Chicago – It was Friday night. It was Pi day. It was the beginning of St. Patty’s Day weekend. (Yes, we celebrate ALL weekend here in Chicago!) All this set the stage for a perfect Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. dance party with Chad Valley. Everyone in the Metro was drinking, eating pizza pie, and shaking
Los Angeles – Chad Valley, aka Hugo Manuel (of Oxford, UK’s Jonquil) has announced a fall tour with Cascine labelmates Keep Shelly In Athens. In anticipation of his upcoming tour, Manuel debuted a free download ‘Real Time’ and will be releasing a mixtape entitled ‘Peace and Understanding’ to coincide with the first date of the tour on Oct. 9th. At
Hugo Manuel creates electronic music under the moniker “Chad Valley,” but he’s not just a DJ behind a laptop, he’s a producer and proved so with his recently released debut full-length, Young Hunger. With this album, the Oxford-native channeled his influences from the ‘80s and teamed up with vocalists including Twin Shadow, Glasser and Active
Though Chad Valley’s electronic pop may fit more under the category of “indie” or “chillwave,” the outfit’s mastermind, Hugo Manuel, thinks of himself as a producer—in the hip-hop sense—and though he didn’t have any help on his first two EPs, he decided to try something different for his debut full-length, Young Hunger. Like his influences,