Laidback Luke

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Laidback Luke
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Laidback Luke in 2018
Background information
Birth nameLucas Cornelis van Scheppingen
Also known as
  • LBL
  • Dark Chanell
Born (1976-10-22) 22 October 1976 (age 48)
Manila, Philippines
Origin Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Genres
Occupations
  • Disc jockey
  • record producer
  • remixer
  • martial artist
Instruments
Years active1992–present [1]
Labels
Website laidbackluke.com

Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Dutch-Filipino DJ and record producer. [2] He notably remixed the Robin S. song, "Show Me Love" which charted at No. 11 on the UK charts in 2009. He is also the founder of Mixmash Records. [3]

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Career

Lucas van Scheppingen was born to a Dutch father, Kees van Scheppingen and Filipina mother, Lucy Baruelo in Manila and grew up in Hoofddorp, Netherlands together with his younger brother, Asley. He had a passion for music since a young age. [4] [5] Luke began his career in 1992. He credits Gaston Steenkist as an early mentor. [1] He has worked with artists such as David Guetta, Steve Angello, the percussionist Nebat Drums, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Example and Junior Sanchez and played throughout Europe and North America as well as shows in Japan and Ibiza. [6] He has released three studio albums: Psyched Up (1998), Electronic Satisfaction (2002), Cream Ibiza Super You & Me (2011) as well as a mix album, Windmill Skill (2003). In 2003, van Scheppingen did a remix of the Daft Punk song "Crescendolls" for the duo's remix album Daft Club . Luke has released his own mix album, titled Ibiza Closing Party, as a free covermount CD in the October 2008 issue of Mixmag .

In 2012, Laidback Luke was nominated for the best European DJ award from the 27th Dance Music Awards. He appeared in the 2016 Grammy-nominated documentary film about American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, titled I'll Sleep When I'm Dead . [7]

Personal life

Luke was previously married two times and has three children. He married his current wife, Ashley Reina van Scheppingen, on 22 February 2020. [8]

Laidback Luke practices kung fu, especially Choy Li Fut, and represented the Netherlands at the World Championship 2013 in China. [9]

In March 2018, he was featured on the cover of Men's Health NL, and talked about his kung fu career. [10]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Barrionuevo, Alexei (January 24, 2022). "Laidback Luke Says Today's Biggest EDM Artists Are Brands That Get Consumed: 'People Started Hacking It'". Billboard . Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Laidback Luke Talks Kung Fu, Techno, Vlogging, & More!". EDM Identity. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  3. ↑ Gijssel, Robert van (2014-10-15). "Laidback Luke, vaderfiguur van de Nederlandse dance". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  4. ↑ Klijn, Mirla (21 June 2013). "My son the DJ - Afl. 12: Laidback Luke | Documentairenet.nl". www.documentairenet.nl. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  5. ↑ "Laidback Luke on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Laidback Luke Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Steve Aoki 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' Documentary Hits Netflix | The Nocturnal Times". www.thenocturnaltimes.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Mr. & Mrs. Reina-Van Scheppingen 22.02.2020" . Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  9. ↑ "Laidback Luke is competing in Kung Fu World Championships in March". DJMag.com. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  10. ↑ "Exclusive Interview with World Class Producer & Kung-Fu Fighter Laidback Luke". viralbpm.com. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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