Mano Le Tough

Mano Le Tough aka Niall Mannion is originally from Greystones, a seaside village near Dublin in Ireland. He is now based in Berlin and is a musician, dj and music producer.

Mano releases records on labels such as Internasjonal, Buzzin’ Fly, Permanent Vacation, Mirau and Dirt Crew and has remixed many artists including Aloe Blacc, Midnight Magic, Kasper Bjoerke etc.

He runs a monthly party called “Passion Beat” with his old school friend, The Drifter at Loftus Hall/Kleine Reise in Berlin. He also djs internationally every weekend.

Mano loves nature, likes eating vegetables and reading.
Mano also knows his onions as a DJ has been proven over the years at his monthly party in Berlin called Passion Beat, which he runs with his old friend and fellow paddy "The Drifter" (with him and their friend Baikal they also set up their own label "Maeve" in 2012 ). With his ever growing reputation, he soon got heavily booked worldwide and became a regular in some of the best clubs in the world including Panorama Bar, Trouw and Robert Johnson. All of his great experiences as a musician and artist culminate now in Mano Le Tough's first long player, "Changing Days" on Permanent Vacation. Fully aware that the album format is still the most important statement of a musician, Mano succeeds in this field with flying colors by not falling into the obvious traps of making a "dance" album with 11 songs that all seem to sound that same. Similar to his labelmate and buddy John Talabot Mano manages to expand his stylistic palette to more than "just" dance or club music. Instead he creates his own distinct sound and musical vision with bittersweet melodies and atmospheric moods that should appeal to ravers and more pop trained ears alike. On the album Mano brings to perfection what he began to explore on his last few eps, especially by using his own voice as a unique musical instrument and as a transmitter to communicate with his audience.