Flux Pavilion
| Flux Pavilion | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joshua Kierkegaard G. Steele |
| Born |
15 January 1989 Towcester, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Dubstep, drum and bass, electronica, bass, dance |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Music sequencer, sampler, synthesiser, drum machine, turntables, keyboard, saxophone, guitar, drums, piano |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Routon Records, Circus Records, Big Beat, Atlantic Records |
| Associated acts | Doctor P, Guilherme Gouveia, Trolley Snatcha, Datsik, Excision, SKisM, Foreign Beggars, Example, Nero, Major Lazer, dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip |
| Website |
soundcloud |
Joshua Kierkegaard G. Steele, better known by his stage name Flux Pavilion, is an English dance music record producer, singer-songwriter, DJ and label owner who has been performing since 2008. He plays the drums, guitar, saxophone and piano.
Flux Pavilion has headlined three US tours, two UK tours, and several festival DJ sets, including Glastonbury, Reading, Coachella, and EDC Vegas. He has also made live performances with Example, Foreign Beggars and Chiddy Bang. Flux has listed his sound to be inspired by The Prodigy and Rusko.
Career
Flux Pavilion co-founded Circus Records along with childhood friend Doctor P, in 2009 [1] with the backing of D&B pioneer DJ Swan-E and Earl Falconer of UB40. The label has been responsible for unleashing some of the most successful electronic music that the underground has to offer, launching the careers of scores of new talent in the process.
In 2011 he produced the single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and was placed on the Radio 1 A-List. Along with Doctor P, Flux Pavilion presented the 2011 compilation album Circus One, to which he contributed four tracks. He is arguably best known for his song "I Can't Stop" from the Lines in Wax EP. In February 2011, Chiddy Bang created a freestyle to the song, which has appeared on their Peanut Butter and Swelly mixtape. In August 2011, the track was sampled by producer Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph for the song "Who Gon Stop Me" by Jay-Z and Kanye West on their collaborative album Watch the Throne.[3] On 5 March 2012, "I Can't Stop" was used in the viral Kony 2012 campaign. It was also featured in the 2012 video game SSX, the 2013 film The Great Gatsby and the trailer for Ron Howard's 2013 film Rush starring Chris Hemsworth.
In December 2011, Flux Pavilion was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, as one of only two independent artists on the longlist.[4] Steele has also sung on multiple tracks for both himself and other artists, including "Voscillate", "Starlight" and "The Scientist". On 28 January 2013, he released his new EP, Blow the Roof, which was received generally favorably by critics.[5] One of his songs, "Double Edge", is featured in the 2012 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted. On 8 September 2013, Steele announced a new EP to be released in October. Released on 11 November 2013, the Freeway EP consists of his big hit "Gold Love", which features the vocals of Rosie Oddie, in addition to other featured artists Steve Aoki and Turin Brakes.
Flux’s own output has gone from strength to strength; originally, he topped the dubstep music genre, before moving into electronic music, where he also excelled. He worked on a diverse selection of original tracks and collaborations with Childish Gambino, Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki and Turin Brakes plus remixing for the likes of Skrillex, Jamiroquai, MIA and DJ Fresh. While most students are thinking about where to go on their gap year, Flux Pavilion was celebrating ‘I Can’t Stop’ being picked as Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record in the World’ when at the time he was still living in student halls. Ever since, Flux’s music can now be found regularly cropping up in the playlists of MistaJam, Fearne Cotton and Eddy Temple Morris as well as drawing attention from Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Prodigy, Fat Boy Slim and Christina Aguilera to name a few.
In September 2014, Flux Pavilion was asked by The Walt Disney Company to remix the theme to Star Wars Rebels in order to market and draw attention to the series.
Influences
Influenced by the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles and Frank Zappa in the early years, it was when he heard 90's phenomena The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers that Flux Pavilion knew he had found a musical direction he truly wanted to explore for himself. A deluge of musical projects followed, writing instrumental hip hop and dirty drum & bass, joining local bands and producing for other acts all while studying at university. But the major turning point for the musician was a visit to London super club Fabric:
“I never went to clubs because I didn’t feel accepted into that scene; it felt too showy, too well-groomed. Then I saw Rusko play at Fabric and it changed my perception of everything. He was jumping around wearing a big cardboard hat shaped like a bird playing the most outrageous music I had ever heard. I loved it.”
