Monuman —

Monuman is the studio alias of Conor Corrigan (better known as Emperor). The project was launched in 2015 in Halifax, United Kingdom. Monuman operates primarily as a producer and also performs as a DJ. The project sits inside left-field bass music and drumstep/halftime territory. Corrigan created Monuman in 2015 to explore material outside his Emperor drum & bass output. Under the Monuman name he has released the Provenance LP (2019) and the Polychoral EP. Monuman releases have appeared on imprints including Division and Inspected and have been distributed via SoundCloud and major streaming services. In production terms, Monuman’s tracks foreground slowed-tempo rhythmic structures typical of drumstep and halftime. Beats often land in the 80–110 BPM range with deliberate kick/snare spacing rather than straight-techno timing. Break manipulation is a recurring device: edits and time-stretched break hits sit alongside chopped amen-style fragments and off-grid snare placement to push groove into a half-time pocket. Bass design is a clear focus. Monuman combines deep sub layers with midrange reese motion and clipped distortion to create weight and presence on club systems. Textural work leans on granular processing and IDM-style micro-editing: pitched pads, glitchy stutters, spectral filtering and long, reverbed atmospheres that move between sparse and dense sections. Those elements give the music a left-field bass character while keeping a drumstep pulse. As a producer, Corrigan programs beats, sculpts basslines and assembles layered atmospheres rather than relying on sample-only arrangements. As a DJ he presents Monuman material alongside related bass and halftime tracks, using tempo shifts and careful track selection to preserve the low-end impact of his productions on sound systems. Specifics on live dates or residencies are not widely documented in public sources. Career highlights available in public records are the Provenance LP (2019) as the most substantial Monuman release and the Polychoral EP, plus releases on Division and Inspected. These releases and the project's presence on SoundCloud and mainstream streaming platforms are the verifiable touchpoints for Monuman’s output to date. Public biographical detail beyond the facts above is limited. Known influences can be inferred from Monuman’s stated aims—left-field bass, drumstep and IDM—but specific artist-to-artist influence credits have not been published in available sources. The Provenance LP (2019) remains the clearest statement of the project’s sound and direction.