Evita Manji curates a playlist “somewhere between summer euphoria and melancholia”

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Within their work, Evita Manji employs viscerally otherworldly textures, carving out a terrain that balances mutant cybernetics with organic fauna.

Having launched their own platform myxoxym last year, in January Manji released their debut album Spandrel? via PAN. Taking its name from both evolutionary biology and architectural detail, the album offers a deeply personal and vulnerable exploration of existence and interconnectedness. Traversing through atmospheric avant-garde sound design, metallic club sonics and intricate baroque pop, Manji proffers a poetic and romantic expression that conveys tangible depths of emotion – ranging from melancholic reflection to auspicious glimmers.

Last year also saw the former SHAPE+ artist work with the likes of Rainy Miller, Cecile Believe, Palmistry and more on a compilation Manji curated and released via their own myxoxym imprint. Tapping into a pertinent theme within Manji’s own work, the album was created in aid of ANIMA, an organisation that rehabilitiates animals and returns them to their natural habitat.

This coming September, Manji heads to Tilburg for Draaimolen Festival. Ahead of their performance at the event – and also a more imminent appearance at Les Siestes Electroniques this weekend – they’ve curated a playlist that gets right in the feels. The mood is “somewhere between summer euphoria and melancholia,” they tell us, “mostly music from friends and stuff I’ve been into lately.”