Manfredas and Vilnius are not one and the same but so intrinsically linked that the Lithuanian capital makes a good starting point. Skip a few shifts at legendary club Gravity and we get to Opium and Smala. It is quite hard to fathom how important the club and Manfredas night were to the Vilnius nightlife, and still are. For years, this was the party and what a party that was, creating a scene out of not much, educating a couple of generation of clubbers, tightening friendships and making Manfredas the international DJ he is today. After a string of solo releases and remixes aimed at the furthest corners of the dancefloor, Manfredas took a deep breath and reached out even beyond that furthest corner. With drummer Marijus Aleksa, he created Santaka, an organic/electronic post-jazz band with releases on Byrd Out and legendary Finnish label Sahko, and a live project where the dance floor and non-dancefloor merge hypnotically. When Manfredas co-created Radio Vilnius in 2021, a hub for experimental music in a dire national landscape, it was another way to pay his dues to the local scene. When The Last Smala happened in 2020, Manfredas & Ivan Smagghe created a new party outfit: Dresden, mother of all nighters, designer of t-shirts, travelling circus (from Love International to Wonderfruit, Glastonbury to Sonar). Jack of all trades but master at many, you can fin Manfredas touring the world searching for that extra sparkle and sharing it with all of us.