Manitoba

Start Breaking My Heart, the debut album from Canada's Manitoba (Dan Snaith) for The Leaf Label, underlined his status amongst the chattering electronic classes as one of the brightest talents to emerge over the course of 2001. Having already proved himself master of the sublime with his debut EP, People Eating Fruit, the year before, Snaith's subsequent Paul's Birthday opened him out even further. After moving to London, he booted his connections to the post-folk and jazz scenes back to Canada with the Give'r EP, which locked thumping beats to an almost-garage subplot. His ex...