Imanu

Jonathan Immanuel Kievit (born 1998/1999), known professionally as Imanu, formerly as Signal is a DJ, record producer and musician from Suriname and based in Rotterdam.[1][2][3][4]

Career

After being exposed to Trance and Progressive house by a friend at the age of 10, Kievit started producing House at the age of 14.[2][4] A few years later he discovered the music by Dutch trio Noisia and subsequently started producing Drum 'n' Bass. Eventually also Dutch Drum 'n' Bass artist Fre4knc sent a song by Kievit to Noisia, who then signed him under the alias Signal to their label Invisible Recordings when Kievit was only 16 years old.[1] In 2018 Kievit co-founded the record label Dividid (stylized as DIVIDID) with Mark McCann, better known as Abis and Rotterdam-based promoter Lars Dingeman.[5][6]

In 2019 Kievit started a new project under the alias Imanu, which has since been active. As Imanu he pushed the boundaries of Drum 'n' Bass as a genre and explored other genres, such as House, Techno and Footwork.[4] He described his style of music as "Future Breaks" and cited Flume as his primary influence besides Sophie, Cashmere Cat and Arca.[7]

Discography

as Signal
  • 2016: Parallax EP (Critical Recordings)
  • 2017: Mantura EP (featuring Disprove, Invisible Recordings)
  • 2018: The Wall EP (featuring Abis, Dividid)
  • 2018: Doom Desire EP (Shogun Audio)
  • 2018: Solitude EP (Invisible Recordings)
  • 2018: Torment/2ME EP (Dividid)

as Imanu
  • 2019: EGO EP (Vision Recordings)
  • 2020: Memento EP (Vision Recordings)
  • 2020: Re:IMANU (Vision Recordings)
  • 2020: Cheren EP (Vision Recordings)

References
  1. "IMANU music download - Beatport". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  2. "Beatport Next: IMANU is a Production Prodigy, and the Future is Bright". 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  3. "IMANU". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  4. Scott Claridge (2021-01-05). "In Conversation With IMANU". UKF.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  5. "DIVIDID Music". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  6. "Elementz D&B · Overview · Promoter ⟋ RA". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  7. "MF DOOM, North American bass, Japanese doujin, and nu-school neurofunk | Music Columns February 2021". 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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