Saving Ourselves with Justin Luke !

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Creativity has always been secondhand for British producer Justin Luke, but it wasn’t until a few years ago when he realised music was the best way to express himself. Since then, he has been working tirelessly in the studio, audaciously conquering different forms of music and ignoring the boundaries so many in the industry have created.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Typically favoring a darker side of the sonic spectrum, Justin’s sound is big, energetic and cinematic, taking listener’s on a musical journey. With support from the likes of Thomas Gold, Marcus Schossow, EDX, Jaz Von D, Tim Mason, Tom Swoon, Roger Sanchez and Erick Morillo as well as having played at the notable Ministry of Sound and Pacha (London), Justin Luke is on an uprise with no limit in sight.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">A man passionate about his music, the only approach one can take in Justin Luke’s productions is to expect the unexpected.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxUBL7CnGt9oKTyOQ8UXWGdf_rLfvKD8gluUG5FllghjXkcj94HNqLsTheN8V9ltzSgycSMjmmedjR5bu3rTnWQWus7Y9MZ731zrt0HWRLwaMdDMii7ZWMPBBkJK1sZhqPBzu3afkFdE/s1600/justin+luke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxUBL7CnGt9oKTyOQ8UXWGdf_rLfvKD8gluUG5FllghjXkcj94HNqLsTheN8V9ltzSgycSMjmmedjR5bu3rTnWQWus7Y9MZ731zrt0HWRLwaMdDMii7ZWMPBBkJK1sZhqPBzu3afkFdE/s1600-rw/justin+luke.jpg" title="justin luke" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 14px;">Hello </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">Justin and a warm </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">welcome to Think in Electronic, thank you for taking time out to do this interview with us.</span></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey! My pleasure, thank you for your interest!</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 14px;">How are you doing</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> and what whose set was your favorite from Ultra 2014? </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">?</span></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm great thanks. I really enjoyed Steve Angello's and Alesso's. I was impressed with the track selection from Steve in his set and the energy from Alesso's was awesome.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 14px;">What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear South </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">Africa</span></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The film, District 9. It may sound a little odd but I'm a bit of a movie geek and it's up there as one of my favourites! </span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>1.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Ca</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">n you tell us a bit more about who Justin is on a non- musical front</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">and how you got into music</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">, what attracted you to EDM</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">?</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That's quite a difficult question to answer - I'm just myself! I've aways been creative and music turned out to be my preferred output - I love the way music can change how you feel. </span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">2.<span style="line-height: 14px;">If you had to pick one places to describe your music what would it be and why?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One place? My head. Because that's where it comes from.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>3.<span style="line-height: 14px;">What has been the biggest challenge that you have faced in the industry and how did you overcome it to get to where you are today? Any lessons learnt you can share with upcoming DJ’s/Producers?</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the biggest challenge for me, believe it or not; is actually declaring something finished! I'm a perfectionist and can end up spending way too long trying to improve details that only I notice. It's important to turn negatives into positives though and I always push through. The lesson I've learnt is to not give up on what you believe in - in fact that goes for everything in life.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">4.<span style="line-height: 14px;">What made you want to start producing tracks and do you remember the first time you sat down in studio, what was it like?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A good friend of mine introduced me to production back in school, the rest is history! I remember falling in love with the idea of designing your own sounds.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">5.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Who are some producer/musicians you look up to and why?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would take a long time to list them all but right now I'm listening to a lot of SOHN, his stuff is incredible. Steve Angello is a big influence - his productions are immense. Also really into Hans Zimmer, if he's done the soundtrack to a movie I'm pretty much guaranteed to love it.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>6.</b></span><b style="line-height: 1.8;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Your latest release “Save yourself” is a belter </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">What</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> inspired this track and how long did it take to produce it?</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> And typically where do you draw your </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">inspiration from?</span></span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you! I was going for something eerie and tense and wanted to keep it quite simple musically. I believe around 4 weeks. Inspiration comes from every day life - it could be a situation, feeling, place, time, movie, character, literally anything.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">7.<span style="line-height: 14px;">We</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> believe every artist has a message they are trying to portray to the world through their works. What message are you trying to send out through your music?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm trying to portray myself in my music, I guess you could say that's energetic and mysterious..</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>8.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Where do you see the electronic music scene </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">in</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> 5 years time?</span></b></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not too sure to be honest, things have changed so much in the last couple of years it's hard to tell! I have no doubt it will still be striving!</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">9.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Since it was just </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">the IDMA’s (ha </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">ha</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> )</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">if you had to select one track</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> of yours to be nominated for an IDMA what </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">track would it be and why?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A track I finished recently entitled "Diamond Back", it turned out exactly how I wanted it to. Keep your ears peeled..</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">10. <span style="line-height: 14px;">I</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">f you could go back in time, what would you do differently?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wouldn't!</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">11.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Tell us a little more ab</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14525f7575c42651__GoBack" style="line-height: 1.8;"></a><span style="line-height: 14px;">out your upcoming production, what can we expect for the rest of 2014?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a whole heap of unheard material lined up for release this year that I'm excited to get out! Look out for "Swarm" which will be coming out with a remix from Kid Massive in a couple of months.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">12.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Lastly what does </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">Electronic Music </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">represent for you</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">..</span></span></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Electronic Music to me represents freedom and letting go of the restraints of what most consider "everyday life". It's about making your own choices.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">13.<span style="line-height: 14px;">Any last messages for fans?</span></span></b></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 36px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Big love to you all - I'm very grateful for all the support so far!</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 14px;">Thank you so much for doing this interview with us </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">we </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">hope</span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> to see you play in SA soon :)</span></b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I certainly hope so too!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Saving Ourselves with Justin Luke !

Creativity has always been secondhand for British producer Justin Luke, but it wasn’t until a few years ago when he realised music was the ...