Manuel Río was born on December 13th of 1974. He started his DJ/Producing career in 1992, strongly influenced by the electronic music of that time. He started spinning in Madrid, in clubs that were very popular in 1992 such as "Epsilon" and "Now." Four years later, he bought his first piece of studio equipment, which changed his musical direction; he started to study electronic music and how to produce it. Bando was taught by one of the best sound engineer in Spain (Pedro Vidal). Since then, he has Djed all over Spain in cities like Barcelona, Madrid and many others. Outside Spain he has visited countries like Slovenia, Croatia, France, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Japan... He also had a residency for two years at the "Cool" club in Valladolid. Currently he has a residency in "Emotion Club" (Madrid).
His three decks sets are full of dynamism and strength, and his style, very percussive and groovy, makes of this artist a very personal one, with a very the refined technique.
As producer, he's working for the worldwide well-known labels like Primate, Superbra, Pornographic, Primevil, Isoghi, Donkey head, Session, Monoid...
He has also remixed people like Ben Sims or Cristian Varela and founded his own label: Patchwork.
He also manages the audio-midi academy "Phrenetic Studio".