Baron von Luxxury
| Baron von Luxxury | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Blake Robin |
| Origin | US |
| Genres | Electropop |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, musician, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, synthesizer,turntables |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Razor & Tie, RCRD LBL, Manimal Vinyl |
| Associated acts | Luxxury |
| Website | luxxury.com |
Baron von Luxxury (birth name Blake Robin)[1] is an American producer, songwriter, DJ and artist (sometimes known simply as "Luxxury"). His first songs included "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 2012 full-length album "The Last Seduction"[4] was released on Manimal Vinyl[5][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.
In 2013 he began releasing an series of unofficial remixes using "(mostly) only original multitrack stems"[14] for a number of famous songs including Eagles' "Hotel_California", Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" and many more.
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[15]
- Luxxury Edits Vol. 1 (2014) Exxpensive Sounding Music
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)
- Madonna – Vogue (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Foreigner – Urgent (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Bee Gees – Night Fever (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- David Bowie – Golden Years (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (LUXXURY edit) (2013)
- Eagles – Hotel California (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
- Blondie – Rapture (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
- Duran Duran – Girls on Film (LUXXURY edit) (2014)
References
- ↑ Colin, Chris (June 24, 2008). "For every Britney and Lindsay". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ Paoletta, Michael (July 7, 2007). "MAKING THE BRAND: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR". Blllboard. p. 14. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Show Stopper – CSI: Miami". TV.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ "All Music Guide review of "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury profile at Manimal Vinyl". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Discogs entry for "The Last Seduction"". Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Baron Von Luxxury on His Friends' Double-Suicide, Five Years Later". LA Weekly.
- ↑ "Making Sense of a Double Suicide Through Tumblr". Buzzfeed.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's The Last Seduction". Electronic Rumors.
- ↑ "Baron von Luxxury's Sci-Fi Glass Candy Video". Spin.
- ↑ "Best Albums of 2012". The Pop Sucker.
- ↑ "Top 20 Albums of 2012". Electronic Rumors.
- ↑ "Duran Duran names Baron von Luxxury's song "The Lovely Theresa" among his top 20 songs of 2012".
- ↑ Karp, Hannah (July 10, 2014). "Classic Song 'Stems' Inspire Remixes". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Weiss, Jeff (December 7, 2011). "Premiere: Baron Von Luxxury's 'Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
External links
- Baron von Luxxury Web site
- Baron von Luxxury at Razor and Tie Publishing
- Disco Workout
- Los Angeles Times
- TV.com
- SF Gate
- Review of Rock and Roll (is Evil)
- Discogs entry for The Last Seduction
- Interview with Baron von Luxxury at Pulse Radio