic acts together with his vibrant, genre-defying music. Manic Focus’ distinctive fashion – outlined by a hybrid of digital, funk, soul, and hip-hop – has helped the producer domesticate a fervent fanbase captivated by his immersive studio trickery and vibrant artistic spirit – a mixture that has led him to performances at festivals equivalent to Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Hulaween, North Coast Music Competition, Excessive Sierra Music Competition, Camp Bisco, Wakaan Competition, Summer time Camp Music Competition, and a number of opening slots at Purple Rocks in assist of Zhu, Emancipator, Fairly Lights, and extra.

However his strengths lie not solely within the musical and magical: what additionally makes Manic Focus stand aside is his psychological triumphs. Identified with Bipolar 1 in 2007, Manic Focus has skilled a number of manic and depressive episodes – experiences that straight impressed his artist identify. As an alternative of stopping him from working, his Bipolar prognosis turned a driving consider his artistic processes, an impediment he’s needed to navigate in the direction of a product of limitless musical ingenuity. By no means Not Blue takes the listener by means of the totally different emotional states of a manic episode the place the interludes define the phases of mania.

It could be his finest work but, retaining your ears and thoughts engaged the entire method by means of with mesmerizing melodies, seamless vocal sampling, and drum grooves that appear to vibrate by means of your entire physique. Regardless of all of his expertise, it’s nice to see artists keen to go the additional mile in being actually weak by means of their craft and in doing so, it seemingly resonates even deeper to the listener.

This album may be very particular to me. It’s going to take you on a journey by means of lots of the feelings I expertise in a manic episode – from the arrogance, by means of the chaos, to the euphoric states, however finally ending on a constructive be aware.
– Manic Focus

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