L.U.C.

Genre: Classical, Rap

Origin: Gdynia

L.U.C. is a break-the-box artist who is the author of many conceptual albums and projects. In 2010, he received the prestigious “Paszporty Polityki” award for an innovative combination of fields and genres. He has collaborated with Michał Urbaniak, Rahim, Leszek Możdżer, Maria Peszek, Urszula Dudziak and Andrzej Smolik, and he also was a part of the idea “Pass it on” with many young producers whom he helped to debut.

L.U.C. is currently touring with the project Good L.U.C.K, which is one of his most positive projects. He talks with distance about life’s twists and turns and ways of dealing with stress and failures. A film-oriented album focused on breathing and calmness, where Arek Jakubik’s deep voice mixes with whistling and conceptual skits from Tomek Kot, and the white voice of Karolina Czarnecka or the warm timbre of Katarzyna Figura. The album also features Sarsa, Bovska, Gutek and co-producer Es.Ce, whose chill-hop beats have also been appreciated many times in the USA.

The concert project has had 2 faces. The first club version was created, on which L.U.C. toured in a quartet with deep Moog basses, drums combined with samples, guitar and visuals and scratches. Then, at the invitation of the L.U.C. prepared an intimate jazz-acoustic version, in which he played this material at the Olsztyn Philharmonic with a trio consisting of Drums, Piano, and Double Bass.

In addition, L.U.C. gives concerts with a project that combines two artistic projects from two completely different genres: the world of hip-hop and the world of symphony. L.U.C. with the AUKSO orchestra and the guest appearance of RAH!M.

During the concert with the outstanding AUKSO orchestra, songs from the albums Planet LUC., Nothing Happened, Reflections on love adapted selfie, Good L.U.C.K. It is also one of the few opportunities to hear RAH!MA and L.U.C. on one stage. The artists perform several songs from the cult album Homoxymoronomatura, which introduced Polish hip-hop to the philharmonic in 2008.

The orchestra is accompanied by a percussion section combined with electronics. The intimate and acoustic sounds of AUKSO are broken by the massive sounds of samples, sub-bass, electronics and DJ Elementa’s scratch.