a series of evocative performances traveling through Cape Town, Riebeek Kasteel & Durban. 

22 August 2025 | EVERARD READ CAPE TOWN | TICKETS

an immersive performance in the iconic Everard Read gallery amongst installations by Hannah McFarlane & Mikky George. 

30 August 2025 | HOOFSTRAAT CONCEPTUAL | TICKETS

a homecoming film screening & full band performance at the 'Kerksaal' hosted by artists Emma & Rudolph Willemse. the film was shot in the streets of Riebeek Kasteel and is an archive of the lives of a family and their interconnected community in this small town.

12 September 2025 | GORGEOUS GEORGE | TICKETS

the Pink Room stage will come alive with glowing orbs, shifting projections, and an atmosphere that blurs the line between concert and dreamscape all wrapped in the rhythms of contemporary jazz, Latin grooves, and neo-folk.

19 September 2025 | HUE CAFE | TICKETS

full band debut performance in Durban followed by a vibey DJ set! 

20 September 2025 | THE CHAIRMAN | TICKETS

the final stop on the tour gives a deep exploration of MANA as jazz musicians and improvisers, really digging into the music for a more experimental and deep experience.

MANA has officially arrived with her stunning debut EP, orb, a 7-track collection of live recordings that push the boundaries of genre and storytelling. Featuring ethereal electric piano, a haunting double bass, intricate drums, and sweet guitar, orb is anchored by MANA’s mesmerizing, husky vocals. The EP is more than just music—it's a magical realist folk tale about the Moon losing her confidence, weaving an enchanting narrative throughout. 

Available on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.

Exclusively available on Bandcamp, orb is a collector's dream. Listen to the full release here.

Read the Texx and the City review here.

a short film directed by MANA & transdisciplinary artist Kamil Adam Hassim to the music of the latest ‘orb’ EP exploring a small community on the fringes and their interconnectedness as they deal with loss and impermanence.

read more on substack.

a collaborative short film featured in the coveted PHOTOVOGUE's 150 Women by Women. 

shot & edited by Paige Fiddes with sisters Mariana del Carmen & Cristina Kirstein.

created in the South African countryside where the two sisters grew up, the film offers a quiet tribute to sisterhood - it's tenderness, safety and enduring presence. 

photographs from the Every Seven premiere at the Labia Theatre cinema. 

a truly transcendental performance by the band with live visuals and lights by the interdisciplinary award winning artists Inka Kendzia and Kamil Adam Hassim. 

MANA presents the 'Significance of Rainbows'.
a multidisciplinary concert showcasing vulnerable compositions sonically illustrating concepts of cultural hybridity, natural gods & folkloric myth through artistic collaboration.

An intimate acoustic performance of Like Water.

Lyrics:
My love is swollen
and spreads across my eyes
Like water

Slowly growing, undefined
No longer singular
Not mine

Kinda like water

a hauntingly vulnerable bedroom release available exclusively on Soundcloud. 

ekstasis is an internationally acclaimed short film about a young woman that discovers intimacy, and the loss thereof, through an intricate relationship with her best friend and the dissipation of her parents' marriage.

MANA speaks on creating worlds in anticipation of her multidisciplinary concert 'The Significance of Rainbows' at Gorgeous George in Cape Town.

being of South African & Peruvian descent, MANA explores cultural inheritance, identity, ancestry and bloodline in a track produced by her cousin Stange during her first visit to Lima, Peru. This work informs her research and play with cultural hybridity as a future-present-continuous identity.

Collaborations with South African electronic artists Fu Dog and Thorne Miller through Kid Fonque's iconic label STY TRU BTS.

a virtual collaboration in the midst of lockdown, MANA weaves a golden thread through the grooving house beats of producer Thorne Miller on the STY TRU BTS label run by the iconic Kid Fonque.

an audiovisual poem about love

music by Mariana del Carmen AKA MANA
filmed by Kayla Grové & Mariana del Carmen
starring Jay Gordon-Turner & Caitlyn Summer Gilmore

A film by Emilie Petra Badenhorst
Directed by Emilie Petra Badenhorst
Co-Directed by Kanya Viljoen
Written by Emilie Petra Badenhorst and Kanya Viljoen
Produced by Unusual Bones
Produced by Cream
Produced by Couscous