MANTi - Numa EP

MANTi returns to Kiosk ID with ‘Numa’, a four-track EP that infuses her beautifully textured synth work with chord-crazed nostalgia and an eclectic rigour that transforms her hovering melodics into spaced-out dancefloor weapons.

Opening with the roller of the set, ‘Numa’ weaves a beautiful tapestry of melodic threads—warm saws, dramatic pads, metallic jolts—gradually and anthemically, atop a throbbing carpet of bass and white-noise drums. Enveloped in layers of wondrous pads, Numa tells a vast and dramatic epic within the framework of a crushing dancefloor track.

‘Shade’ delivers an eclectic disco-infused groover. Oscillating between dark percussive drum structures, shimmering tambourines, funky guitar plucks, and a nasal, spaced-out synth traversing fluidly above an infectious groove, Shade is an eclectic system shock, complete with ravey piano stabs and breakbeat insert. Unexpected, cosmic, and powerfully musical.

With ‘Halo’, MANTi leans into a playful and exploratory sense of complexity—found-sound percussion, pitch-shifting synths, piano chord chops, and spaced-out vocal effects orbit a steadily hovering tone. Anchored by a relentless bassline, Halo artfully oscillates between wild escalation and a stripped and effective core.

Closing track ‘Ashes’ unearths cycling figures of ethnically charged percussive grooves. Cascading chimes, cavernous synth impacts, and a morphing, soothing bass lead unfold a slow-burning roller rich in contrast—warm, spaced-out, drum-centric, and heavy in atmosphere.

With Numa, MANTi delivers an eclectic foursome that fuses richly textured melodies with—you name it—Disco, Chord House, Breakbeat, or her own brand of percussive and tonal experimentation. Numa ends up both intimate and expansive—designed for dancefloors, rooted in sonic storytelling, and at the bleeding edge of dance music.