Manu Louis is a Belgian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer, influenced equally by pop, jazz, 8-bit electronica, and 20th-century classical music.

Career

In 2017 he released his debut album, ''Kermesse Machine'', on Igloo Records. The album is a mix of found sounds, instrumentation, and vocal samples that are influenced by pop, classical, experimental music and jazz. The album artwork was made by Welsh photographer Jason Evans. The tour following the release saw Louis performing solo more than 150 times in 22 different European countries, as well as China and Japan,.

Studies

Louis studied composition at the

Royal Conservatory of Liège Royal Conservatoire of Liège The Royal Conservatoire of Liège (RCL) (French Conservatoire royal de Liège, Dutch Koninklijk Conservatorium Luik) is one of four conservatories in the French Community of Belgium that offers higher education cour ...

with American composer

Frederic Rzewski Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social an ...

Discography

LP

* ''Cream Parade'' –

Igloo Records Igloo Records is a record label run by the concert hall running company ''Sowarex'' in Brussels, Belgium that concentrates on jazz and world music. Igloo is the best-known of five imprints run by Sowarex. According to one of its founders, the lab ...

(2019) * ''Kermesse Machine'' –

(2017)

Single

* ''Cream Parade Remixes'' (12" maxi) – Le Pacifique Records/Igloo Records (2020) * ''Coltan Major Harmonics'' (7") – Igloo Circle (2019) * ''Tchouang Tseu'' (7") – New Pangea (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis, Manu Royal Conservatory of Liège alumni Art rock musicians Belgian electronic musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Experimental pop musicians 21st-century Belgian male singers Igloo Records artists