3LAU

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3LAU (born January 9, 1991 in Syosset , Nassau County , New York ; actually Justin Blau ) is an American DJ and producer in the field of Progressive House and Electro House .

Life

Blau comes from a family of artists, his grandfather was a sound engineer for Jimi Hendrix , his mother a dancer on Broadway and his father made his living as a magician. He learned to use the piano and the guitar at an early age . At age 13, he moved to Las Vegas , Nevada with his family ; where he spent the rest of his youth. He attended The Meadows School there and then studied at Washington University in St. Louis . 2011. While on vacation in Sweden , he discovered electronic music and on his return to the United States began making mashups and spending the nights DJing. He gave himself the stage name 3LAU and published some of these first works on YouTube . These went viral and popularized it in the internet community via YouTube and Facebook . He also had initial successes with his bootlegs from Girls Who Save the World and All Night Long . He also won a remix contest for Tiësto's Work Hard, Play Hard . Some of his works achieved high placements on Beatport and The Hype Machine .

Since 2011 he has published his bootleg series Dance Floor Filth , which consists of four parts until 2014. Since part 2 (2012) these have also included their own productions with guitar and piano samples as well as official remixes and mashups. Top DJs like Bob Sinclar , Hardwell and Porter Robinson added some pieces to their repertoire. At the same time he went on the 3LAU Your Mind Tour, followed by the Night Riot Tour together with Carnage. This was followed by further single releases on well-known labels such as Revealed Recordings and Spinnin Records . Since 2013 he has also been seen increasingly at major festivals such as the Ultra Music Festival or the Electric Daisy Carnival .

In 2014 a collaboration with Botnek appeared with Vikings on the Dim Mak label. In 2014 3LAU was voted 81 in the DJ Mag Top 100 of the best DJs.

3LAU is not only active as a DJ, he also supports the Pencils of Promise project . A part of his tour money and his download proceeds will be diverted and invested in setting up schools in Guatemala .

Music genre

3LAU's music is characterized by a whole range of influences and works across genres, including mashups, house and dubstep and often uses guitar and piano sounds. He works mainly with programs from Ableton . In his live shows he uses mashups, electro house , pop vocal samples and samples from the 1990s.

Discography

Albums

  • 2011: Dance Floor Filth 1 (in-house production, download)
  • 2012: Dance Floor Filth 2 (in-house production, download)
  • 2013: Dance Floor Filth 3 (in-house production, download)
  • 2013: March Mashup Mondays (in-house production, download)
  • 2014: Dance Floor Filth 4 (in-house production, download)
  • 2016: Dance Floor Filth 5 (in-house production, free download)

Singles

2013
2014
  • How You Love Me (featuring Bright Lights)
  • Vikings (with Botnek)
  • Bang (Tiësto, Bootleg)
  • Don't Wait (with Coming Soon )
  • Somehow (with Dash Berlin , featuring Bright Lights)
  • Always (with Blinders, Charles)
  • We Came to Bang (with Luciana )
2015
2016
  • Is It Love (with Yeah Boy)
  • Fire (with Said the Sky, featuring Neonheart)
  • You Want More (featuring MAX)
2017
  • On My Mind (with Yeah Boy)
  • Hot Water (with audiences , featuring Victoria Zaro)
  • Star Crossed
  • Walk Away (featuring Luna Aura)
2018
  • On My Own (featuring Nevve)
  • Touch (featuring Carly Paige)
  • Dirty Neon (with ZAXX, featuring Olivera)
  • Punk Right Now (with Hyoyeon )
  • Game Time (featuring Ninja )
2019
  • Would You Understand (featuring Carly Paige)

2020

  • Tokyo (featuring XIRA)

Remixes

  • Zedd - Spectrum (3LAU Remix)
  • James Egbert - Back to New (3LAU Remix)
  • Kap Slap - ET Feels Starry Eyed (3LAU Remix)
  • Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (3LAU-Bootleg)
  • Tiësto - Red Lights (3LAUs Acoustic Version)
  • Jessie J , Ariana Grande , Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang (3LAU Remix)
  • Blinders feat. Charles - Always (3LAU Mix)

Web links

Commons : 3LAU  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 3Lau. BBC.co.uk , accessed February 13, 2015 .
  2. ^ Doug Elfman: DJ Justin Blau says living in Las Vegas a life-changing experience. Reviewjournal.com, November 30, 2012, accessed February 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c Sam Glaser: Las Vegas native 3LAU is finding EDM success at a young age. November 28, 2012, accessed February 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Music Mashup King 3LAU Plans Tour Behind New Album, Dance Floor Filth 2. (No longer available online.) Newsroom.mtv.com , July 23, 2012, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on February 13, 2015 .
  5. ↑ 3LAU ( Memento from October 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ a b 3LAU, Carnage - 11/21/13 - House of Blues. Sound of Boston, December 2, 2013; accessed February 13, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Place 81: 3lau. (No longer available online.) DJ Magazine , archived from the original on February 9, 2015 ; accessed on February 13, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME 3LAU
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blue, justin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American DJ and producer in the field of Progressive House and Electro House
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Syosset , New York , United States