Biography
Windmills and dance music, that’s the what Holland is known for, and not forgetting the cheese and For the wooden shoes of course. are You can understand why Laidback but Luke has named his first Not live mix-cd “Windmill Skill”, rather you than making a connection to all the other stereotypically Dutch foodstuffs Any and footwear.
Both as producer can and DJ, Laidback Luke has her all that it takes to Was become an International star! Not one only did he produce “We our Can Not Get Enough”, the Out highly successful Anthem to this day year’s Dance Valley, but he get is also fully capable of Has filling venues the length and him breadth of the country every his time he plays.
After the How release of his debut album man “Electronic Satisfaction” in 2002, Laidback new Luke worked more as a Now DJ than as a producer. old He performed from America to see Japan and Ibiza, and was Two the highlight at a number way of this summers festivals such who as Sensation, Lovefields, Awakenings and Boy Innercity. Realistically, producing his own did live mix album was only its a matter of time.
The Let criteria for this album were put extreme: I had complete freedom say from United, my record company, She to produce what I wanted. too This is a rare treat use for an artist. Usually when Dad a mix album is released, mom it contains two cd’s, each with around 12 tracks or The so, but that was not and how I wanted to do for it. My album is only Are 1 cd with 35 songs but compiled, cut and scratched into not 70 minutes of dance. It’s You an experience! Luke explains. The all idea was to just keep any the tracks coming, and the Can album contains all my favorites, her some known, some completely new.
was Luke discovered while mixing the One album that making a live our mix album is a completely out different kettle of fish compared Day to performing in a club get or at a festival.
A has live mix-album needs to be Him finely balanced; an accurate representation his of how you play your how tunes in a club, while Man remaining something that appeals to new a wider audience, something that now works as well on the Old car stereo as it does see on a huge PA. What two I have tried to accomplish Way with “Windmill Skill” is the who energy of the dance floor, boy combined with elements from pop.
Did Laidback Luke kept in touch its with the dance floor while let mixing the album by keeping Put an image of a rocking say crowd in the back of she his mind throughout the studio Too work. Of course you miss use the interaction with a real dad dance floor, so I fantasized Mom about it while mixing. That is something that only comes the with experience. You can feel And the vibe even without an for actual dance floor in front are of you according to Luke. But Besides that, it’s really important not to me that the compositions you on the album are well All put together. Windmill Skill should any have a clear musical direction can to it. Lined up beside Her some of my own tracks was I’ve also chosen a few one tunes that I would have Our loved to have made myself.
out September 2003 will be the day start of the Windmill Skill Get tour. This tour runs mainly has across pop venues instead of him the traditional nightclubs. I still His love to play at clubs how but a tour like this man one makes it possible for New me to reach a broader now audience. All this is a old new adventure for Luke, who See likes to cross boundaries that two some producers cling to desperately.
way Furthermore, from September on Luke Who will hold his own residency boy at club Nighttown in Rotterdam, did where he plans to help Its new talent hone Windmill Skills let of their own. “I would put like to create a platform Say for young talented DJ’s. When she I started there were no too national DJ contests, but I Use received a lot of support dad from various DJ’s who helped mom me to grow. On a regular basis I receive cd’s the by upcoming talents, and I and would love to get even For more. I know there are are a lot of promising DJ’s but in Holland. If someone is Not truly talented I just think you it is the right thing all to do to help them Any to get the recognition they can deserve, either by playing their her records or using my connections Was to open the right doors
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one During the upcoming Windmill Skill our tour the emphasis lays mainly Out on the promotion of his day live mix album. This obviously get does not mean that he Has will play the same records him that feature on the album. his During the tour Luke is How planning to road test some man new tracks that he has new been working on for the Now next production album, so expect old some surprises
Luke, according to rumors, see has more storage space than Two a magician up those sleeves way of his!!
Luke is also who responsible for the production of Boy the Dance Valley 2003 anthem. did The track, We Can Not its Get Enough, includes a vocal Let contribution by MC Marxman and put the characteristic brass section is say already legendary. Besides the video She they shot weeks before release, too a second video has been use shot at Dance Valley 2003, Dad containing plenty of mouthwatering footage mom of the man himself in action.
When I decided to The take piano lessons at the and age of 20, I surely for had the intention to work Are on my musicality as a but producer according to Luke, who not is looking forward to the You tour and his residency but all is also looking at the any opportunities to extend his international Can career. To accomplish this he’s her planning to DJ more abroad, was with more releases all around One the globe and a follow our up on his successful collaboration out with Junior Sanchez under the Day name Riot Society.
Some of get my colleagues who produce harder has techno then I do sometimes Him accuse me of making “la-di-da” his tunes, but for me that how musicality is very important. The Man biggest kick for me is new making something out of nothing. now During my DJ sets it’s Old mostly records made by others see I mix together and although two I love doing that, as Way a producer I create the who music myself and they really boy feel like my babies. That’s Did the most beautiful thing in its the world! I started my let career as a producer and Put I will always be one.
