I’ve been busy in the studio working on some new remixes and I’ve been traveling around Europe playing some amazing parties.ĭemos have been coming in thick and fast these last few months, so much of my time has been listening to new unreleased music and signing some of them. Summer is in full swing and I’ve spent the last month or so based in Ibiza. The best Lazarus sets are not so much wild parties but deep, sensory experiences, and this particular recording falls into that latter category: expect just over 90 minutes of previously unheard tribalistic house music coming from the likes of Pale Blue, Matador, Serge Devant, and Jonathan Kaspar, curated by a master of the genre. It was his first set on the island in some time and his USB sticks were filled with new and original music that he’d either been sent or found, and he couldn’t wait to play out. But it’s perhaps most evident in his DJ sets, and all of it harks back to Lazarus’ immersion in a multitude of scenes, from his early days in London’s drum & bass movement, to his role as a figurehead in the Electroclash scene, and more recently house and techno.įor this week’s XLR8R podcast, Lazarus has delivered a segment from his opening at Hï Ibiza, in April. In April, he released the soundtrack to Beijing Spring, a documentary film that is written, produced and directed by Andy Cohen and co-directed by Gaylen Ross. You can see this across his releases, including Flourish, his latest album, and Crosstown, where he’s welcomed anyone from Irish singer Róisín Murphy to Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Laurent Garnier, and even Craig Richards. On any given Saturday this year, you can take a cosmic trip with him in Hï Ibiza’s club room, alongside Black Coffee.Īs anyone who knows Lazarus as an artist can attest, his inspirations are deep and varied, traversing drum & bass, jazz, electro, soul, house, techno, and everything in-between. Since sneaking onto the decks uninvited at Space in 2001, he’s carved his name into local folklore with his residencies at CircoLoco at DC10, where he’s closed the season for years. For several decades, Lazarus, the London-born DJ-producer and label head of Crosstown Rebels, has used the Spanish island as a canvas upon which he can share his most exciting club music. With the latest Ibiza season in full swing, Damian Lazarus is back at the decks.
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