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| Boom EP (with Datsik & Excision) |
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| Nuke 'Em EP (with Datsik, Tom Encore & Redline) |
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| Lines in Wax |
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| Blow the Roof |
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| Freeway |
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| Freeway Remixes |
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Compilations
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
UK Dance [11] |
AUS [12] |
CAN [13] |
US [13] | |||
| "I Can't Stop" | 2010 | 115 | 12 | — | 68 | 105 | Lines in Wax |
| "Bass Cannon" | 2011 | 56 | 9 | — | — | — | Circus One |
| "Frozen" [as Joshua Steele] (with The Freestylers) |
— | — | — | — | — | The Coming Storm | |
| "Jump Back" (with SKisM featuring Foreign Beggars) |
— | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Superbad" (with Doctor P) |
61 | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| "Daydreamer" (featuring Example) |
2012 | 39 | 9 | — | — | — | |
| "Jah No Partial" (with Major Lazer) |
— | — | — | — | — | Free the Universe | |
| "Do Or Die" (featuring Childish Gambino) |
2013 | — | — | 48 | — | — | Blow the Roof |
| "Gold Teeth" (with dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip) |
— | — | — | — | — | Repent Replenish Repeat | |
| "Steve French" (featuring Steve Aoki) |
— | — | — | — | — | Freeway | |
Other releases
| Single | Year |
|---|---|
| "Cheap Crisps" / "How Dare You" | 2008 |
| "Family Fortunes (with Trolley Snatcha)" / "Steppa" | 2009 |
| "Air Raid" (featuring Doctor P) | |
| "F*cking Noise" / "Digital Controller" | |
| "R00R"[lower-alpha 1] | |
| "Voscillate" / "Night Goes On" | 2010 |
| "How Rude" / "Show Off" | |
| "Voscillate" (Roksonix Remix)[lower-alpha 2] | |
| "Meathead" | |
| "Got To Know" / "Normalize" | |
| "Stinkfinger" (with Doctor P) | |
| "Excuse Me"[lower-alpha 3] | |
| "Jump Back VIP"[lower-alpha 4] (with SKisM featuring Foreign Beggars) | 2013 |
| "Come Find Me"[lower-alpha 5] (with Cookie Monsta) | |
| "Standing on a Hill"[lower-alpha 6] |
Remixes
| Song | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Streets of Rage" | Picto | 2009 |
| "Sweet Shop" | Doctor P | 2010 |
| "Blue Skies" | Jamiroquai | |
| "All The Eastern Girls" | Chapel Club | |
| "Mishaps Happening" | Quantic | |
| "Gold Dust" | DJ Fresh featuring Ce'Cile | |
| "Cracks" | The Freestylers featuring Belle Humble | |
| "Louder" (with Doctor P) | DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans | 2011 |
| "Internet Connection" | M.I.A. | |
| "Don't Do That" | Culprate | |
| "Midnight Run" | Example | |
| "Must Be the Feeling" (with Nero) | Nero | 2012 |
| "Syndicate Theme" | Skrillex | |
| "Without You" (with Doctor P) | Dillon Francis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | 2013 |
| "Recess" | Skrillex and Kill the Noise featuring Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos | 2014 |
Unreleased
- Lift You Higher (featuring Lisa Hart)
- Do Or Die (Demo)
- Epic Chef
- Syndicate
- International Anthem (ft. Doctor) [14]
Production credits
| Single | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Level Up" | 2012 | Sway | The Deliverance |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BBC Sound of 2012 | Sound of 2012[4] | Nominated |
References
- ↑ DJ Pdex. "Features: Doctor P Interview". Kmag. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United Kingdom Chart Appearances:
- As 'Flux Pavilion' > ChartStats > Artist Profile > Flux Pavilion ChartStats, Retrieved 2011-05-12.]
- For "I Can't Stop"
- As 'Flux Pavilion & Doctor P' > ChartStats > Artist Profile > Flux Pavilion & Doctor P ChartStats, Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (8 July 2011). "Jay-Z Previews 'Watch the Throne' in New York". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burgis, Joe (5 December 2011). "BBC's Sound of 2012 list favours mainstream acts". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ http://reigningbeats.blogspot.com/2013/02/album-review-flux-pavilion-blow-roof.html
- ↑ Excision, Datsik & Flux Pavilion – Boom EP Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ↑ Nuke 'Em - EP by Datsik, Flux Pavilion, Tom Encore & Redline Retrieved Apr 21, 2009.
- ↑ Flux Paviilion 'Lines in Wax' - Extended Play Play.com, Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ↑ "Twitter / Fluxpavilion: Breaking news: My brand new 8 Track EP 'Blow The Roof' is finished and its coming out December 3rd!". Twitter. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "Flux pavilion discography". Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ Peak positions for dance singles chart:
- For "Bass Cannon" > Top 40 Dance Singles > Week Ending > 23 April 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- For "Superbad" > Top 40 Dance Singles > Week Ending > 24 December 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- For "Daydreamer" > Top 40 Dance Singles > Week Ending > 12 May 2012 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ↑ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/484832/chartifacts
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "I Can't Stop - Flux Pavilion". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/flux-pavilion/flux-pavilion-international-anthem-ft-doctor-mistajam-radio-rip
External links
- Flux Pavilion on Facebook
- Flux Pavilion on Myspace
- Flux Pavilion on Beatport
- Flux Pavilion on Discogs
- Flux Pavilion's SoundCloud