# Balaphonic aka Danny 'Dubble D' Ward aka Moodymanc

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**Created:** [8 April 2025 16:47 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balaphonic-aka-danny-dubble-d-ward-aka-moodymanc/1713 "2025-04-08T16:47:35Z")
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#### Post date: [8 April 2025 16:47 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balaphonic-aka-danny-dubble-d-ward-aka-moodymanc/1713/1 "2025-04-08T16:47:35Z")

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Greetings, **Balaphonic** drops his EP on **NuNorthern Soul** end of April and on the 23rd we are having a Bandcamp listening session, simply click the link [HERE](https://balaphonic.bandcamp.com/merch/balaphonic-resolution-revolutions-listening-session?fbclid=IwY2xjawJiL_FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiQlVPe9zJr111T11EPAUS3sny8xV3gZgSV18PHwWSmEiQTZ6hZUf-CY3DE7_aem_KzFOjlkyUKQ1onvQZ5u_MA) and RSVP and let Bandcamp take care of the rest.

The EP is getting some early love and support from a whole bunch of music heads including **Francois K, Bill Brewster, Chris Coco, Damian Lazarus, Max Essa** plus loads more.

**Some info about the release.**  
Danny Ward’s 30-year career has been far from predictable. While best known for the musical eclecticism of his Dubble D project, the dance floor-focused nous of his work as Moodymanc and as a member of the groundbreaking 20:20 Soundsystem, Ward’s bulging CV also includes stints drumming for artists as diverse as Fila Brazillia, Rae & Christian, and The Pharcyde, to Jazz luminaries Mat Halsall and Nat Birchall, alongside countless collaborations (Flora Purim and Nightmares on Wax to name but a couple) and numerous evenings spent adding live percussion to DJ sets at iconic Leeds club night Back To Basics.

Now the long-serving Manchester musician and producer has a new project to share via NuNorthern Soul: Balaphonic. Inspired by a mixture of lockdown-era studio experiments, online collaborations, his long-held love for Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian rhythms and a desire to do things differently, Resolution Revolutions is a gorgeously sonically detailed and immersive album that takes Ward’s musical output to a whole new level.