Every so often, it is nice to remember the reasons why one wants to play music and it always comes back to one word – pleasure. Recently Sylvain was asked to do a little one-man show at Drouot to showcase the top lots of a guitar sale organized by Castor-Hara – it was an offer he could not refuse! Luckily Jean-Philippe Boisumeau from du “Son dans mon Salon” was there to capture it all on film.
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SYLVAIN PLAYS THE STAR GUITARS
photo LUX by Jehsong Baak “Super 8” is out! and wending its way towards journalists and a new audience. Here is some of what they have to say so far: Guitar Part “…what hits one right at the start is the sound of this album, ample and generous, which has the feel of warm wood,…
LUX is a new name for a project that began in 2009 when Sylvain Laforge found his way into my orbit in Paris. The songs came forth like water and still do and we began gigging in Paris a few months after our meeting. Perhaps we were so entranced by the writing and composing that…
Acoustic LUX (Angela and Sylvain) played their first live on Radio Libertaire’s show “Ça booste sous les pavés”. With fellow guest Laurent Agneessens, director of Sea Life, alongside the host named Squale, it would seem logical that while LUX was there to talk about (and play) music (4 songs live and 4 from the EP…
In the final moments of our recording session at Studio Black Box, when all of the songs for the album had been recorded, one song remained. A purely acoustic track, a song for two – for and by and about the duo of LUX the band, that had seemingly been put aside for another day….
The new album is done! Songs recorded and mixed and mastered – we just have a few decisions to make as we start making moves to ensure that the album is released in the best possible circumstances. It will happen in 2021 – exact date to come but they do say that good things come…
Every outing brings new sensations, new images, new faces and sometimes new friends. Le Martin Pêcheur, “Scots Pub”, is a cover for what is, in fact, a small haven for music, tucked away next to the Canal de Loing in Nargis. The owner Pete is the most magnanimous of hosts along with his wife…