Baron von Luxxury
| Baron von Luxxury | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Blake Robin |
| Origin | US |
| Genres | Electropop |
| Occupations | DJ, musician, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, synthesizer, turntables |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Labels | Razor & Tie, RCRD LBL, Manimal Vinyl |
| Associated acts | Luxxury |
| Website | baronvonluxxury.com |
Baron von Luxxury (birth name Blake Robin)[1] is a producer, songwriter, DJ and lead singer of the band Luxxury. Some of his best-known songs are "Drunk" which was used in commercials for Pontiac, "Sweet and Vicious" which was used on The Hills and "I Know There's Something Going On", a cover of a song by Frida from ABBA. In addition to being the sole songwriter and producer for that band, he is an in demand remixer and songwriter under contract with Razor and Tie Music Publishing[2] for whom he has co-written songs for artists including Vanessa Daou, Little Boots and the song "If That's Love" (co-written with Jesse Owen Astin and Bonnie McKee), which was featured on the CSI: Miami episode "Show Stopper".[3]
He is also a co-founder of the popular MP3 blog Disco Workout.
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[edit] Luxxury discography
- The Drunk EP (2004) Nolita Records
- The Dirty Girls (Need Love Too) EP (2004) Nolita Records
- Rock and Roll (is Evil) (2006) Razor & Tie/Nolita Records
- Sweet and Vicious: The Remixes (2007) Nolita Records
- The Last Seduction (release date February 14, 2012) Manimal Vinyl[4]
[edit] Remixes
- Hilary Duff - Stranger (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Scissors for Lefty - Ghetto Ways (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Luxxury - Drunk (Lovesick Vocoders at Night Remix) (2007)
- Dirty Sanchez - Really Rich Italian Satanists (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- CSS - A La La (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2007)
- Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Robots in Disguise - We're In The Music Biz (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Robots in Disguise - The Sex Has Made Me Stupid (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Glass Candy - I Always Say Yes (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- Little Boots - Meddle (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2008)
- The Secret Handshake - All For You (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
- The Turtles - So Happy Together (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
- Del Marquis - Runaround (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2009)
- The Burning Hotels - Stuck In The Middle (Baron von Luxxury Controls Everything Remix) (2009)
- HEALTH - Eat Flesh (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2010)
- The Child - Boomerang (Baron von Luxxury Totally Goth Remix) (2011)
- Austra - Spellwork (Baron von Luxxury Remix) (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ Colin, Chris (24 June 2008). "For every Britney and Lindsay". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-06-24/business/17120200_1_musicians-britney-spears-background-music.
- ^ Paoletta, Michael (July 7, 2007). "MAKING THE BRAND: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR". Blllboard: p. 14. http://books.google.com/books?id=xg4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=michael%20paoletta%20billboard%20july%2007%202007&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ CBS.com. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_miami/video/?pid=wNnX2NCXnKIxB8rgbP1_gg4SU0bN5Law&nrd=1. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Weiss, Jeff (7 December 2011). Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/video-premiere-baron-von-luxxurys-rosebud-was-the-name-of-his-sled.html. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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