Jay Lumen (born March 1, 1981, in

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) is the stage name of a Hungarian

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producer and DJ.

Musical Career

He is the founder of Footwork Records, and has appeared on Drumcode, Second State, Saved, 100% Pure, Cadenza and Octopus Records. Lumen has collaborated with

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, Harvey Mckay, Gary beck, Popof, Wade, Sasha Carassi and Roberto Capuano. Lumen's music has been played on radio stations and podcasts in several countries including

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, and

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's radio show. For three consecutive years, from 2013 to 2015, Lumen won the award for Underground DJ Of The Year at the Ballantine's Music Awards. In 2014, he was ranked number 3 for most sales on

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in the tech-house category, and number 10 in techno. In 2015 he was number 3 on Beatport in the Techno category for the most sales. Lumen was listed on Beatport as number 2 highest sales in the techno category. In 2015, Lumen was polled at number 26 in

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’s "DJ Charted" artist. In 2019 and 2020, Jay Lumen was polled at number 37 and 43 in

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’s Alternative Top 100 artist. In 2022, Lumen was polled at number 2 in

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’s "10 Best-Selling Techno Artists". Number 4 in

’s "10 Most-Streamed Techno Artists". Jay Lumen has performed at clubs and festivals including

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, BPM Festival, Club Space- Miami,

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, EL Row - Barcelona,

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Afterparty,

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, and Mystic Garden in Amsterdam.

Discography

;Singles & EPs *Orion (2022) * "Voyager" (2021) * "From Outer Space" (2021) * "Dust" (2020) * "Galactic Rainbow" (2020) * "The Last Raver" (2020) * "Raincarnation" (2020) * "Robots" (2020) * "Contact" (2020) * "Generation" (2020) * "Planet III" (2019) * "Razor" (2019) * "Hymn" (2019) * "Rave Me" (2019) * "Ozone" (2019) * "Aurora" (2019) * "Meteo" (2019) * "Connected" (2018) * "Stella Luce" (2018) * "Trust" (2018) * "The One" (2018) * "Asteroid" (2018) * "Balance" (2018) * "Solar" (2018) * "Inside" (2017) * "Consciousness" (2017) * "Rebirth" (2017) * "Opus" (2017) * "Lost Tales / Remix album (LP)" (2017) * "Search" (2017) * "Lost Tales (LP" (2016) * ''Fusion'' (2016) * ''Dirty Groove (with

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)'' (2016) * ''Octaves (with

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)'' (2016) * ''Elysium'' (2015) * ''Power Chords(with Harvey McKay)'' (2015) * ''Enigma'' (2015) * ''LondON'' (2015) * ''Our Freedom'' (2015) * ''Dusty Memories'' (2015) * ''It's All About Me (with

)'' (2014)

Awards

* 'Underground DJ of The Year I Ballantine's Music Awards' (2015) * 'Underground DJ of The Year I Ballantine's Music Awards' (2014)

References

External links

* * * * * 1978 births Hungarian DJs Living people Techno musicians Musicians from Budapest Electronic dance music DJs Techno {{Dj-stub