LUKE SOLOMON (UK • Rekids • Music For Freaks • Classic)
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Luke began his professional DJ career in 1990 having practiced hard at his Friday night residency at Middlesex University student Union, where he met cohort Justin Harris. During this period he started working at a local Barnet record shop selling house music and soul music whilst holding down a part time job as a fishmonger.
Following this his career within the industry was secured whence he got a job at Freetown, then home to Robert Owens, Felix the housecat,Jamie Principle and Masters at Work. This opened doors and led him to a long lasting relationship with Rob Mello and Kenny Hawkes, with hom he started his recording career and passion for live radio (Girls FM) respectively. Rob took Luke under his studio wing and taught him the ropes.
Together they worked on productions for both Freetown and Prescription Underground. It was through the prescription owner Chez Damier, that he met a certain Mr Derrick L Carter. They immediately jelled due to their fascination with late nights and wild parties. From this Classic was born. The DJ's record label, home to artists such as DJ Sneak,Isolee, Tiefshwarz and Greenskeepers. During this time Luke and Justin had also begun to develop their own production team,"Freaks." Recording for their own label Music for Freaks, they went to complete 3 studio albums, including within this, "the Man who lived underground".
Luke then decided to take a step back from the the record label business and began to focus on production. Freaks signed their album,"Psych", to German label Ladomat - releasing it in 2007. Following this they toured extensively with a 5-piece band, finding new fans across the world. At this time Luke was also busy working on his own re-edits and productions. Working with people like Radio Slave and Henrik Shwarz. To date, he has signed singles to Crosstown Rebels, Gallery, Icon, Cajual and Relief. Luke's singles on Rekids include 'Robots', 'The Darkest Secret' and the devilish 'Ghouls'.
Luke released his first full-length album as a solo artist, 'The Difference Engine', on Rekids in 2008, to wide critical acclaim. The LP was iDJ's album of the month in February of the same year, receiving 5/5. Mixmag described it as a 'fascinating piece of work' and DJ Mag also said it was a 'classic album' offering a 'thickly textured and compelling journey'. Originally released in a DJ mix format, after much public pressure the album was re-released last year as a 'Redux' version featuring 11 individual tracks re-edited, reduxed and re-hashed for your listening pleasure.
In 2011, Luke is reviving his Classic label as well as working with new band 'Mother Rose'. At this rate, Luke's career shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
with local support from:
Bryan Zentz (Plus 8 • Amam)
The Perfect Cyn (Alga Rhythms)
Chris Firenze (Akashik Records)
ONLY $5!!!
Doors @ 9pm / Alignment Sound!!!
Don't Sleep!!!
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