A photo from our recent gig in Paris at the Bus Palladium where we were thrilled to be back on stage, under the lights, watching the audience sway. It was loud – cathartic really. Next up a showcase on 2 December at Walrus record shop and café where those who prefer the quieter side of LUX the band will be back in their element. (photo by All You Need Is Live Music – follow them on Instagram!).
Inspiration can come in from anywhere and everywhere if one is ready for it. Sometimes our songs evolve first from music which inspires a text or from a text which stands alone until the music is put to it. “Island” was inspired by and written on and about and for the place and people of…
We’ve been breathless; writing for LUX, writing for others and bringing out “Super 8” with two new bonus tracks; “Lay Low” and “Skin to Skin”. We went with “S2S” for the new single. With the combined talents of photographer/film maker Jehsong Baak and film maker and editor Will Le Caron, we went into a Paris…
La Sorbonne is a unique place for a rock concert – acoustic is the rule – so LUX was in full band modest “unplugged” with Nicolas Deschamps as second guitarist and Aurélie Simenel on drums/percussion. A beautiful evening in a legendary place. Photo courtesy Alice Briesz
The cool cats from BEST Magazine (Florian specifically) came to ask us all sorts of questions in between the sound check and the release concert in Paris at Café de la Danse. So (spoiler alert) we decided to keep the current line-up!
OMG! On 31 October, the duo of LUX the band ended up being invited to play at Paris’ Le Trianon to support the legendary Blue Oyster Cult. All we can say is thank to the gig booker, Veryshow, thank you to Le Trianon for the warm welcome and great sound, thank you to BOC…
When it came time to bring out the second single, we realized that we needed to find the appropriate follow-up to “A Son of Sam”. It was winter and the idea of one of the slower and darker songs – our first consideration – suddenly seemed less like a good idea. “The Ballad of John”…