Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Filipino-born Dutch DJ and record producer. He notably remixed the Robin S. song, " Show Me Love" which charted at No. 11 on the UK charts in 2009. He is also the founder of Mixmash Records.

Career

Lucas van Scheppingen was born to a Dutch father, Kees van Scheppingen and Filipina mother, Lucy Baruelo in

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and grew up in

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, Netherlands together with his younger brother, Asley. He had a passion for music since a young age. Luke began his career in 1992. He credits Gaston Steenkist as an early mentor. He has worked with artists such as

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, the percussionist Nebat Drums,

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, Axwell,

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and Junior Sanchez and played throughout Europe and North America as well as shows in Japan and Ibiza. He has released three studio albums: ''Psyched Up'' (1998), ''Electronic Satisfaction'' (2002), ''Cream Ibiza Super You & Me'' (2011) as well as a mix album, ''Windmill Skill'' (2003). In 2003, van Scheppingen did a remix of the

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song "Crescendolls" for the duo's remix album '' Daft Club''. Luke has released his own mix album, titled ''Ibiza Closing Party'', as a free covermount CD in the October 2008 issue of ''

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''. In 2012, Laidback Luke was nominated for the best European DJ award from the 27th Dance Music Awards. He appeared in the 2016

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-nominated documentary film about American DJ and producer

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, titled '' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead''.

Personal life

Luke was previously married two times and has three children. He married his current wife, Ashley Reina van Scheppingen, on 22 February 2020. Laidback Luke practices

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, especially

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, and represented the Netherlands at the World Championship 2013 in China. In March 2018, he was featured on the cover of ''Men's Health NL'', and talked about his kung fu career.

Discography

*''Electronic Satisfaction'' (2002) *''Focus'' (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laidback Luke 1976 births Living people Club DJs Dutch DJs Dutch house musicians Dutch expatriates in the United States Filipino DJs Filipino dance musicians Filipino record producers Remixers Progressive house musicians Electronic dance music DJs Musicians from Manila Techno musicians Filipino people of Dutch descent Dutch people of Filipino descent