San Francisco indie-electro-rock darlings Luxxury are a shiny, sexy sonic cocktail combining bits of New Order, Devo and ELO with the modern electro sounds of Daft Punk, Midnight Juggernauts and LCD Soundsystem. Luxxury's debut album "Rock and Roll is Evil" employs 1980's influenced Italo-disco beats, synths, heroic guitars and sardonic lyrics to chronicle the rise and fall of legendary 70's Sunset Strip groupie Sable Starr. The album, which was recorded and mixed in Berlin, Los Angeles, Brooklyn and San Francisco and features original cover art by internationally renowned artist Jeremy Blake (Beck's "Sea Change"), was quickly hailed as a future-retro classic:
"Unbelievably addictive...14 stunning electronica anthems of pure balls out disco fury...Studio 54 never had music this good...a dazzling album!" - Subba Cultcha, London
"Irresistible pop music on crack, an insistent beat that simply screams "dance, motherfucker!", like plush velvet on a comfy chaise lounge. This is filthy music, and it revels in depravity. Throb baby, throb!" -Aiding and Abetting
"Four and 1/2 stars. One of the finds of the year." - Synthpop.net
Luxxury has been a favorite of music supervisors, radio and Mp3 blogs. The song “Drunk” was licensed for a Pontiac/Transformers movie commercial running on VH1 this summer, while "Sweet and Vicious", "Drunk", "Something Going On" (a cover of the classic by ABBA' s Frida) and "Sable Starr" have been heard on Live 105, XFM, Virgin Radio London and KROQ. Luxxury’s new album “Sweet and Vicious: The remixes.” features 11 exclusive remixes of these songs by an internation roster of up and coming producers from the UK to France, and from Brooklyn to Hollywood (see myspace.com/luxxuryremixes).
Baron von Luxxury, the band’s singer and songwriter is also a DJ and producer whose remixes include:
* Scissors for Lefty: "Ghetto Ways (Baron von Luxxury’s Super Thanks for Asking Remix)” - (Eenie Meanie/US, Rough Trade/UK)
* Hilary Duff: "Stranger (Baron von Luxxury Eyes of Laura Mars Remix)"
* Glass Candy: "I Always Say Yes" (Baron von Luxxury’s Epic 5 Part Remix)”
* Robots in Disguise: "We’re In the Music Biz (Baron von Luxxury Remix)”
* CSS: "A la la (Baron von Luxxury + Lovefoxx = BFF Remix)”
* Dirty Sanchez: "Really Rich Italian Satanists (Baron von Luxxury’s Pasolini vs. Moroder Remix)”
Live, von Luxxury performs as a solo act or as a duo with bandmate Johnatron for club/DJ nights synths with a stripped down electro setup of just synths, bass guitar, a laptop and a vocoder. Luxxury also performs in indie rock venues as a 3 or 4 piece band that is tight and rocking yet dangerously danceable. On their recent UK tour and several west coast tours, Luxxury have played with The Lovemakers, Scissors for Lefty, Scanners and 80's legends ABC.
In his DJ guise, von Luxxury has DJ’d at some of the finest indie electro venues, including The Arrow Bar and Rickshaw Stop SF and APT, NYC. BvL is also a member of The Workout, a DJ/production team who have a monthly residency at Duplex in San Francisco and a daily updated MP3 blog at www.discoworkout.com.
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Motto
"Spending Money We Don't Have/Impressing People We Don't Like (Except For You)"
Website
www.myspace.com/luxxury
Other Artists
Giorgio Moroder, Van She Tech, MSTRKRFT, Bag Raiders, Kissy Sell Out, Boys Noize, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Gucci Soundsystem, Riton, Midnight Juggernauts, Justice, Johnny Jewel, Prince, The Knife, Does it Offend You, Yeah? IAMX, Erol Alkan, Robots in Disguise, Zongamin, Fred Falke, Alan Braxe, Mr. Oizo, Guns N' Bombs, Guns N' Roses, Miss Kittin, Klaxons, Scissor Sisters, Tiga, The Presets, Tones on Tail, T Raumschiere, The Rapture, Zoot Woman, Diplo, Erol Alkan, Client, Deee Lite, Black Strobe, Ellen Allien, Peaches, DJ Hell, Jamie Lidell, Larry Levan, The Faint, Glass Candy, Felix da Housecat, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Luxxury, Propaganda, New Order, ABBA, CSS, ELO.
Band Members
Baron von Luxxury
Influences
Moroder, Kundera, Lenin, Duncan, Blake
