MANIK (NYC)

Christopher Manik operates under the moniker MANIK from New York City, where he was born and began his career as a house and techno DJ and producer. He released his first track in January 2011 and has since relocated to California while maintaining his NYC artistic identity. Manik also produces under the alias Chatterbox, demonstrating his versatility across different electronic music contexts.

MANIK's sound spans deep house, tech house, and traditional house music, with seventeen releases distributed across respected labels including Bpitch Control, Poker Flat Recordings, Nice Age, No Idea's Original, and Viva Music. His productions typically operate within house music's standard tempo ranges while incorporating both the deeper, more contemplative elements of deep house and the driving percussion of tech house. His discography, spanning from 2011 to 2018, shows consistent output across these established house music institutions, positioning his work within the genre's more sophisticated club-oriented spectrum rather than commercial house variants.