Lockdown Groove by UZU

This project took shape during the Paris attempt to limit the spread of Covid during the March-April lockdown. Listening again to ideas for demos and riffs I'd come up with in the past that had seemed too fragmented or short to become songs, I picked up my guitar and began jamming on those I particularly liked. And gradually found myself with enough material for an album. The result is a genuine do-it-yourself effort - this thanks to a small home studio and keyboard plus rhythm loops, for which thank you Logic Pro - with which I'm really pleased. Recording it was a sheer pleasure; I hope listening to it will be the same for you. I've given it the name UZU (Japanese for 'vortex') which pretty much sums up how I was feeling when coming up with these tracks. So, stay well and enjoy the music! Emanuel

UZU is the solo project of Emanuel McManus, composer, lead guitarist and mandolinist of French origin, working principally with Franco-British rock band Igor and the Hippie Land and teaching guitar in the Paris region; his strongest influences the golden era of 50s-70s blues, funk and rock.