Textbook Maneuver drops his first single of 2026 today with ‘Murmur 3 Home (Radio Edit)’ on his own Life Science Records. The New Jersey-based producer, born Michael Keane in the Bronx, has already pulled nearly 150,000 streams and earned serious notice in the IDM and experimental electronic underground. Standouts include µ-Ziq’s remix of his title track ‘Adrenaline Slip’, which premiered on Wonderland Magazine, alongside interviews in Magnetic Magazine and Illustrate Magazine, and features on WWAM (We Write About Music), Brazil’s Music For All, and Good Music Radar. His 2025 debut album Adrenaline Slip established him as a sharp new voice merging brainy sound design with ambient-leaning electronica that draws equally from prog complexity and emotional directness.
A classically trained pianist with a punk-rooted DIY streak, Keane works under the Textbook Maneuver alias to combine meticulous synthesis with narrative-driven structures. His influences range across Genesis’ Duke-era ambition, Rush’s technical drive, and Gary Numan’s cold-wave edge to the indie-electronica warmth of The Postal Service, U.N.K.L.E., and Phantogram.
‘Murmur 3 Home (Radio Edit)’ breaks from the colder, wintry feel of recent singles, lifting off with bright, layered pads, open synth lines, and quick-shifting rhythmic patterns. The arrangement charts a clear arc: initial lift, playful momentum, then gradual release, ending in a soft, lingering decay that feels like tension finally easing away. 
Textbook Maneuver told us: “‘Murmur 3 Home’ closes out the debut album, Adrenaline Slip, and is the coda to the unofficial ‘Space Trip’ suite. I composed this song while trying to imagine the feeling of what it must be like to be home after an overextended scientific journey into orbit. I feel it also works well for any conclusion of time away from loved ones due to work or tragedy. There is an element of joy, followed by relief, then just an emotional release upon fully realizing the trip is over, and then it just fades.”
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