“…patient, melencholic, and slightly subdued.”
KADMAN originated as the project of David Manchester, a singer/songwriter armed with the influences of contemporary artists such as Iron & Wine, Mark Kozelek, Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. After seven years performing solo & acoustic, David has joined forces with his brother Mitch, on bass and drummer Matt Smith to expand the sound of KADMAN. Influenced by the minimalist beauty of Low and the droning shoegazer elements of Yo La Tengo, the trio experiments with guitar loops and textures and continue to evolve into what is described as neo-american sadcore.
The band began playing together in late 2006. David recieved a new electric guitar as a gift from his family and used that as the impetous to push the Kadman project out of the Singer/Songwriter category into something more complete. David had known Matt from a previous band they both had played in. All the remained was a bassist. Mitch seemed like a natural choice. He had been the reason David began playing guitar as Mitch was a skilled musician himself having been self-taught in the beginning, and then trained in jazz guitar. David thought Mitch's unique perspective would translate into something incredible on bass. After a few practices, KADMAN booked their first show at the Lo-Fi Social Club. Soon after, they began booking more shows and working on their first studio album, which was picked up by Baltimore's experimental record label, Slo.Bor Media.
David continues to push and experiment with the Kadman project. He is currently working with Baltimore multi-instrumentalist, Dan Cohan, one half of the amazing instrumental band, The Water. The two are re-orchestrating and pushing the boundaries of the existing Kadman music catalog as well as starting work on new songs.