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About Me

The Manitou's debut CD out now on CafePress !

The Manitou has been recording odds and sods since 1998, and in 2005 completed his debut album. He uses a combination of software, synthesizers, samplers, toy instruments, and circuit-bent stuff.

The Manitou's music is chiefly a marriage of retro and modern electronica; in various moods from lively synth-pop, dark electro, to house grooves and upbeat dance.

He hopes some of the noises are to your liking.

Yours robotically,
-TM, 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/14/2006
Band Website: manitouslair.com/
Band Members: The Manitou, several robotic lifeforms both tangible and intangible.
Influences: Gary Numan, Eiffel 65, Front Line Assembly, Alan Parsons Project, Beck, Les Rockets, Les Rythmes Digitales, David Bowie, Air, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre, John Foxx, Daft Punk...
Sounds Like: Things that go "bleep" in various melodic ways, old technology, that synth-pop band next door that never made it, and a singer who's best friend is multi-tracking.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

On the airwaves

Perhaps "Silence On The Airwaves" is a contradiction, given that there's not a lot of silence on the album. Completed December 2005, my debut album is now available via CafePress (link provided ...
Posted by The Manitou on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:20:00 PST

There's something nasty in the tunnels

Imagine, if you will, stumbling into a subterranean tunnel; pitch black, cold, grimy; a smell of oil tinging the stale air. An unearthly mechanical howl greets you from the far end, where the tu...
Posted by The Manitou on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:35:00 PST

Reanimated

Yo,So, new music has been scarce round here. Here at last is a new track for 2006: Reanimation. An upbeat industrial-pop-type-thing using lots of funky noises. The Boss DR-220a drum machine makes i...
Posted by The Manitou on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:32:00 PST