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tin Man

About Me

half man, half mousepad

tin Man is 23 year old Perth producer Justin Manzano: purveyor of layered, melodic electronic music. Combining the emotive melodiousness of post-rock and psych-pop with lo-fi drum programming and samples, tin Man produces tracks which are uplifting in their own unique way...!!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!!!!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/09/2006
Band Website: you're on it...
Band Members: Justin Manzano
Influences: • sigur ros
• talk talk
• the flaming lips
• arcade fire
• fuck buttons • boards of canada
• skream
• modeselektor
• sasha
• shannon hurn's giant legs

Sounds Like: '...without losing a drop of empathy for the original’s delicate warmth, Perth-based producer Tin Man (aka Justin Manzano) has managed to deconstruct and morph the track it into a slowly brewing electronic anthem. The remix exudes a loping grandeur that is hard not to abandon yourself to. Rather than forcing its own rhythmic agenda, Tin Man’s ‘Spilt Milk’ remix both amplifies and distills the exquisite feel of the original.'
- Hidden Shoal Recordings

So how exactly do you improve on near perfection. Well it helps if you happen to be an acquaintance of Perth based producer in demand Tin Man or as he’s better known to friends and authorities alike Justin Manzano...Entrusted with such an unenviable task of enhancing something without need of tinkering, Manzano pulls out the stops hooks the track up to his workbench and armed with his productive spanners strips the original back to its threadbare chassis and re-wires the skeletal frame with an enchanted wonderland workshop assortment of snow bound effects and lilting sleepy headed lullaby-esque texturing, the emerging recalibration bathed with a snoozing charm tranquillity seductively opines with the wide eyed sensitivity of Inch Time, the timid expressions of Landshipping and the bitter sweetly forlorn ache of the Shady Bard. Perfection perfected - can’t say fairer than that.
- LOSINGTODAY.COM
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

music quality

apologies for the quality of the myspace player (even though it's not my fault). the Apricot Rail remix in particular does not usually sound that bad (i swear!). If you would like a proper version of ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:55:00 GMT

JJJ airplay, new gear/glue ear.

Hey all you tin Man freaksThe past couple of months have been interesting. My remix for Apricot Rail has been getting fairly smashed on RTR FM 92.1, and last night finally popped its Triple J cherry ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:16:00 GMT

A remix, some new tracks, and a kettle.

To all of my internet social networking imaginary friendsAs you have probably realised, this is my first blog, after having this page for around 3 years. Pretty lazy, huh? Well, you know how it is: so...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:01:00 GMT