Dan Mangan
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Daniel Mangan (born April 28, 1983) is a Canadian musician. He has won two
Career
Early work
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In 2003, at 20 years old, Mangan completed his first set of recordings: an EP of simply recorded acoustic songs called All At Once. Five hundred copies were pressed and sold or given away throughout the Vancouver area. With a bank loan and a small community of musicians who would offer cheap or free sessions, Mangan recorded Postcards & Daydreaming in the summer of 2005 with producer Daniel Elmes and good friend Simon Kelly. Mangan released the album independently at first, selling the album online and at live shows. In July 2007, Vancouver-based independent record label File Under: Music picked up the LP and re-released the album with new artwork and an extra track, "Ash Babe". The following March, the record was released in Australia by ABC/Warner.
Nice, Nice, Very Nice
In March 2009, Mangan's album
In September 2009, Mangan was awarded "Artist of the Year" at the
On November 15, 2019, Dan Mangan and Arts & Crafts released the 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Nice, Nice, Very Nice. The 2-LP vinyl collection features previously unreleased demos and b-sides. The package includes an essay by Mangan about making the album and its commercial success.[6]
Oh Fortune
Throughout 2010 and 2011, Mangan began collaborating with musicians from Vancouver's experimental music scene. Enlisting drummer Kenton Loewen (Mother Mother, Submission Hold, Gord Grdina Trio), bassist John Walsh (Brasstronaut) and guitarist Gord Grdina (Gord Grdina Trio, Haram, East Van Strings) opened up relationships with other members of the city's avant-garde free-jazz community. As the ensemble worked toward a third LP, they began collaborating and touring with a large group of musicians who would sub in and out of the band including trumpeter JP Carter (Fond of Tigers, Destroyer), violinist Jesse Zubot (Fond of Tigers, Hawksley Workman, Tanya Tagaq), pianist Tyson Naylor and cellist Peggy Lee (Mary Margaret O'Hara, Wayne Horvitz, Veda Hille). Mangan asked Seattle's Eyvind Kang (Bill Frisell, Beck, Laurie Anderson) to write orchestral arrangements for the forthcoming recordings.
In November 2011, Mangan was the subject of the CBC documentary What Happens Next?, directed and produced by Brent Hodge and Jon Siddall.[7] It follows Mangan in the lead up to his sold-out show at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver.
At the
Oh Fortune was also long-listed for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize and received three Western Canadian Music Awards for "Rock Album of the Year", "Independent Album of the Year", and "Songwriter of the Year". To boot, "Rows of Houses" was named "Best Song" by the CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards. Mangan has won six Buckys to date, the most winning artist in the award's history, and is the only artist to win "Best Song" more than once.
Club Meds
Focusing less on recruited orchestral performances and more on core band contribution, Mangan and his band began recording in late 2013 what would eventually be his 4th LP,
Unmake EP
More or Less
In the fall of 2018, Mangan released his fifth full length, More or Less, on Arts & Crafts and City Slang. The album featured production and mixing by Drew Brown (Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Blonde Redhead),[12] with producer Simone Felice (Lumineers, Vance Joy, Jade Bird)[13] producing two songs ("Fool For Waiting" and "Troubled Mind"), which were mixed and engineered by Ryan Hewitt (Lumineers, Avett Brothers, Vance Joy).
Adam Feibel wrote for Exclaim! Magazine, "In stark contrast with the intricate, full-bodied arrangements of Mangan's last couple records, More or Less is so deliberately soft, warm, cozy and minimal that it makes even Nice, Nice, Very Nice sound loud and busy."[14] Feibel goes on to say, "The sleeper hit here is "Lay Low," a song about taking time for yourself that, fittingly, features almost nothing but Mangan's own voice — and even then it's barely more than a whisper. It could be chilling if it wasn't so comforting. And while "Troubled Mind" is undoubtedly boisterous, it's the outlier." About "Troubled Mind" Mangan has said "...it’s funny. It’s pretty upbeat, but the lyrical content is not exactly sunny, shiny or lovey-dovey, so at first you never know how it’s gonna be received...it’s really cool to see people gravitate towards it."[15]
About the album as a whole, Mangan says, "“witnessing birth, and in some ways rebirth. It’s about feeling disconnected from a popular identity and becoming acclimated to a new one. It’s about raising kids in a turbulent world. It’s about unanswerable questions and kindness and friendship and fear.”
In April 2019, Mangan, "the man known as the nicest guy on the Vancouver music scene" performed two songs ("Troubled Mind" and "Just Fear") from the album on Jimmy Kimmel Live![16]
Being Somewhere
In April 2022 he released the non-album single "In Your Corner (for Scott Hutchison)", a tribute to Frightened Rabbit bandleader Scott Hutchison following his death in 2018.[17] He followed up in July with "Fire Escape", the video for which starred actor Steven Ogg as a personification of a self-critical inner voice taunting and tormenting Mangan.[18]
Both songs were eventually announced as part of the tracklisting for his seventh studio album, Being Somewhere.[19] The album was released in 2022, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[20]
Scoring work
After the touring cycle for Oh Fortune, the band took a short hiatus. Dan became a father during this time and scored a soundtrack with
Between the Club Meds and More or Less album cycles, Mangan scored the music for the Netflix animated show, Hilda, including the ending theme, as well as the CBC/AMC mini-series, Unspeakable.
Production, recording and Madic Records
Mangan, under the label Madic Records, (an imprint of Arts & Crafts Productions) has released LPs by acts such as Walrus and Astral Swans.[21] Mangan has also recorded and produced works for Astral Swans, including two tracks on 2015's Good People Rock and 2018's Strange Prison.
