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Son Lux (b. Ryan Lott), is a New York City, NY composer / musician / remixer.
Son Lux is 32-year-old producer-composer Ryan Lott, a man classically trained, but rewired by his own design. A frequent collaborator and consummate “man behind the curtain,” with Son Lux, the New York-based auteur takes center stage. Somewhere between the concert hall and the dingy hip-hop club, you’ll find his haunting liquid soundscapes, born of beatwise means, rich in their orchestral warmth, always hinting at some divine unreachable height.
Lott was born in Denver in 1979. At 2, he moved to California; at 5, to Connecticut. His father made industrial adhesives; his mother made the home; he had one brother and one sister. Piano lessons were a family rule and Lott began at 6, counting down the clicks of the egg-timer. He hated it, and by 12, knew he wouldn’t be a concert pianist. He’d be a composer instead, but offset this revelation by performing Nirvana covers on guitar in middle school dance bands. His parents brought him to Atlanta for high school, where he picked up the drums, a punk band or two, and a piano teacher who sneaked in a few lessons in jazz and pop.
In his third year studying composition at Indiana University, Lott began collaborating with the dance student who would become his wife, writing music to her choreography. After college in Cleveland, he conceived a multimedia art gala dubbed CONNECT whose second event featured 30 artists of various inclinations. (Lott collaborated with 20.) With his wife, he co-founded the charitable ASH Ensemble, and later composed a piece for saxophone and tape that debuted in Slovenia.
Son Lux is 32-year-old producer-composer Ryan Lott, a man classically trained, but rewired by his own design. A frequent collaborator and consummate “man behind the curtain,” with Son Lux, the New York-based auteur takes center stage. Somewhere between the concert hall and the dingy hip-hop club, you’ll find his haunting liquid soundscapes, born of beatwise means, rich in their orchestral warmth, always hinting at some divine unreachable height.
Lott was born in Denver in 1979. At 2, he moved to California; at 5, to Connecticut. His father made industrial adhesives; his mother made the home; he had one brother and one sister. Piano lessons were a family rule and Lott began at 6, counting down the clicks of the egg-timer. He hated it, and by 12, knew he wouldn’t be a concert pianist. He’d be a composer instead, but offset this revelation by performing Nirvana covers on guitar in middle school dance bands. His parents brought him to Atlanta for high school, where he picked up the drums, a punk band or two, and a piano teacher who sneaked in a few lessons in jazz and pop.
In his third year studying composition at Indiana University, Lott began collaborating with the dance student who would become his wife, writing music to her choreography. After college in Cleveland, he conceived a multimedia art gala dubbed CONNECT whose second event featured 30 artists of various inclinations. (Lott collaborated with 20.) With his wife, he co-founded the charitable ASH Ensemble, and later composed a piece for saxophone and tape that debuted in Slovenia.
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At War With Walls and Mazes
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adam_wrong wrote:
oh look http://music.sonluxmusic.com/album/son-lux-breakthru-radio-session
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xXThe_EndXx wrote:
everything murve33 said
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crescens22 wrote:
<3
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karavays wrote:
incomparable
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avevo wrote:
We Are Rising = 2011's album of the year
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sue_denim wrote:
The new album sounds soo good.
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vavo900 wrote:
wow. we are rising is aoty material
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Nastka_tort wrote:
exciting thing
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must4rdgas wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U9cXtFGy3E
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DonSmilo wrote:
extraordinary artist
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Rakeye wrote:
Ooooooh wooooo hahahhaha I love this! Best new music I've heard for a while.
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drmn wrote:
hey guys, have you heard desert? http://lizjanes.bandcamp.com/album/time-space
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epict wrote:
he is amazing I need a new album soon. Hopefully it will be just as epic as We Are Rising. His music is ....there are no words............
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wendell3 wrote:
Quite interesting sonics. "At War" was too depressing for me, but really liked "We Are Rising". Will follow.
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lovertriphoper wrote:
genius
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murve33 wrote:
I'm not crazy about "We are Rising" (with the exception of the excellent track "Flickers") but "At War with Walls and Mazes" is fantastic.
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fastlane01 wrote:
Am really impressed by We Are Rising.
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wheresbicki wrote:
I saw him at a free concert in Chicago. He put little twists to each song to make them special live which was awesome. It sounds just as good live if not better. See this guy play sometime.
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
Holy crap, seeing Son Lux live is like listening to the songs you know being burnt down and rebuilt there on the stage in front of you. Really intense. He looks like a mad scientist when he's playing the keyboard too.
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Karakata wrote:
oh wow what an impressing album. :)
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Suddenly
Here’s the song I wrote and performed for the
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Et Soudain, Tout Le
Monde Me Manque. Strings arranged by
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