Few artists have risen from the Ibizan grassroots in the same manner as Manu Gonzalez.
On an island focused on clubland and nightlife, Manuās youth was immersed in the Ibizan culture, learning and understanding the landscape of dance music as we know it. After over 10 years of playing on the island at famous venues such as HĆÆ, Ushuaia, Amnesia and IMSās Dalt Vila spectacle, he also brought his own take on house and techno across the world to play shows at places such as fabric ā London, venues across Chile ā South America, EGG ā London and Pacha ā Barcelona. Manu Gonzalez now looks toward the next stage in his career.
In a time when everything is not as it seems and in a world of misinformation, Manu Gonzalez announces the launch of his new label, Question Reality.
A brand born in Ibiza and supported by a team of industry pioneers including Danny Whittle, Mark Netto, Mark Lawrence and of course Manu himself, Question Reality sets out to push forward the boundaries of underground music with a clear directive to support unknown talent on a platform that Manu has created. Not looking to keep themselves fixed to one style and as Manu takes on the A&R duties himself, the label will look to deliver quality music across the tech-house, deep house, house, techno, minimal and microhouse genres. Looking to develop sounds that Manu considers to be the sound of the modern Ibiza.
He kicks off with a single from himself and Italian, Shaf Huse, āBring Backā which opens with an energetic percussion line and is backed up by a rolling bassline that flows and crashes throughout the track. Aimed firmly at the dancefloor, the track takes the listener back to memories of peak time Ibiza madness.
Here, we are premiering the Hector Couto remix of the track, exclusively for 6AM readers and listeners.
“āBring Backā was made earlier this summer between Ibiza and Italy. I wanted to collab with rising star Shaf Huse after hearing some of his dancefloor hits and this was the same for him. The track is pretty different from usual tech house and thatās why I wanted to make it the first release for the label, Question Reality; I really like it. Iāve known Hector Couto and his manager, Mikel, for many years; we are good mates. Iāve been playing Coutoās music for a long time and it was special for me to have him remixing the first release on the label. I think he did a brilliant remix, bringing the Couto sound to our original, itās tech house with dub flavour. I played it in Argentina this week for a sold-out club show of 1000 people and it works perfectly on the dancefloor; even at bigger venues, Matthias Tanzmann played it at Ants, Ushuaia Main Stage last Saturday to thousands of people!” – Manu Gonzalez