Mangan and his business partner Laura Simpson appeared in a Season 17 episode of Dragons' Den, pitching for an investment in his online concert platform Side Door.[22] They secured a deal from Arlene Dickinson.[22]
Touring
With various collections of musicians, Mangan has toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and Australia. They've shared stages with
On Canada Day in 2011 Mangan performed for the
Dan Mangan (or Dan Mangan + Blacksmith) have been invited to perform at many international music festivals including:
- UK: Glastonbury (2010 "John Peel Stage", 2011 "Other Stage"), End of the Road Festival (2011), Summer Sundae Fringe Festival (2012)
- Australia: Peats Ridge(2009, 2010)
- Canada: Folk on the Rocks (2015), Northern Lights Festival Boréal(2015), Harbourage (2015)
- USA: Sasquatch! Festival (2011, 2015), Rocky Mt. Folks Festival (2011), Telluride Bluegrass Festival(2012)
- Germany: Reeperbahn Festival (2010, 2015), Orange Blossom Special (2011), Haldern Pop (2011, 2012), Golden Leaves (2015), Rolling Stone Weekender (2018)
- Netherlands: Noorderzon (2012), Incubate Festival (2015)
- Croatia: Terraneo Festival (2012)
Mangan's March 13, 2020 show at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Ontario was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Mangan and his band played a half-hour set to the empty hall, which Mangan streamed on YouTube the following Monday as "Show to Nobody".[24]
In December 2021 he announced his first significant national tour since the pandemic shutdown, with Georgia Harmer as the opening act.[25]
Personal life
Mangan's family moved often, residing in both the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, but primarily in his current residence of Vancouver. He was influenced by his parents' record collection, especially the music of Nick Drake and The Beatles.[1] At sixteen, Mangan started a band called Basement Suite with some classmates and played gigs at local community centres. Though his family had returned to Vancouver by age two, he was born in Smithers, British Columbia.[26]
Mangan studied at the University of British Columbia, earning a BA in English Literature.[27]
He lives in Vancouver with his wife Kirsten Slenning and two children.[28]
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details |
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2005 | Postcards & Daydreaming
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2009 | Nice, Nice, Very Nice
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2011 | Oh Fortune
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2015 | Club Meds (credited as Dan Mangan + Blacksmith)
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2018 | More or Less
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2020 | Thief
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2022 | Being Somewhere
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EPs
Year | EP details |
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2003 | All At Once
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2009 | Roboteering
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2012 | Radicals
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2016 | Unmake[29]
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Appearances
Year | Artist | Song | Album |
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2015 | Astral Swans with Dan Mangan
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"You Are A Runner & I Am My Father's Son" (Wolf Parade cover) | Good People Rock |
2018 | Astral Swans
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"Controls" | Strange Prison |
See also
- Music of Canada
- Canadian rock
- List of Canadian musicians
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "How Dan Mangan's Side Door Is Paving the Way for the Brave New World of Live Music | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Mack, Adrian (March 12, 2009). "Dan Mangan", The Georgia Straight. Retrieved on 2009-05-22.
- ^ Miller, Aaron (September 23, 2009). "Dan Mangan, Alexisonfire Victorious at XM Verge Music Awards". CityNews. Archived from the original on October 11, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "In the Spotlight: Dan Mangan". SOCAN Words and Music. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "Dan Mangan Unveils 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 'Nice, Nice, Very Nice'". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "CBC - Absolutely Canadian - What Happens Next? The Dan Mangan Documentary". Cbc.ca.
- ^ "Artist summary: Dan Mangan". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ Alexis, Petridis (16 January 2015). "Why Club Meds by Dan Mangan + Blacksmith is the one album you should hear this week". The Guardian.
- ^ "Dan Mangan and Gord Grdina discuss Club Meds". Guitarist. 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Paul Brogee on "Club Meds"". Longrangehustle.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- ^ "Drew Brown | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Simone Felice | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Dan Mangan More or Less". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Dan Mangan goes in-depth on new album, 'More or Less'". Global News. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "Vancouver's beloved Dan Mangan receives an avalanche of support after a dream appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!". The Georgia Straight. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Dan Mangan Shares New Single 'In Your Corner (for Scott Hutchison)'". Exclaim!, April 19, 2022.
- ^ Mike Usinger, "On Our Radar: Dan Mangan's ghostly "Fire Escape" is a powerful lifeline for anyone who's staring into the abyss". The Georgia Straight, July 20, 2022.
- ^ Scott Lewis, "Dan Mangan announces new LP, shares single ‘Just Know It’". CIND-FM, September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Polaris Music Prize short list: Feist, Daniel Caesar, Debby Friday among contenders". Toronto Star, July 13, 2023.
- ^ Alex Hudson (15 January 2015). "Astral Swans Announces Debut LP on Dan Mangan's Madic Records". Exclaim!.
- ^ a b Courtney Dickinson, "Juno Award winner Dan Mangan took his Side Door project to the Dragons — and got an offer". CBC News British Columbia, November 10, 2022.
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- ^ Richard Trapunski, "Dan Mangan livestreams his cancelled Danforth Music Hall show". Now, March 16, 2020.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Dan Mangan Maps Out 2022 Canadian Tour". Exclaim!, December 6, 2021.
- ^ Jones, Vincent (July 16, 2012). "Dan Mangan Interview - Keloha, 2012". Hear in Kelowna.
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- ^ Gregoire, Lisa (May 10, 2017). "Dan Mangan, troubadour dad". Nunatsiaq Online. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ "Unmake // DAN MANGAN". danmanganmusic.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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