Dan Mangan
Dan Mangan has slowly but surely been making his way within the Melbourne breakbeat scene by playing sublime sets of progressive breaks, often with his partner in crime and production (and RA columnist) Keltec. Dan is also a protege of one of Melbourne's most respected engineers, Jack the Bear, who has mastered many important releases. Those of you who read liner notes will know who he is. Dan Mangan and Keltec released the Concisio Abnocto E.P. (latin for ‘Breaking Out’) on UK label 3Beat Records, under the pseudonyms Mortar and Pestle.
Dan Mangan hasn’t just established himself in Melbourne's evergrowing scene, he’s grown to become one it’s leading DJ’s who’s sound is as upfront as it is diverse. In five short years, he’s used his versatility and technical skill as a DJ to warm up, hype up or wind up a night, and has racked up (residencies) at club nights like Out Of Order, Fractured, Escape, Fuji, The Late Show, Broken Home, PreSSure, Quality Control, Q-Bar and Sunny. His name can found amongst the fine-print on flyers with names like Infusion, Nubreed, The Freestylers, Tayo, Adam Freeland, Anthony Pappa, Danny Howells, James Lavelle, Sasha and many many more.
Dan’s immediate circle includes luminaries such as Phil K, Luke Chable, Keltec, Nubreed, Andy Page and Sean Quinn so he’s been extremely lucky to have the odd chance to pick up a production trick or two. As a result, some of his tracks have found their way to the public on imprints such as Artists Known As, 3Beat Breaks, Heavy Rotation, Vicious Vinyl, Audiotherapy, Trojan Records and CP Recordings.
In June 2005, Sean Quinn invited Dan to co-host a daily show on Melbourne's freshly revived KissFM. Called Space Between The Beats, the music policy is based on entirely on new music and since day one has been the station’s highest rating show. Some of their guests have included Dave Seaman, Nic Fanciulli, Trentemoller, Satoshi Tomiie, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, M.A.N.D.Y, Paolo Mojo and many more.
Bookings: http://www.myspace.com/dnmngn
Discography:Dan Mangan on Discogs.com
