BLAKE ROBIN / EXPENSIVE SOUNDING MUSIC
SAN FRANCISCO BORN/LOS ANGELES BASED WRITER & PRODUCER of EXPENSIVE SOUNDING MUSIC.
THE LAST SEDUCTION
A few weeks ago, my label got a cease and desist letter from the owners of an apparent trademark on the expression “Women of a Certain Age.” They stated that I was not permitted to use “their” expression (one which, mind you, has been in the popular parlance since Balzac’s era) for my new album’s title. READ ALL ABOUT IT.
Coming soon: “Terry Richardson” Video in 3D
Baron Von Luxxury “Terry Richardson (Loose Shus Remix)”
The ex-SF, now LA-based producer/vocalist/blogger Baron Von Luxxury (formerly known simply as Luxxury, pictured above) has a new LP for Manimal Vinyl still a few months away from seeing its release in September, but fellow West Coaster Loose Shus has already turned in this remix for the album’s track “Terry Richardson.” Believe it or not, this version of the tune considerably tones down the disco-pop obsession of Von Luxxury’s original, smoothing things out with some deliciously retro synths and classic drum machine work. Sure, the vocals still have quite a bit of cheese to their credit, but Von Luxxury’s whole MO is to find the “fine line dividing what is cool from what is deeply embarrassing,” and Loose Shus seems content to continue this flirtatious experiment within the ever-changing “guilty pleasure” realm set off by his Los Angeles counterpart.
Interested in the divide between the underground and the pop mainstream, Baron Von Luxxury seeks that fine line dividing what is cool from what is deeply embarrassing. Dubbed the “Post-Post-Synthpop King” by the LA Weekly, Baron Von…(click to read more)
Behind the scenes at yesterday’s photo shoot for the album cover of Baron von Luxxury’s “Women of a Certain Age” (September 2011, Manimal Vinyl)
I can’t believe I’m opening for Scissor Sisters next Friday at the Warfield in San Francisco: the same place I saw Danzig when I was in high school! Buy tickets now!
LEFSE RECORDS SXSW SHOWCASE
Sunday, March 20 2011
BvL stage time: 2:30pm
MANIMAL SXSW SHOWCASE 2011:
SISTER CRAYON/ PAPERCRANES/ JENNY O./ EXTRA CLASSIC/ BARON VON LUXXURY
Thursday, March 17 9:30pm - 2:00am
Malaia
300 East 6th Street
Austin, TX
“The Lovely Theresa”
New single from my forthcoming full length to be released Summer 2011 on Manimal Vinyl.
Buy on iTunes or stream at Bandcamp.
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