DJ Planet Express is the moniker of Toronto based electronic artist/producer Joseph Manzoli. He is most well known for his work with projects such as ginla, Katie McBride, Adrianne Lenker, and Nick Hakim. His body of work is expansive and pulls from jungle, house, ambient, hyperpop and deconstructed club. DJ Planet Express was born from the lo-fi house scene after going viral on YouTube channel EELF in 2018 with his debut single “More Than You’d Ever Wanna Know”.
As a teenager Joseph came up as a jazz musician in Toronto, regularly performing at the young age of 15. Joseph broke his way into the music industry by playing in various projects as a side musician and producer, before pursuing his own creative music projects. In 2010 Joseph began playing with Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), and shifted his focus from jazz to producing records in other genres (folk, r&b, electronic). In 2014 Joseph stopped performing as a sideman and formed “ginla”. They went on to sign with Terrible Records in 2015, with whom ginla released its debut self titled EP, and debut full length “Codex”.