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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jonathan Immanuel Kievit |
| Also known as | Signal |
| Born | 14 November 1998 Saint-Denis, Réunion, France |
| Origin | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Labels | UKF Music, Critical Music, Deadbeats, Vision Recordings, Dividid, Shogun Audio |
| Website | imanu |
Jonathan Immanuel Kievit (born 14 November 1998), known professionally as Imanu (stylized as IMANU), formerly as Signal is a French-born Dutch DJ, record producer and musician. [1]
After being exposed to trance and progressive house by a friend at the age of 10, Kievit started producing house at the age of 14. [2] [3] A few years later he discovered the music by Dutch trio Noisia and subsequently started producing drum and bass. Eventually, Dutch drum and bass artist Fre4knc also sent a song by Kievit to Noisia, who then signed him under the alias Signal to their label Invisible Recordings when Kievit was only 16 years old. [4] In 2018 Kievit co-founded the record label Dividid (stylized as DIVIDID) with Mark McCann, better known as Abis and Rotterdam-based promoter Lars Dingeman. [5] [6]
In 2019 Kievit started a new project under the alias "Imanu", which has since been active. As Imanu he pushed the boundaries of drum and bass as a genre and explored other genres, such as house, techno and footwork. [3] He described his style of music as "future breaks" and cited Flume as his primary influence besides Sophie, Cashmere Cat and Arca. [7]
Since starting with Imanu, Kievit has released music on significant electronic music labels such as Zeds Dead's Deadbeats, Noisia's Vision Recordings, and UKF Music and has collaborated with Noisia, What So Not, Kuc̆ka, Josh Pan and Pham.
In 2021, Beatport named Kievit as one of six Beatport NEXT artists, supporting him for a full year by offering store featurings, playisting, editorial features, live-streams and social media support.
In June 2022, Kievit announced his debut album 'UNFOLD', which was released on September 16, 2022, on Deadbeats.
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