Luxxury

Luxxury
Birth name Blake Robin
Origin US
Genres Disco,Synthpop
Occupation(s) DJ, musician, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, turntables
Years active 2003–present
Labels Manimal Vinyl, Deep&Disco, Super Weird Substance, Atlantic Records, Reinhardt Records, Razor & Tie, RCRD LBL, IAMSOUND
Associated acts Baron Von Luxxury
Website luxxury.com

Luxxury (birth name Blake Robin),[1] formerly known as Baron von Luxxury ,[2] is an American producer, songwriter, DJ and artist. His first songs included "Drunk," which was used in commercials for Pontiac; "Sweet and Vicious," which was used on The Hills; and "I Know There's Something Going On," a cover of a song by Frida from ABBA. In addition to being the sole songwriter and producer for that band, he is a touring DJ as well as being an in-demand producer, remixer and songwriter formerly under contract with Razor and Tie Music Publishing[3] for whom he has cowritten songs for artists including Vanessa Daou and Little Boots, as well as the song "If That's Love" (co-written with Jesse Owen Astin and Bonnie McKee), which was featured on the CSI: Miami episode, "Show Stopper".[4] He was also a co-founder of the now defunct MP3 blog Disco Workout. Luxxury's 2012 full-length album "The Last Seduction"[5] was released on Manimal Vinyl[6][7] and featured songs about his friends[8] Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.[9] The album received strong[10] reviews[11] and made it to several "best of 2012"[12] lists,[13] including that of Duran Duran's John Taylor.[14] In 2013 he began releasing an series of unofficial remixes called "LUXXURY Edits" using "(mostly) only original multitrack stems"[15] for a number of famous songs including Eagles' "Hotel California",[16] Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" and many more. As a result of the attention received he began to get commissioned remix work from artists including Greg Wilson, Melanie Martinez, Slow Knights and others. A new as-yet untitled album of originals moving away from "the synths and Moroder-y stuff from my earlier records" to "1979-style Rhodes piano, funky bass, vintage sounding beats and dreamy floaty vocals: Bee Gees meets Todd Terje" was announced in late 2015;[17] the first single "Take it Slow" premiered on January 19, 2016. [18]

Luxxury discography

Remixes & Re-edits

References

  1. Colin, Chris (June 24, 2008). "For every Britney and Lindsay". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. Parvini, Sarah (December 14, 2014). "Musician Blake Robin creates his own life of Luxxury". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Paoletta, Michael (July 7, 2007). "MAKING THE BRAND: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR". Blllboard. p. 14. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  4. "Show Stopper – CSI: Miami". TV.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. "All Music Guide review of "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  6. "Baron von Luxxury profile at Manimal Vinyl". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  7. "Discogs entry for "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  8. "Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later". LA Weekly.
  9. "Making Sense of a Double Suicide Through Tumblr". Buzzfeed.
  10. "Baron von Luxxury's The Last Seduction". Electronic Rumors.
  11. "Baron von Luxxury's Sci-Fi Glass Candy Video". Spin.
  12. "Best Albums of 2012". The Pop Sucker.
  13. "Top 20 Albums of 2012". Electronic Rumors.
  14. "Duran Duran names Baron von Luxxury's song "The Lovely Theresa" among his top 20 songs of 2012".
  15. Karp, Hannah (July 10, 2014). "Classic Song 'Stems' Inspire Remixes". The Wall Street Journal.
  16. Ray, Josh (May 12, 2015). "Luxxury Talks". The Ransom Note.
  17. Magnier, David (August 2015). "Luxxury – House of Disco Guestmix". House of Disco.
  18. Brodsky, Rachel (January 2016). "LUXXURY Soundtrack a Couple’s Lazy Day in ‘Take it Slow’ Video". SPIN Magazine.
  19. Weiss, Jeff (December 7, 2011). "Premiere: Baron Von Luxxury's 'Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

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