Daniel Maunick - Macumba Quebrada

From Far Out Recordings� in-house producer, Daniel Maunick�s debut solo album Macumba Quebrada conjures scenes of collective hedonism from start to finish. Spanning Afro-Brazilian spiritual dance ceremonies, late-eighties Detroit techno parties and jungle and broken beat raves in nineties London, Maunick celebrates our instinctive, age-old desire to come together and lose our sense of self.Daniel Maunick practically grew up behind the mixing desk. As the son of Brit-funk legend Jean-Paul �Bluey� Maunick (of Incognito fame), he found himself immersed in music from an early age, and quickly became involved in London�s drum n� bass, acid-jazz, house, broken beat and soul scenes, releasing his first production at the age of sixteen on Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay�s Talkin� Loud label. Since then, he has produced albums by the likes of Azymuth, Marcos Valle, Terry Callier, Incognito, Ivan �Mamao� Conti and Sabrina Malheiros.Reflecting his dual residence between Rio de Janeiro and East London, Macumba Quebrada features deep house stompers and broken bangers littered with Brazilian rhythms - in the form of both dusty percussion and Maunick�s intricate drum programming. But the album sees Daniel draw inspiration from across the black music continuum, and the rich histories of communal celebration in Detroit techno, Chicago house, London D�n�B and New York disco. Bringing all this together in explosive peak-time club tracks, moments of eerie ambience, South American swing and tribal earthiness, Macumba Quebrada expands on Maunick�s recent vinyl-only EPs �A Vicious Circle� and �Sombra Do Dragao�, with a 13-track double LP and 14-track CD and digital release.Taking its title from a syncretism of South American spiritual practices, the cover art is photograph taken by acclaimed French photographer and self-taught ethnographer Pierre Verger, who travelled the world documenting civilizations that would soon be effaced by progress. Settling for good in Salvador, Brazil, Verger became initiated into the Candombl� religion, eventually officiating rituals and ceremonies within the community. Without having become an ordained priest, Daniel Maunick shares both Verger and Far Out Recordings� love for Brazil: its people, its culture and its music. Macumba Quebrada will be available on 2XLP, CD and digital, from 25th October 2019 via Far Out Recordings.