Discover IMANU’s Brand New ‘Entangled’ EP

Entangled, the new EP from Dutch producer IMANU, flips that script entirely. Out now via Zeds Dead’s Deadbeats imprint, the project is a masterclass in making emotional complexity feel both colossal and intimate.

“Hush” is the emotional centerpiece—a trap-tinged lullaby that seduces before it consumes. KROY’s vocals float like vapor, but the production below is creeping and claustrophobic, folding in on itself with a steady menace. It’s a love song in a nightmare setting, the kind of track that doesn’t beg for attention but haunts you long after the fade-out.

Elsewhere, “All Too Late” showcases IMANU’s technical prowess with surgical precision. Jungle breakbeats stutter and splinter under Rhode’s mournful delivery, hitting with the weight of quiet devastation. The lyrics—”beneath the surface it’s all decay”—feel like the thesis statement for the entire EP: beauty found not in perfection, but in entropy.

The closing track, “Kintsugi” featuring Flux Pavilion and Tasha Baxter, is more than a metaphor—it’s a declaration. Named after the Japanese art of repairing shattered pottery with gold, the song closes the EP like a hymn for the emotionally battle-scarred. Tasha’s lines—”fine china breaks on impact”—don’t just reference fragility; they reframe it as transformation. It’s a track that lingers, powerful and precise, like a scar that never quite fades.

What IMANU achieves on Entangled is nothing short of alchemy. He dismantles traditional EDM frameworks and infuses them with cinematic tension, melancholic melody, and a refusal to offer easy resolutions. This isn’t background music—it’s confrontational in its emotion and deliberate in its discomfort.