Music Composer/Producer/Artist, Manifesto (aka Manpreet Singh) is the man behind the curtain, the one who sweats in the studio and then shirks the credit. But, as trance and house aficionados will attest, this music maven has already proved himself a Renaissance man of sorts in the world of electronic music. As a music producer, Manpreet Singh has touched upon it all in his 16 years in the International dance music scene.
From an early age, he began to produce a steady stream of original music and remixes that continues to flow unabated today. He started off as a DJ, and he's spun all over and now he's gaining notoriety as a first rate music producer. Manpreet's reputation as a phenomenal DJ and music producer is as assured as his commitment to pushing forward the boundaries of his art.
Coming from a musical family, Manifesto notes, "I started out playing drums at school. I would come home and just practice by banging on the tables in my home." But soon computers became his real passion. "I was eighteen when I got my first computer," he says excitedly, "and that was that." The next nine years were spent in front of the screen, experimenting and producing hype tunes with his computer.
At 25, Manifesto started a roadshow and that set him down a path that would change the course of his life. "I didn't waste any time," he laughs. "I'm the kind of person that, when I get into something, I really get into it. So I got in, went to a few parties, just fell in love with what was going on around me and said to myself, 'Ok. This is what I'm going to do.'"
Mastering the mixing skills was easy. Soon Manifesto was playing gigs all over Toronto. But making music was always priority number one. He never uses samplers and feels strongly against using them.
It's Trance music, where Manifesto's skills really show. As trance music gets more and more popular, Manifesto decidedly places his music on the other side of the arena. "I create and play energetic progressive music, not lowbrow Euro-trance that's became so popular in the past few years. It's a sad situation that when people hear the word "trance" they automatically think of the obvious melodic build-ups with drum rolls and epic synth lines. I try to produce very intricate, very technical music with a quality song structure, serious drum work and subtle melodies that don't hit you over the head. Music that moves you. I love making dance music. Love it,' he says, "And when I do it, I do it properly."