Manu Delago | |
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 Delago performing in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 31 July 1984 Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria |
| Genres | Electronica Experimental popular music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Hang, drums, percussion |
| Labels | Various |
| Website | http://www.manudelago.com/ |
Manu Delago (born 31 July 1984) is an Austrian musician and composer.
Delago was born in Innsbruck, Tyrol, and took music lessons as a child in accordion and piano. As a teenager he mainly played drums for various rock bands. In 2003 he picked up the Hang, which gradually turned into one of his main musical instruments.
After graduating from the Mozarteum, Innsbruck, in classical percussion, Delago moved to London and studied jazz drums at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, beginning his focus on the Swiss instrument, Hang. Later he studied composition at the Trinity College of Music in London. After completing his studies, he worked as a composer, ensemble leader and musician. [1] Since 2007 he has performed internationally in more than fifty countries on six continents [2] including prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Barbican in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Sydney Opera House and Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
Between 2000 and 2007 Delago was working as live and studio drummer for various Austrian bands such as HotchPotch, Zabine, Michael Tschuggnall, Nadine Beiler, Bluatschink and more.
In 2006, after playing together in different bands, Delago and Christoph Pepe Auer founded the first Hang and Bass Clarinet duo in the world called Living Room. The duo has released two albums and a YouTube series called Hang & Bass Clarinet Megahits. He also regularly tours with his own Manu Delago Handmade and 'Manu Delago Ensemble'. Delago has also collaborated with artists including Björk, Anoushka Shankar, Ólafur Arnalds, Shpongle, Ellie Goulding, Bugge Wesseltoft, Nitin Sawhney, Stuart McCallum, Boris Grebenshchikov, and many more. He appeared as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra strings, Britten Sinfonia, Metropol Orkest, Aurora Orchestra, Münchner Kammerorchester, Züricher Kammerorchester and various other orchestras. His solo piece Mono Desire was listed in the Top30 best-rated music videos on YouTube.
Delago has featured as percussionist and hang player for several of Björk's shows, starting with the Biophilia tour up until the Cornucopia performances. He also performed percussion with The Cinematic Orchestra from 2014-2016 [3] and with Ólafur Arnalds in 2018.
He was a composer, musician and assistant engineer for Anoushka Shankar's 2016 album Land of Gold. He also accompanied her on her world tour. [4] [5] Together with the Metropol Orkest they recorded the album 'Between us' which was nominated for a 'Best Global Album' Grammy award.
In 2018 Manu Delago released Parasol Peak – a multi-award winning album and film in which Manu Delago leads an ensemble of seven musicians on a mountaineering expedition in the Alps.
After years of touring, Manu felt it was important to do his bit towards sustainability by launching the carbon-neutral Recycling Tour in 2021, performing venues across Germany and Austria, accessed only by bicycles. On the second ReCycling Tour in 2023 his band cycled from Innsbruck to Amsterdam and performed 18 concerts on the way, carrying all equipment in bike trailers.
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