Soundroom Podcast 085 - Manéfiu (Urban MIDI)

Manéfiu, on his real name Iancu Marian, is originally from Sighisoara city, now established in Bucharest, as one of the founders of UMVU Agency, Hymnodist and Urband MIDI. Falling in love with electronic music from a very early age, his passion was accentuated by the fact that he had the opportunity to build professional speakers alongside his uncle, which were being tested with music from his portfolio. He got in touch with electronic music at 14 years old, crafting his first compilation from several soundtracks from an Ibiza documentary. Started his career playing it to his friend and afterwards playing music at their local parties. Over time, he discovered musical production but his focus was to perform at private events, festivals and abroad, having the opportunity to share the stage with names like Sepp, Cally, Cosmjn, Lizz, Mihai Pol, Macarie, Vlad Arapasu, Alejandro Fernandez, Petrutt, Lixir, in locations like Amsterdam, Bucharest, Brasov, Suceava, Sighisoara and more. Recently, his efforts have been concentrated on music productions aiming for some quality releases that will be available soon, including a vinyl record. Contact Manéfiu on: --- soundcloud : @manefiu --- facebook : www.facebook.com/manefiu.ro/ Contact Soundroom on: --- facebook : www.facebook.com/soundroompodcast --- email : soundroom.bucharest@gmail.com

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Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/soundroompodcast ❖❖ Electronic music platform ❖❖ ▶ podcast ▶ livestream ▶ events ▶ rental ◆◆ "First of all, Romanian electronica is considered its own genre because of its very specific movements and ambient grooves which most other music doesn't have. No other genre of music that I've heard had such complex production methods where you can mix amazing bass grooves with minimalistic percussions/details, super organic sounds and elegant break-beat kicks which fit so perfectly together (and I've heard all from old school house to new deep techno and all in between). As far as Romania getting the title,it's mainly because they are the ones who took it to the next level,mind you this music is a form of micro-house/minimal that had been already in production for many years but on a very underground level - until Romania made it more popular (of course with the help of Ricardo Villalobos). The style of music really is something special,more intellectual in my opinion,because it takes a very trained ear to really understand it and enjoy it. For everyone whom is criticizing that it's only for druggies, this is very invalid information. Maybe the fact that it's so complex - it takes the average listener to take drugs in order to expand their mindset to listen and understand, but for those that get it, they do not need anything in order to enjoy such great abstract style of music." ◆◆