Over the course of the past decade, UK producer Mandidextrous has become known for their high-energy tracks that blend elements of a multitude of fast and hard club genres. After early success in the world of hard techno (or tekno, as it’s often styled around the illegal rave circuit), Mandi’s career has taken a turn following the forced reset of the Covid pandemic.
Through a mentorship scheme with powerhouse DnB label RAM, Mandi rediscovered their drum & bass and jungle roots and began pioneering a new sound blending the broken grooves of DnB with the pounding, hard kicks of tekno.
We sat down in Mandi’s recently complete studio to talk raves, lockdown and the production process behind the high-energy Mandidextrous sound.
Tell us about your production journey. Are we right in thinking you got started in the free party scene?
“I started as a DJ when I was probably, I don’t know, 15 or something like that. Very late ’90s. I did
