Son Lux
| Son Lux | |
|---|---|
Son Lux in 2016
|
|
| Background information | |
| Origin | New York, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Glassnote Records, Joyful Noise Recordings, Anticon |
| Associated acts | Sisyphus, Lorde, Boots |
| Website | music |
Son Lux was founded in 2007 by Ryan Lott; in 2014 Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang joined the band. Son Lux has released four LP's At War with Walls & Mazes (2008), We Are Rising (2011), Lanterns (2013), and Bones (2015). Son Lux has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Lorde, Beyoncé producer Boots, Woodkid, Sufjan Stevens, Matthew Dear, Busdriver, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vijay Iyer, Nico Muhly and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw.
The debut album from Son Lux, At War with Walls & Mazes, was released on Anticon in 2008. Following this release, NPR named Son Lux "Best New Artist" on their program All Songs Considered.
The second Son Lux album, We Are Rising, was released on Anticon in 2011. It was recorded in 28 days for the RPM Challenge and was described by Consequence of Sound as "the dark, operatic middle ground between Owen Pallett and In Rainbows-era Radiohead or Wild Beasts' fantastic, operatic heights."
Son Lux signed with Joyful Noise Recordings in May 2013, the same month that his "haunting rendition" of Black Water was featured in JNR's flexi-series. Simultaneous with the announcement that Son Lux would be joining Joyful Noise, TEAR, a conceptual 7" featuring one new song in two distinct parts was released. The album Lanterns was released on October 29, 2013. The album includes vocals from then label-mate Cat Martino of Stranger Cat. The lead single "Lost It To Trying" was immediately named one of Pitchfork's Best New Tracks.
...
Wikipedia