Luxxury
Luxxury | |
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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
- The Drunk EP (2004) Nolita Records
- The Dirty Girls (Need Love Too) EP (2004) Nolita Records
- Rock and Roll (is Evil) (2006) Razor & Tie/Nolita Records
- Sweet and Vicious: The Remixes (2007) Nolita Records
- The Last Seduction (2012) Manimal Vinyl[19]
- Luxxury Edits Vol. 1 (2014) Exxpensive Sounding Music
- Hold On/Take it Slow (2016) Deep&Disco
Remixes & Re-edits
- Hilary Duff – Stranger (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Scissors for Lefty – Ghetto Ways (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Luxxury – Drunk (Lovesick Vocoders at Night Remix) (2007)
- Dirty Sanchez – Really Rich Italian Satanists (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- CSS – A La La (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Marianne Faithfull – Broken English (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Robots in Disguise – We're in the Music Biz (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Robots in Disguise – The Sex Has Made Me Stupid (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Sunny Day Sets Fire – Brainless (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Glass Candy – I Always Say Yes (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Little Boots – Meddle (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- The Secret Handshake – All For You (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
- Del Marquis – Runaround (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
- The Burning Hotels – Stuck in the Middle (Baron von Luxxury Controls Everything Remix) (2009)
- Health – Eat Flesh (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2010)
- Cocteau Twins – Lazy Calm (Luxxury Re-edit) (2010)
- The Child – Boomerang (Baron von Luxxury Totally Goth Remix) (2011)
- Austra – Spellwork (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2011)
- Cameras – June (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2012)
- Trust – Dressed for Space (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2012)
- Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (Luxxury Re-edit) (2012)
- Louise Burns – Paper Cup (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2013)
- Daisy O'Dell – Never (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2013)
- Madonna – Vogue (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Foreigner – Urgent (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Bee Gees – Night Fever (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- David Bowie – Golden Years (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- The Clash - Rock The Casbah (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Eagles – Hotel California (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
- Blondie – Rapture (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
- Duran Duran – Girls on Film (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
- Kiss - I Was Made for Loving You (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- Slow Knights - Candy Sugar Rush (LUXXURY Remix) (2015)
- The Controversy - Two Voices (LUXXURY Remix) (2015)
- Donna Summer - Bad Girls (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- The Doors - Riders on the Storm (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- Greg Wilson - Summer Came My Way (LUXXURY Remix) (2015)
- Melanie Martinez - Soap (LUXXURY Remix) (2015)
- Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- The Turtles - Happy Together (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- Petula Clark - I'm Not In Love (LUXXURY edit) (2015)
- Antenna Happy - Body (LUXXURY edit) (2016)
References
- ↑ Colin, Chris (June 24, 2008). "For every Britney and Lindsay". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ Parvini, Sarah (December 14, 2014). "Musician Blake Robin creates his own life of Luxxury". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Paoletta, Michael (July 7, 2007). "MAKING THE BRAND: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR". Blllboard. p. 14. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Show Stopper – CSI: Miami". TV.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ "All Music Guide review of "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury profile at Manimal Vinyl". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Discogs entry for "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later". LA Weekly.
- ↑ "Making Sense of a Double Suicide Through Tumblr". Buzzfeed.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's The Last Seduction". Electronic Rumors.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's Sci-Fi Glass Candy Video". Spin.
- ↑ "Best Albums of 2012". The Pop Sucker.
- ↑ "Top 20 Albums of 2012". Electronic Rumors.
- ↑ "Duran Duran names Baron von Luxxury's song "The Lovely Theresa" among his top 20 songs of 2012".
- ↑ Karp, Hannah (July 10, 2014). "Classic Song 'Stems' Inspire Remixes". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Ray, Josh (May 12, 2015). "Luxxury Talks". The Ransom Note.
- ↑ Magnier, David (August 2015). "Luxxury – House of Disco Guestmix". House of Disco.
- ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (January 2016). "LUXXURY Soundtrack a Couple's Lazy Day in 'Take it Slow' Video". SPIN Magazine.
- ↑ Weiss, Jeff (December 7, 2011). "Premiere: Baron Von Luxxury's 'Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
External links
- Luxxury Web site
- Discogs entry for Luxxury'
- Luxxury at Razor and Tie Publishing
- Los Angeles Times
- Interview with Baron von Luxxury at Pulse Radio
- SF Gate
- CSI Miami Episode at TV.com
- Review of Rock and Roll (is Evil)