Event Details
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Special Events, DJ Events
Last Updated: June 10, 2012
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Adrian LuxAdrian Lux cant seem to leave the studio these days. After all, hes trying to make a proper album herean intro-to-out collection of absolute anthems, custom made for clubs and living rooms. Hes off to a splendid start, too, with three inescapable singles (Cant Sleep, Strawberry and Teenage Crime) that bridge the gap between head rush house and the kind of cutting-edge pop that seems to only come from Sweden. This is going to sound weird, says Lux, But its hard for me to not write single-type songstracks youll want to listen to a million times. And thats okay. Its better to make one of those than three that sound good, but not great. Raised in Stockholm by a former punk rocker and a fashion photographer/filmmaker, Lux was as restless as his parents from an early age. For instance, when he wasnt learning how to play guitar, Lux was landing modeling gigs for such major campaigns as the Swedish postal service and Stockholms answer to Barneys, Nordiska Kompaniet. He didnt take music seriously until he was 17, however.Thatd be the year his friends used their secondary gymnasium education as an excuse to build hip-hop beats. Dancehall and Dipset were Luxs two obsessions at the time, although all that changed once he graduated and took a trip to Brazil. When I got there, the music wasnt what I expected at all, explains Lux. In some ways, it was betterlike I didnt hear samba music more than five times. Instead, everyone was mostly into cool electronic artists. And by that, he means everything from electro to drum n bass. Not to mention traces of moonlit techno and moody progressive house. Without so much as a thought, Lux gravitated towards the type of dance 12s that trigger long-buried memories and make you move. Songs like his own Strawberry single, a sun-stroked mix of massive melodies and laser-guided synth lines.Cant Sleep is just as relentless in its pursuit of the perfect beat. Its also propelled by a chorus that calls to mind the peak hour platters of Kaskade, deadmau5 and Tisto. No wonder why Pete Tong, Basement Jaxx and Sebastian Ingrosso are all major Lux supporters already. I want to provoke a reaction, whether its positive or not, he says. Of course not everyones gonna like what I do. Thats just the way it is. But its more fun to have someone say this sucks than well, this is nice. To make matters even more complicated, Lux recently channeled his hip-hop roots on a Rapclash Remix of Strawberry. In case you didnt hear it the first time around, thats the one that begins and ends with the M.I.A.-approved rhymes of Rye Rye. The crossover cut works so well that Swedish radio stations dropped it into their rotation after hearing it on a blog. Looks like blog house just took on a whole new meaning.