Milton Keynes-based Manny and the Coloured Sky has been quietly plying his wares around town, armed with a clutch of rather fantastic acoustic-folky styled tracks, sometimes sprinkled with soul and rap morsels.
The splendid union of styles has been learned on a music path three years long and counting, and it's a path that has seen him go from heavy rock band front man (a sixth form project) to one half of the soul-rap concoction Soul Kid.
When that project dried up after a year,
Manny picked up the guitar and took to a musical life on his own.
Manny's cover of the Labrinth number Treatment was a hit with the artist himself – who retweeted the track to his million plus followers, which led to a collaboration with Lou Sinergy.
We said
Manny works alone, but not always - recently he has collaborated with Michelle Imhof from Switzerland.
But rather than the traditional collaborative process of knuckling down to work in a studio environment together, the two didn't meet and instead worked their musical magic through the power of technology.
“I came across lovely, incredible musician Michelle and we engaged in a few discussions and agreed on a song we wanted to cover,”
Manny said.
With Jessie Ware's Taking In Water in their ears, they got to work: “...It involved sending across numerous amounts of audio tracks we recorded. It was exciting, things were starting to take shape.”
Eventually the beautiful delivery was done – you can listen to it here: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8z6x8_iams
“I loved every minute of the process, it has taught me a lot as a musician and also highlighted how valuable focus and a huge amount of self-belief is vital in achieving our goals...
“There's still so much I want to learn and achieve, I want to create a source of hope and comfort and make music that inspires and changes lives,” he added.
Manny and The Coloured Sky will play
'Something for Sunday', Hackney Wick, London, June 8
IF:MK Festival, Milton Keynes, July 20
Keep tabs...
On Twitter: @The_colouredsky
On Facebook: Search for Manny and The Coloured Sky
Are you a musician or band that wants to get your music heard? Email us: info@totalmk.co.uk
Manny's cover of the Labrinth number Treatment was a hit with the artist himself – who retweeted the track to his million plus followers, which led to a collaboration with Lou Sinergy.
We said Manny works alone, but not always - recently he has collaborated with Michelle Imhof from Switzerland.
But rather than the traditional collaborative process of knuckling down to work in a studio environment together, the two didn't meet and instead worked their musical magic through the power of technology.
“I came across lovely, incredible musician Michelle and we engaged in a few discussions and agreed on a song we wanted to cover,” Manny said.
With Jessie Ware's Taking In Water in their ears, they got to work: “...It involved sending across numerous amounts of audio tracks we recorded. It was exciting, things were starting to take shape.”
Eventually the beautiful delivery was done – you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8z6x8_iams
“I loved every minute of the process, it has taught me a lot as a musician and also highlighted how valuable focus and a huge amount of self-belief is vital in achieving our goals...
“There's still so much I want to learn and achieve, I want to create a source of hope and comfort and make music that inspires and changes lives,” he added.
Manny and The Coloured Sky will play
'Something for Sunday', Hackney Wick, London, June 8
IF:MK Festival, Milton Keynes, July 20
Keep tabs...
On Twitter: @The_colouredsky
On Facebook: Search for Manny and The Coloured Sky
Are you a musician or band that wants to get your music heard? Email us: info@totalmk.co.uk
