Luke is laidback about everything except music. Named best producer of 2008 by such qualified house maestros as David Guetta, Martin Solveig and Roger Sanchez, and landing an impressive new entry – voted # 46 – in DJ magazine’s Top 100 DJs Poll, it’s clear that Holland’s homeboy is on the rise like never before. It’s why he’s been bustin’ up bassbins from the Americas to Ibiza. Why he was selected to ignite the Stealth Live! CD series with a near perfect club mix. Why his party, Nighttime Superheroes, is such a winner. Why he was snapped up for a weekly mix show by French station Radio FG. And why he was invited by the UK’s Pete Tong to complete an Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1. Sure it’s been a long time coming (over a decade now) but Luke’s stratospheric success befits his world-beating talents and is ripe to reach new levels of hotness in 2009!
Laidback Luke (Luke van Scheppingen) was born in Manila, Philippines, but grew up in the Netherlands. He loved guitars, graffiti, hip-hop and house, and soon found a mentor in DJ/producer Dobre (The Good Men, Chocolate Puma). Luke was just a teenager when he began producing music, taking the ‘laid back’ tag from Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin & Juice’. Yet by 1995 he was putting out tracks; and from 96 he was remixing for established artists like Green Velvet, Victor Calderone and Junior Sanchez, in addition to DJing professionally. The thriller from Manila proved to be a natural born killer behind the decks. Once beating a Dutch DMC champ in battle, Luke got to show the world how he rolls with CDJs ‘n’ EFX: rinsing every mix, building energy, skilfully fusing an array of old new skool flavours, edits, bootlegs and a cappellas into a slick signature style. He even released an album, Psyched U, in 1999. But it wasn’t until Virgin signed Luke’s seminal single ‘Rocking With The Best’ and released his 2002 album, Electronic Satisfaction, that his profile really soared. Luke’s Dance Valley anthem, ‘We Can Not Get Enough’, then blew up as a chart hit. He also mixed his first compilation album, Windmill Skill. His discography was therefore looking seriously prolific as he remixed Daft Punk (who were a huge early influence), Murk, Oliver Lieb and Tom Stephan. And to up the output in 2004, Luke introduced his own label, Mixmash.
More club-shaking times lie ahead for Luke with his non-stop DJ schedule, studio collaborations including David Guetta, and that all-important third solo album on the horizon… At this point, scrolling through his achievements may be exhausting enough, but imagine living that diary/discography. His secret? Well, besides being a nighttime superhero, a clue is in the martial arts that he practises. Yes, Luke has good ‘kung fu’, always keeping an ear to the ground while his music surges skywards!
Nerologic
Flying up from Vegas to catch his set up there.
Never been to Ruby, so might as well be introduced to that place with a good set from Luke.
72hrpartyanimal
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Originally posted by Nerologic
Flying up from Vegas to catch his set up there.
Never been to Ruby, so might as well be introduced to that place with a good set from Luke.
Ruby is cool yo. They allow ins & outs as long as you get your stamp. Even better if you have a hotel nearby. Pretty cool staff. Some cool peeps but you will run across the occasional douche bag (such as myself). Hopefully I'll be in town that weekend to meet up with ya and have a drink :)
2tall
i'm a huge fan of LBL so been waiting for him to come to ruby for ages (he played vessel last year). and unlike dj chuckie this past saturday, he should play a more cohesive set.
gotta love his production workflow too... completes tracks in 4 hours all in fruity loops:
mar46017
Gonna check him out in Vegas on the 27th...still have never partied in SF. :(
bigperf
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Originally posted by mar46017
Gonna check him out in Vegas on the 27th...still have never partied in SF. :(
fly up! you can get a flight out of LA area friday after 7pm and return early monday on one of uniteds e-fares. ~$130 roundtrip
Nerologic
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Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
Ruby is cool yo. They allow ins & outs as long as you get your stamp. Even better if you have a hotel nearby. Pretty cool staff. Some cool peeps but you will run across the occasional douche bag (such as myself). Hopefully I'll be in town that weekend to meet up with ya and have a drink :)
Word word for sure man, i don't even know how many times we have said we were going to meet up and it never happened :conf:
Its going to be a reallllyyyy good show so its worth while being in town haha
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gotta love his production workflow too... completes tracks in 4 hours all in fruity loops:
He doesn't talk about it much, but he uses Abelton now he switched over recently. He stuck with FL for ageeees, but he finally gave in to Ableton for a reason ;)
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Originally posted by mar46017
Gonna check him out in Vegas on the 27th...still have never partied in SF. :(
Lets do this!
I will also see him at EDC and Vegas. Like Omar stated flights are cheap, i booked mine for $140 round trip!
bstorm
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Even better if you have a hotel nearby.
Hey Nero:
If you get a hotel, check out Warkwick SF at 490 Geary. Literally, 1 block down and 1/2 block up from Ruby and right by Union Square.
Get a petite suite, they have balconies overlooking Geary. ($159)
Its a little boutique hotel...really good staff.
We always stay there when we go to SF.
warwicksf.com
Nerologic
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Originally posted by bstorm
Hey Nero:
If you get a hotel, check out Warkwick SF at 490 Geary. Literally, 1 block down and 1/2 block up from Ruby and right by Union Square.
Get a petite suite, they have balconies overlooking Geary. ($159)
Its a little boutique hotel...really good staff.
We always stay there when we go to SF.
warwicksf.com
Thanks for the input, i am looking into everything right now.
I am not sure if i am staying just fri, but it looks like i might stay until Sunday so something like this will come in handy.
Myself personally i can motel 6 it to be honest, because i mean really i am just going to use the hotel to nap and shower. Thats extra money i can spend elsewhere. But since i might stay until Sunday, something like this would work out.
Thanks again Really looking forward to heading up to SF.
DaveT
July 2-4
Union Square hotel - $79/night. walk around the corner to ruby
Hotel Diva - $118/night (I can prob find a cheap rate with a 20% off coupon if I look through my emails)
Hote Adagio - $89/night
Touchstone Hotel - $89
King George - $92/night
I can't vouch for the Union Square hotel, but know peopel on here have stayed at it. That's actually expensive for it I think but it's jUly 4th weekend.
Hotel Diva is great.
Touchstone is decent
King George is old fashion, but nice and clean.
Just look on bing.com/travel
click hotels
put in san francisco and let it load
on left side, click on "enter an address" and put in 420 Mason St (Ruby Skye's addy)..enter it, be patient. it'll then ask you to verify the address and just click on it..and let it all load again
sort by distance.
see which hotels are closest to ruby
Then look to see if there are coupons for any of those hotels. or any of the travel places you book through. You can prob get a little more off with some.
Nerologic
Thanks Dave.
Going through all of my options right now, hopefully i find out soon if i am staying 2 nights or just one. Its a waiting game right now...
Im also going to meet up with my Chinese brother Tim and get some dim sum n da monin :toothless
DaveT
Should just stay until Monday and go to Markus Sunday night!
Really looking forward to heading up to SF.