Manny Lado

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Manny Lado

**One part of underground movement Bay City Collective, Manny Lado went from freestyling in a friend’s kitchen, to working with major music icons including Ecca Vandal and KidNot.**
That vibe is one of a kind.

Name ; age ; identification ; location (ASL)?

Manny Lado; 23; South Sudanese / Kiwi / Australian based in Geelong / Melbourne.

Sun, Earth or Moon?

Earth.

Why music? What drew you to it?

To me, Music was always a major factor in my life, it allowed me to discover parts of myself and enabled me to discover my true power.

There’s something unexplainable about sharing creative energy with the world.

All I know is that I will do this until my time here is up.

Favourite track created to date and why?

My latest track releasing on March 29th titled “Vibin”. This record embodies a different vibe than what my listeners are used to. After the loss of an extremely close person to me at the start of 2022 and this track in particular was their personal favourite out the bunch.

If you could manifest anything to exist in the Outer South East, what would it be?

A community that love and supports one another unconditionally.

What do you love about the Outer South East?

The culture and pride in what we are currently creating together. From clothing brands like Judah to creative spaces like “Riddim Studios” the South East & Melbourne/Australia as a whole is extremely diverse and it’s not everywhere you see such a diverse cultural melting pot creating the most creative and tastiest of sounds, dance, art & culture. It’s beautiful.

“The South East & Melbourne / Australia as a whole is extremely diverse and it’s not everywhere you see such a diverse cultural melting pot creating the most creative and tastiest of sounds, dance, art & culture.

It’s beautiful.”

- Manny Lado

Manny Lado will be performing at the S.E.M Festival 2022 at The Shed. You can also find Manny on Spotify , Instagram and TikTok.

One part of underground movement Bay City Collective, Manny Lado went from freestyling in a friend’s kitchen, to working with major music icons including Ecca Vandal and KidNot.

That vibe is one of a kind.

“The South East & Melbourne / Australia as a whole is extremely diverse and it’s not everywhere you see such a diverse cultural melting pot creating the most creative and tastiest of sounds, dance, art & culture. It’s beautiful.”

“The South East & Melbourne / Australia as a whole is extremely diverse and it’s not everywhere you see such a diverse cultural melting pot creating the most creative and tastiest of sounds, dance, art & culture.

It’s beautiful.”