It's not often that I get to merge my love for house with my deep love and passion for chillout.  Today is one of those days...

Manuel Tur is a 24 year old Producer who gets it.  If the world were full of more people like him, most of the mainstream crap the kids are listening too wouldn't exist.   But then it wouldn't be underground and cool so we are glad this Essen German is slowly getting ready to take the deep house world by storm.

While his mates were out smoking Camels and drinking Weiss beer behind the Fahrradhalle, young Manuel was honing his craft by immersing himself in the sounds of Ian Pooley, Sebastien Leger and Swag.  It wasn't long before his material started being released through labels such as Agave, SoSound and Sebastien Leger's own Bits Music. But that wasn't enough for Manuel so he decided to set up his own Smokestack Recordings which is how he hooked up with Freerange.  His track 'Portamento' became a staple in Jimpster's DJ sets so he set about getting Manuel to record an EP for Freerange.

This deep bomb and others like 'Acorado' and 'Deviate’ have made him hot property in the world of house music.  Its fair to say he’s on top of his game with recent big tracks for Drumpoet with Dplay and Ovum with Langenburg he has been nominated for ‘Best Deep House Artist’ and ‘Best Deep House Track’ at this years Beatport Annual Awards.  His remixes for Phonique, Nick Holder, Jazzanova and D’julz are cropping up all over the sets of those favoring the deeper, underground house sound that Manuel and co are excelling in.

Now comes his new album which is a twist, with house roots this steps over into the world of downbeats.  The album, "0201" is named after his area code and is the follow-up to his EP released when he was 16 years old!  Manuel blends abstract sounds with driving basslines and was made to listen to in the bedroom.  "The whole album was made up from samples that I've been collecting for almost 10 years now and that I've put together like a jigsaw or 'patchwork', as is the title of the first track." comments Manuel.