Mandalus is the moniker of Des Foley, an electronic producer, musician and visual artist from Ireland. During the late 00's, he played and recorded with several Pop-Punk bands including Mr. Lightweight, alongside his best friend Pat Byrne on drums. Around 2009 he was a founding member of Jody Has A Hitlist with members of Steer Clear and The Upgrades, co writing their first two releases Jody Has A Hitlist EP / You Used to Be Fun. After some burnout from performing and having other passions that he wanted to pursue, Des abandoned his journey as a guitarist, but still jammed at home infrequently. A trip to Ibiza in 2017 would inspire a new venture into producing electronic music. The Mandalus project was born with the first release Loading coming in Spring 2019. "This project started out of a desire to create and produce music again after a long break. Now with a lot more life experience and awareness of other kinds of music, I feel I'm much better equipped to express myself. Mandalus is a means for me to share my personality through music I’ve created, and I aim to expand this project into something bigger over the next decade”