Luke Solomon, the parable of the British DJ from raves to songs produced for Beyoncé

His aspiration, when he’s still undecided about which path to take, is to become an architect or interior designer. And yet, during his adolescence he spent in Cyprus Luke Solomon, dj And British producer which tomorrow will be in the console atAlcazar (from 12 pm, via Cardinale Merry del Val), is a voracious collector of audio cassettes. Upon his return to the UK he developed a passion for 45 turns

: his first vinyl is holiday of Madonna, “an obsession”, while on the turntable he made his debut playing at private parties.

Influenced by rave scene who he attended during his university years, in Middlesex, he knows Justin Harris with whom he founded the duo of producers Freaks: with the song The Creeps they reach success in the underground circuit, to then be consecrated in the mainstream when the track is recorded by the Ministry of sound. The passion for house music

of Chicago later leads him to collaborate with a star player like Derrick Carter, with which he created the «Classic Recordings» label. After signing i remixes for artists such as Pulp, Kasabian and Duran Duranco-wrote and produced two songs with Honey Dijon and Chris Penny (Cozy And Alien Superstars) from the latest album by Beyoncé, Renaissance, for which he won a Grammy. A regular guest at the Glastonbury festival, he is one of the protagonists of the format «Glitterbox» which relaunched the “disco fever” among the millennials.