Lucas & Steve

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Lucas & Steve
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Lucas (left) & Steve (right) during an interview
Lucas (left) & Steve (right) during an interview
General information
origin NetherlandsNetherlands Maastricht
Genre (s) Deep House , Future House , Tropical House
founding 2010
Website lucasandsteve.com
Current occupation
Producer, DJ
 Lucas de Wert
Producer, DJ
 Steven Jansen

Lucas & Steve is a Dutch DJ - duo consisting of the musicians de Lucas value and Steven Jansen . After their founding in 2010, they were able to attract attention for the first time in 2014 with singles like Fearless and Blinded . In the same year there were also first appearances in front of a large festival audience. Since 2014 the Future House duo has been under contract with the Dutch record label " Spinnin 'Records ". In 2016 they landed their first commercial success with the song Summer on You .

Career

2010 to 2013: Foundation and musical beginnings

The duo was founded in 2010 by Lucas de Wert and Steve Jansen in Maastricht as Lucas and Steve. After performing together in various clubs, they released their debut EP Mind Control EP in June 2011 on the Dutch record label "Housepital Records" . Her second EP Remote EP followed on August 2, 2011 via "GF Recordings". After several single releases, the EP The Revolution EP was released in early October 2013 on "WTF Music" and a few weeks later with the Rock It Now EP , another extended play on "Hotfingers".

2014 to 2015: Contract with "Spinnin 'Records"

After Lucas & Steve started the year 2014 with the songs Craving and Without You , the Dutch record label " Spinnin 'Records " noticed the duo and signed them. With the singles Fearless and Blinded they were able to gain great fame for the first time and shortly afterwards they celebrated festival appearances at Tomorrowland and the RFM Somnii . In the following year there were collaborations with various other artists, including Matt & Kendo, Laurent Wolf and Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto.

2016 to 2017: Commercial breakthrough with Summer on You

In summer 2016, the duo released the single Summer on You , which was created in collaboration with the Dutch deep house DJ Sam Feldt and the singer Wulf. With this they landed their first commercial success. They reached u. a. Fourth place in the Dutch singles charts and a placement in the Swedish charts. In July 2016, the song Enigma , which they produced together with Pep & Rash, followed a club-compatible single.

In April 2017 they released the song Up Till Dawn (On the Move) , which is a cover version of the song On the Move by Bart Claessen from 2000. The song moved to the top of the Dutch and Belgian singles charts. With the song Keep Your Head Up , which emerged from a collaboration with Firebeatz and Little Giants, they continued this success. The song forms a follow-up single to Show Me Your Love , which was released in August 2017. They also worked with Bassjackers and Ummet Ozcan . On July 3, 2017, the song Let's Go was released , which they produced in collaboration with the Dutch DJ and producer Mike Williams and the musician Curbi . The official music video came out two days after it was released and was shot with all four musicians in Amsterdam .

2018 to 2019: Skyline World EP

In early 2018 they released the song You Don't Have to Like It , the vocals of which were contributed by Janieck Devy . The song ensured another placement in the Belgian singles charts. On July 27, 2018, the Skyline World EP was released , which consisted of the singles Anywhere , Home and With You , all of which were released during the month. The song Anywhere , in particular , became a success and within a very short period of time had over 10 million views on the Spotify streaming platform . In cooperation with the Dutch singer Cimo Fränkel, a vocal version of the song was recorded, which was published under the title Where Have You Gone . This reached over 60 million streams on Spotify.

In autumn 2018, the track Adagio for Strings was released, a cover version of the play of the same name by Samuel Barber from 1938. After the song Source , which was released in spring 2018 , it was the second club track of the year. At the same time, they managed remixes for Robin Schulz and Erika Sirolas Speechless as well as David Guetta , Bebe Rexha and J Balvins Say My Name .

In March 2019 the song Don't Give Up on Me was released , which they produced together with Armin van Buuren and Josh Cumbee and which was part of van Buuren's studio album Balance . In June 2019 the song Long Way Home followed , which was created with Deepend and Michael Kintish. With this they placed themselves again in the Dutch singles charts. They also managed to do this with the track Perfect , which is a cover version of the song Take on Me by the Norwegian pop rock band A-ha from 1985. The vocals were contributed by the Dutch singer Haris Alagic.

2020: Do It For You

After visiting Dutch DJ duo W&W on stage during Tomorrowland Festival 2019 for the premiere of their song Do It For You , the track's release was announced for January 24, 2020. However, since the song made use of the melody of the song House of Justice by the Dutch producers DJ Jose and G-Spott, and they did not have a license for the use, the release was withdrawn at short notice. On February 28, 2020, the second collaboration with the Dutch big room duo Bassjackers appeared after These Hights . This was entitled All My Life . After the licensing problems with Do It For You had been clarified, the song was released as a single on March 9, 2020 at the second attempt.

Discography

EPs

2011:

  • Mind Control EP
  • Remote EP

2013:

  • The Revolution EP
  • Rock It Now EP

2018:

  • Skyline World EP

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
2016 Summer on you NL4 (21 weeks)
NL
First release: June 10, 2016
with Sam Feldt feat. Wulf
2017 Up Till Dawn (On the Move) NL2 (26 weeks)
NL
First published: April 28, 2017
Keep your head up NL28 (6 weeks)
NL
First release: October 20, 2017
with Firebeatz feat. Little Giants
2018 I could be wrong NL30 (9 weeks)
NL
First published: May 25, 2018
with brandy
Where Have You Gone (Anywhere) NL19 (13 weeks)
NL
First published: September 28, 2018
2019 Long Way Home NL26 (11 weeks)
NL
First published: June 13th, 2019
with Deepend
Perfect NL10 (23 weeks)
NL
First published: November 29, 2019
feat. Haris
2020 Letters NL19 (... wk.)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020NL
First published: June 5, 2020
more publishments

2011:

  • Flake
  • Flyn
  • Foolish
  • Above
  • Mind control
  • The Mash
  • Remote
  • Resistor
  • Mantis
  • Kilimanjaro

2012:

  • The situation
  • Lattitude
  • Clueless (with Nothing But Funk)
  • Our house
  • Born in Chicago
  • Congasm

2014:

  • Craving
  • Without you
  • Blinded (feat.Bethany)

2015:

  • Fearless
  • You and I Know (with Matt & Kendo)
  • Calinda 2K15 (vs. Laurent Wolf )
  • Love Is My Game (with Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto)

2016:

  • Make it right
  • Can't get enough
  • Enigma (with pep & rash)
  • Love on My Mind

2017:

2018:

  • You Don't Have to Like It (with Janieck )
  • Source
  • Anywhere
  • Home
  • With you
  • Do it right
  • Adagio for strings

2019:

  • Lunar (with Madison Mars)
  • Say something
  • Don't Give Up on Me (with Armin van Buuren feat. Josh Cumbee)
  • Inception
  • Why Can't You See

Remixes

2012:

  • Christian Arenas - Warm Up!

2014:

  • Red Carpet - Alright 2014 (with Nothing But Funk Remix)
  • Ruffneck feat. Yavahn - Everybody Be Somebody
  • Sick Individuals - Wasting Moonlight

2015:

2016:

2017:

2018:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources Netherlands: Singles / Albums