Born in the Philippines, raised in the Netherlands, as a kid Laidback Luke loved guitars, graffiti, house and hip-hop, taking the ‘laid back’ tag from Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin & Juice’. Recently, he’s worked with David Guetta, Diplo, A-Trak, Steve Aoki and Lil Jon, and remixed everyone from Black Eyed Peas to Calvin Harris and from Christina Aquilera to Moby. There have been three nominations for Luke in the Beatport Music Awards – and an International Dance Music Award (IDMA) gong in the Best House/Garage Track category for his work on ‘Leave The World Behind’. He’s got over 100,000 followers on Twitter, is sent 12GB+ of promos every week.
The Transmission Winter Party takes place in Ulster Hall, Belfast on Friday 23 December 2011. Tickets are £22 (+ booking fee) and are available from Ulster Hall Box office, The Stiff Kitten, and Ticketmaster.
