Manu Louis | |
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 Manu Louis at Amaze Festival, Berlin | |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, composer |
| Labels | Igloo, New Pangea, Moorworks |
| Website | louislouis |
Manu Louis is a Belgian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer, influenced equally by pop, jazz, 8-bit electronica, and 20th-century classical music. [2]
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. [3] The album artwork was made by Welsh photographer Jason Evans. [4]
The tour following the release saw Louis performing solo more than 150 times in 22 different European countries, as well as China and Japan,. [5] [6]
Louis studied composition at the Royal Conservatory of Liège with American composer Frederic Rzewski [7]
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