Baron von Luxxury

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Baron von Luxxury
Birth name Blake Robin
Origin US
Genres Electropop
Occupations DJ, musician, producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, synthesizer, turntables
Years active 2003-present
Labels Razor & Tie, RCRD LBL, Manimal Vinyl
Associated acts Luxxury
Website baronvonluxxury.com

Baron von Luxxury (birth name Blake Robin)[1] is an American producer, songwriter, DJ and artist (sometimes known simply as "Luxxury"). Some of his best-known songs are "Drunk," which was used in commercials for Pontiac; "Sweet and Vicious," which was used on The Hills; and "I Know There's Something Going On," a cover of a song by Frida from ABBA. In addition to being the sole songwriter and producer for that band, he is an in-demand producer, remixer and songwriter formerly under contract with Razor and Tie Music Publishing[2] for whom he has cowritten songs for artists including Vanessa Daou and Little Boots, as well as the song "If That's Love" (co-written with Jesse Owen Astin and Bonnie McKee), which was featured on the CSI: Miami episode, "Show Stopper".[3]

His most recent full-length album "The Last Seduction"[4] was released on Manimal Vinyl[5] in 2012[6] and featured songs about his friends[7] Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.[8] The album received strong[9] reviews[10] and made it to several "best of 2012"[11] lists,[12] including that of Duran Duran's John Taylor.[13]

He is also a co-founder of the MP3 blog Disco Workout.

Luxxury discography

  • The Drunk EP (2004) Nolita Records
  • The Dirty Girls (Need Love Too) EP (2004) Nolita Records
  • Rock and Roll (is Evil) (2006) Razor & Tie/Nolita Records
  • Sweet and Vicious: The Remixes (2007) Nolita Records
  • The Last Seduction (2012) Manimal Vinyl[14]

Remixes & Re-edits

  • Hilary Duff - Stranger (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
  • Scissors for Lefty - Ghetto Ways (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
  • Luxxury - Drunk (Lovesick Vocoders at Night Remix) (2007)
  • Dirty Sanchez - Really Rich Italian Satanists (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • CSS - A La La (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
  • Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • Robots in Disguise - We're In The Music Biz (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • Robots in Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • Glass Candy - I Always Say Yes (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • Little Boots - Meddle (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
  • The Secret Handshake - All For You (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
  • The Turtles - So Happy Together (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
  • Del Marquis - Runaround (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
  • The Burning Hotels - Stuck In The Middle (Baron von Luxxury Controls Everything Remix) (2009)
  • Health - Eat Flesh (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2010)
  • Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm (Luxxury Re-edit) (2010)
  • The Child - Boomerang (Baron von Luxxury Totally Goth Remix) (2011)
  • Austra - Spellwork (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2011)
  • Cameras - June (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2012)
  • Trust - Dressed for Space (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2012)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Luxxury Re-edit) (2012)
  • Louise Burns - Paper Cup (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2013)
  • Daisy O'Dell - Never (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2013)
  • K-X-P - Magnetic North (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2013)

References

  1. ↑ Colin, Chris (24 June 2008). "For every Britney and Lindsay". The San Francisco Chronicle. 
  2. ↑ Paoletta, Michael (July 7, 2007). "MAKING THE BRAND: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR". Blllboard. p. 14. Retrieved 22 September 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Show Stopper - CSI: Miami". TV.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "All Music Guide review of "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved 20 June 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Baron von Luxxury profile at Manimal Vinyl". Retrieved 20 June 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Discogs entry for "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved 20 June 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later". LA Weekly. 
  8. ↑ "Making Sense of a Double Suicide Through Tumblr". Buzzfeed. 
  9. ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's The Last Seduction". Electronic Rumors. 
  10. ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's Sci-Fi Glass Candy Video". Spin. 
  11. ↑ "Best Albums of 2012". The Pop Sucker. 
  12. ↑ "Top 20 Albums of 2012". Electronic Rumors. 
  13. ↑ "Duran Duran names Baron von Luxxury's song "The Lovely Theresa" among his top 20 songs of 2012". 
  14. ↑ Weiss, Jeff (7 December 2011). "Premiere: Baron Von Luxxury's 'Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 

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