New York City Born and New Jersey City based Chico Mann (aka Marcos Garcia) is to release ‘Manifest Tone The Best Of Volume 1–3’ through Soundway Records on 10th December 2012.

The Manifest Tone journey began in 2004. During breaks from touring with Antibalas, Chico Mann began crafting a more personal sound in his basement studio. A hybrid beast of culture and tone where Fela Kuti and Willie Colon meets Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Afrika Bambaata and Kraftwerk, it lives in a landscape shaped by Africa, Cuba, New York and Miami.

These unique experimentations led to the release of ‘Manifest Tone Volume 1’ in 2006 and eventually morphed into Volumes 2 & 3 that were finished in 2008 and 2010 respectively. What sounds on paper like a meeting of styles past in reality emerges sounding incredibly fresh and original – a unique style Chico Mann has dubbed ‘Afro-Freestyle’)

This album represents the choicest cuts from Chico Mann’s ‘Manifest Tone’ Volumes 1–3 that until now were only available digitally. It signals the end of one phase and the start of a new chapter in Chico Mann’s career with a brand new album signed to Soundway Records for release in early 2013.