Denver-based producer Manic Focus is an artist of many abilities. As a magician, he makes use of sleight of hand to tug 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 akin to Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Hulaween, North Coast Music Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Camp Bisco, Wakaan Festival, Summer Camp Music Festival, and a number of opening slots at Red Rocks in assist of Zhu, Emancipator, Pretty Lights, and extra.
But his strengths lie not solely within the musical and magical: what additionally makes Manic Focus stand aside is his psychological triumphs. Diagnosed with Bipolar 1 in 2007, Manic Focus has skilled a number of manic and depressive episodes – experiences that instantly impressed his artist title. Instead of stopping him from working, his Bipolar analysis grew to become a driving think about his artistic processes, an impediment he’s needed to navigate in the direction of a product of countless musical ingenuity. Never 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 also be his finest work but, protecting your ears and thoughts engaged the entire manner by means of with mesmerizing melodies, seamless vocal sampling, and drum grooves that appear to vibrate by means of your entire physique. Despite all of his expertise, it’s nice to see artists keen to go the additional mile in being actually susceptible by means of their craft and in doing so, it seemingly resonates even deeper to the listener.
“This album is very special to me. It will take you on a journey through many of the emotions I experience in a manic episode – from the confidence, through the chaos, to the euphoric states, but ultimately ending on a positive note.”
– Manic Focus
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