Manuel Darquart is a London-based house producer and DJ, originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Raised by a jazz-singer parent on a diet of George FM mix CDs, he cut his teeth on Auckland's house scene — jamming at parties thrown by Frank Booker and Recloose alongside the likes of Jack J, Roland Tings and Bicep — before a formative trip to New York (where he caught Detroit legend Theo Parrish) and a move to London deepened his obsession with the dancefloor. Armed with a Korg M1, he has honed a hot, iridescent house sound steeped in classic Italian house and Italo-disco (Irma, Antima, Palmares), with releases on underground staples such as Wolf Music, Coastal Haze, Childsplay, Infinite Pleasure and Slam City Jams. Originally a duo, the project now flies solo. A regular on Rinse FM and NTS, his recent 'Dream House Factory, Vol. 1' (April 2026) and 'French Touché' continue a run of balmy, groove-led releases. With roughly 37k monthly Spotify listeners and a deep underground catalogue, Darquart is exactly the kind of mid-tier producer who'd benefit from public, real-time stream receipts.
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Manuel Darquart is a London-based house producer and DJ, originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Raised by a jazz-singer parent on a diet of George FM mix CDs, he cut his teeth on Auckland's house scene — jamming at parties thrown by Frank Booker and Recloose alongside the likes of Jack J, Roland Tings and Bicep — before a formative trip to New York (where he caught Detroit legend Theo Parrish) and a move to London deepened his obsession with the dancefloor. Armed with a Korg M1, he has honed a hot, iridescent house sound steeped in classic Italian house and Italo-disco (Irma, Antima, Palmares), with releases on underground staples such as Wolf Music, Coastal Haze, Childsplay, Infinite Pleasure and Slam City Jams. Originally a duo, the project now flies solo. A regular on Rinse FM and NTS, his recent 'Dream House Factory, Vol. 1' (April 2026) and 'French Touché' continue a run of balmy, groove-led releases. With roughly 37k monthly Spotify listeners and a deep underground catalogue, Darquart is exactly the kind of mid-tier producer who'd benefit from public, real-time stream receipts.
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