MOON RISE AGENCY

LUV SHACK RECORDS

Simon Lebon has been travelling around Europe since the late 90ties trying to push boundries with his music. His sets melt House, Disco, Techno and Dub together into a mix with prèsence a lèsprit. Simon also fulfilled these expectations as promoter & founder of Project East, a platform to force and promote cultural exchange in eastern Europe.

After the founding of Tjumy Records Simon, at the end of the 00ties, started to release his first music together with Crisco and Lee Stevens under the moniker Whare.

Simon and Lee Stevens had been working in Viennas Market club as resident DJs and bookers and also as co-hosts of Diskoblitz & The Usual Suspects and are now concentrating on their new project Burnin Tears and the managment of Luv Shack Records they founded together with LeSale and Jakobin & Domino in 2011.

Bookings : nicolas@moonrise-agency.com (ww) / emeric@moonrise-agency.com (fr)



BURNIN TEARS (Simon Lebon + Lee Stevens) :

In the late 90ies, when Vienna´s music scene was boiling, Simonlebonwas just beginning to make himself a name as a DJ. Collecting all kinds of music from the very beginning by the mid 00′s he had already put a stamp on Viennas music scene, being known as a versatile and hard working DJ.

In turn Lee Stevens had just begun to bring his passion for collecting and assembling rare music to the next level, playing elusive Disco and House sets. From 2008 to 2011 he was working for two clubs in Vienna, where he and Simon met and immediately connected through their understanding of music; Disco, Dub, Italo, Afro-Funk, 80′s New Wave and of course House Music were the common denominator. Consecutively they worked together as resident Djs, bookers and promoters hosting weekly events with artists such as Todd Terje, I:Cube, Deetron, Ian Pooley, Session Victim, Jay Shepheard, Mungolian Jetset, Tyree Cooper and quite a few others.

While working for Klein Records and Tjumy Records, Simon and Stefan gained first insights into a&r work aswell as how to run a label and more and more they came in touch with the process of music production.

Their common musical background and vision as DJs and promoters lead to the formation of the project Burnin’ Tears, the name being a hommage to the legendary reggae band Burning Spear.

The duo wanted to move on as producers and began looking for like minded musical minds to build up an outlet for their own music and to exchange production skills. Stefan & Simon had found the right partners in Jakobin & Domino and LeSale and Luv Shack Records was created in summer 2011. 2012 saw three solo tracks, two remixes and a Burin Tears EP on Luv Shack.

Their trademark sound is a gentle amalgamation of classic 80′s synths, drum machines, bitter sweet vocals and swirling pads reminiscent of the glorious days of Italo-Disco. This is often backed up by a generous portion of dubby organ and piano chords. The strong musical references to 80s pop are never denied, however with the knowledge of the ‘good groove’ firmly implanted, the Burnin Tears sound never succumbs to musical clichés.

In 2013 Burnin Tears will contribute some new productions to Luv Shack, as well as a number of remixes and aditionally some of their productions are to be released on compilations by Jozif and Force Of Nature.



Bookings : nicolas@moonrise-agency.com (ww) / emeric@moonrise-agency.com (fr)