Biography

It was back in 2010 that the 4 members of Manceau reveal themselves to the world thanks to a remarkable and highly noticed first EP. Two years later, the quartet reaches the mark of their first album. Surrounding themselves with Xavier Boyer and Pedro Resende from Tahiti 80, Manceau delivers "Life Trafic Jam" which is released on its own label Monophonics. If the album opens them up to the doors of major French festivals (Transmusicales, Printemps de Bourges, Main Square, Francofolies ...), it is all the way to Japan that Manceau’s music travels to. Released over there with JVC, the album encounters a nice success which marks the beginning of a very privileged relationship with the Asian continent. Tours in China, Taiwan and South Korea, the French Miracle Tour with Yuksek, Juveniles and Clarens (Indonesia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore) ... The band accumulates dates in Asia and signs several distribution contracts while working underground to the composition of a second album that is released today. Always resolutely pop, Manceau’s music knows how to keep the acoustic and organic skeleton of their Britpop icons while adding a modern touch to it. The melodies sometimes deliciously naïve (Cool Day), sometimes luminous (Beautiful Loser), are always obvious. I Wanna is a journey through ten powerful hits that knows how to land and unveil melancholic treasures (Open Your Eyes).