Manu Delago

Manu Delago

(feat. Mad About Lemon)

Snow from Yesterday Tour

Manu Delago-Grammy nominee, composer, innovator and acclaimed percussionist has teamed up withvocal ensemble Mad About Lemon to craft a profound and distinct new album. Together they will performSnow from Yesterday(out Feb 2024 via One Little Independent Records) on a European tour.

“When I discoveredMad About Lemona couple of years ago, I was blown away by their delicate vocalarrangements. They create really beautiful harmonies thatcombine the best of both worlds–lead and choirsinging. I immediately wanted to make music with them and I'm very excited that after lots of songwriting andrecording sessions we can now share the music with an audience”, explains Manu Delago.

The album is fluid, versatile, and powerful. Manu Delago's handpan virtuosity is the rhythmic lifeforce ofSnow From Yesterday, creating majestic, emotive sounds, often with a tender delicacy, for Mad AboutLemon’sinterwovenvocals to pour over. Represented in all its forms, from glacial mountains, to rivers, andeven the smallest drop into watercolour, the album is about journeys and the stages of life that may changeyou, but also links you to others, in other times and other places.

“Lots of my recent projects were very adventurous, conceptual and environment driven. WithSnow fromYesterdayI wanted to make the music priority again and create the most touching soundworld I couldimagine, which thanks to some magic by the singers Anna, Mimi and Heidi (Mad About Lemon) turned outreally well”, says Manu Delago.

The Austrian musician has regularly collaborated with various artists such as Björk, Anoushka Shankar, TheCinematic Orchestra, Olafur Arnalds and has appeared as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra,Metropole Orkest and many more. He has performed in more than 50 countries around the world but moreimportantly completed two extensive concert tours by biycle. On the so-called 'ReCycling Tour' (2021 and2023) his band & crew performed around 20 shows along a 1000 mile bicycle route, carrying all theirequipment and instruments in bike trailers.Manu Delago is famous for his dynamic and surprising live shows. On the upcoming tour he'll be joined bythe three singers ofMad About LemonandClemensRofner on bass and synths. 

Everyone on stage not onlycovers various acoustic and electronic instruments, but also contributes shapes and colours to visualartworks developing live with the music.Snow From Yesterdaytravels far, across endless oceanic expanses,and thousands of years, telling stories that aim to help the listener to see themselves as part of a larger body.After all, all rivers lead to the sea

.“A masterful and sensitive musician”–The Telegraph

“Virtuoso”–The Times

“Dreamy acoustics”–XLR8R

Line up:

Manu Delago (handpans, percussion & FX)

Clemens Rofner (bass & synths)

Mad About LemonAnna Widauer (vocals & colours)

Mimi Schmid (vocals & colours)

Heidi Erler (vocals & colours)