NEW YEARS DEC 28 - BY DAY
GASHOUDER
Mandana became interested in electronic music through her father, a Techno, House and Disco record collector. Her influence came from Chicago House and early nineties Dance records. After attending raves in her native Belgium, she secured performances at Barrio, Club Vaag and Café d’Anvers, to Fuse Club.
In 2017, Mandana performed alongside Loco Dice at Fuse and label party ‘Desolat Seran Bendecidos” in Belgium. She was subsequently invited to play at Desolat, London in 2018 and other parties followed. Kiesgrube, Village Underground and Studio 338, London, Brunch In The Park #3, Barcelona in addition to BPM Festival, HYTE ADE X LOVELAND and touring the US with Loco Dice to finish the year.
The same year she released her debut track “Conflict” on a Desolat compilation, reaching Beatport Top 10 in the ‘Minimal/Deep Tech’ chart.
2019 was an equally strong year for Mandana with performances at Soul Tech Festival, Empire Festival, BPM Festival, Dour Festival, Savana Potente, Garorock, Marvelous Island and more.
Archie Hamilton picked up on Mandana’s productions and signed “Le Cockpit” EP on his imprint Moscow Records, with a remix from the in-demand Chris Stussy, released on August 2020.
2022 started off on a high note, as Mandana is working on her own productions to soon be released.
Highlight Performances:Kiesgrube, BPM Festival, Brunch In The Park, SXM Festival, Dour Festival, Ants Ibiza, Loco Dice Tour 2018.