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Laidback Luke (born Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen, 22 October 1976 in Manila, Philippines) is a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010.
Laidback Luke grew up in The Netherlands and made his name as a graffiti artist before turning to making music. He has worked with artists such as David Guetta, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Example and Junior Sanchez and played throughout Europe and North America as well as shows in Japan and Ibiza. He has released two studio albums: Psyched Up (1998) and Electronic Satisfaction (2002) as well as a successful mix album, Windmill Skill (2003). In 2003, van Scheppingen did a remix of the Daft Punk song "Crescendolls" for the duo's remix album Daft Club. Luke has also released his own mix album, titled Ibiza Closing Party, as a free covermount CD in the October 2008 issue of Mixmag. He has currently released his new album on the 4th of July 2011, called Cream Ibiza Super You & Me.
Jonathan Smith (born January 27, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and international DJ who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004. He then went solo and released a new album in 2010 called Crunk Rock.
Lil' Jon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School.
After working as a DJ for Atlanta night clubs, he started working for So So Def Recordings between 1993 and 2000. The group signed to the Atlanta-based Mirror Image Records and were distributed by Ichiban Records. In 1997, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz debuted with Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album. It included singles "Who U Wit?" and "Shawty Freak a Lil' Sumthin'", the latter of which came out in 1998. Both singles charted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 70 and No. 62 respectively. In 2000 Jon took part in starting up his own label BME Recordings and signed a distribution agreement with Norcross, Georgia based Southern Music Distribution. There he released his break through album titled We Still Crunk. Among the tracks on that project was the hit single "I Like Dem Girlz", which reached No. 55 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Episode #023: The Real World: DJ Edition by Laidback Luke | Mastering & Reverb tutorial
Episode #035: The Real World: DJ Edition by Laidback Luke | Making Melodies Tutorial
Episode #037: The Real World: DJ Edition by Laidback Luke | Miami Music Week Part. 1
Laidback Luke - Live @ Ultra Music Festival 2016
TomorrowWorld 2015 | Laidback Luke
Laidback Luke - LIVE @ Ultra Music Festival, Miami (2015)
Laidback Luke - Live @ Ultra Music Festival 2016 (Miami)
Laidback Luke - DJsounds Show 2015
Tomorrowland 2015 | Laidback Luke
Laidback Luke - Seminar 'Real DJ-ing' @ Dancefair, The Netherlands (2015)
Laidback Luke Feat. Trevor Guthrie - Let it Go (Official Video)
Laidback Luke - Full Set! | Ultra Miami 2016 - Day 2 | 720p 60fps
Laidback Luke - Recording my 2015 Year Mix
Laidback Luke (DJ-set) at SLAM! MixMarathon live from ADE