The uniqueness of LUX the band lies in the very nature of the group’s founders; the singer/songwriter Angela Randall is from New York and Sylvain Laforge, guitarist/composer, from Paris.

As much as their chance meeting in Paris was a perfect twist of fate, it is no surprise that they were immediately drawn to each other by their shared musical taste – a love of Anglo-Saxon folk/rock. Together the rock duo have a created a lyrical and musical place of their own.

As LUX, there was a first EP and the debut album Super 8, which first brought attention to the group. As LUX the band, they released a second album, GRAVITY, on their very own Laughing Sky Productions.

Following GRAVITY in 2024 and its release concert in Paris at Café de la Danse in 2023, the group brought out a series of recordings in 2024: an EP of songs performed and filmed live in the studio – Before Night Falls – The Black Box Sessions and the stand-alone single, Infinite Mind.

These releases – 2 EP’s and 2 full albums – all recorded, mixed and mastered at legendary Studio Black Box, France under the aegis of Peter Deimel (The Kills, Anna Calvi, DEUS…), reflects the band’s love of analogue sound and base tracks recorded live, which corresponds to their self-described “Velvet Rock”

LUX the band has performed in such well-known Paris venues as the New Morning, La Boule Noire, Supersonic, Café de la Danse…and has toured as an acoustic duo in both Paris and New York.

On stage as in the studio, behind the immediately recognizable guitar of Sylvain Laforge (who has played in numerous groups, most notably with French band Les Rita Mitsouko and Catherine Ringer), lies the driving bass of Julien Boisseau (Jesus Volt, Kaz Hawkins) and the vibrant drumming of Amaury Blanchard (Renaud, de Palmas) – all a perfect support for Angela Randall’s luminous vocals.

Imagine Natalie Merchant wandering into Villa Nellcote when the Stones were recording Exile on Main St. and you’ll get a flavour of who they are and that seductive allure of punchy guitar and wounded lyrics. Laforge feels strongly that all songs should work with just guitar and voice and, similarly, Randall’s spare lyrics tap into that same traditional aesthetic uncomplicated by layers of production or studio gimmickry.

This fall the duo of Laforge/Randall will be releasing 2 songs – “Virtual 45” – a parenthetical musical pause while waiting to return to the studio to record the 3^rd album for 2027.