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!
Words to music or music to words; the songs arrive first and pave the walkway all the way to the studio door. But an album…An ALBUM is not just a gathering of tracks but an adventure where something that starts in secret decides to make its coming out with the help of allies and passersby….
The video for No new love yet please, our single from the 5 track EP is OUT! Have a look at that moment when falling in love becomes inevitable with Paris as a backdrop, shot with the inimitable eye of Jehsong Baak (www.jehsongbaak.com). We are already reflecting upon the next video for a second song…
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”…
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…
Hey hey hey, LUX has crossed the Atlantic to bring their Velvet Rock home to New York City. It will be acoustic and it will be groovy. Check out our Facebook for times and places. www.facebook.com/luxtheband Photo courtesy: Eric Massaud Poster: Mike Derez
Photo courtesy Jehsong Baak “While waiting” is about what goes on while waiting for stuff to happen – the encounter, the song, the opportunity which will give the project a boost. The signs are there – gigs which allow us to offer the songs up, radio play, other artists giving us a boost. LUX is…