Lockah
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lockah
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| birth_name = Tom Banks
| alias = {{hlist|119 BPM|Donald Dust}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|08|27}}
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| origin = Aberdeen, Scotland
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| genre = Electronic
| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|DJ}}
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| years_active = 2011–present
| label = {{hlist|Tuff Wax|Jeffree's|Mishka|Activia Benz|Donky Pitch|No Bad Days|Claptrap|Blaq Numbers}}
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Tom Banks{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6214067/jaust-feel-the-smoke-rise-lockah-remix-exclusive-song-premiere|title=Jaust, 'Feel the Smoke Rise' (Lockah Remix): Exclusive Song Premiere|magazine=Billboard|first=Harley|last=Brown|date=8 August 2014|access-date=12 August 2015}} (born 27 August 1985),{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lockah/status/636812351921127424|title=Im 30 years old today|author=Lockah|website=Twitter|date=27 August 2015|access-date=28 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828001011/https://twitter.com/lockah/status/636812351921127424|archive-date=28 August 2015|url-status=live}} better known by his stage name Lockah, is a Scottish record producer and DJ from Aberdeen.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/13/new-band-day-lockah|title=New band of the week - Lockah (No 1,451)|work=The Guardian|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=13 February 2013|access-date=12 August 2015}} He is a co-founder of the record label Tuff Wax.{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2014/02/bubblin-up-lockah/|title=Bubblin' Up: Lockah|work=XLR8R|first=Nathan|last=Reese|date=10 February 2014|access-date=12 August 2015}} He resides in Brighton.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/04/scotland-electronic-music-scene/lockah-2|title=Scotland's Electronic Music Scene: 10 Acts You Need to Know - Lockah|work=Complex|first=Constant|last=Gardner|date=15 April 2014|access-date=12 August 2015}}
Biography
In 2012, Lockah released an EP, titled When U Stop Feeling Like a Weirdo & Become a Threat.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2012/06/15/stream-lockahs-when-u-stop-feeling-like-a-weirdo-become-a-threat-ep|title=Stream Lockah's When U Stop Feeling Like a Weirdo & Become a Threat EP|work=The Fader|first=Duncan|last=Cooper|date=15 June 2012|access-date=12 August 2015}} In that year, he also released an EP, titled Please Lockah, Don't Hurt 'Em.{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=14846|title=Lockah - Please Lockah, Don't Hurt 'Em|work=Resident Advisor|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|date=9 November 2012|access-date=12 August 2015}} In 2013, he released an EP, titled Only Built 4 Neon Nites,{{cite web|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/lockah-only-built-4-neon-nites-ep-stream/|title=Lockah – Only Built 4 Neon Nites [EP Stream]|work=Potholes in My Blog|first=Will|last=Salzer|date=20 March 2013|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011232506/http://potholesinmyblog.com/lockah-only-built-4-neon-nites-ep-stream/|archive-date=11 October 2013|url-status=live}} as well as a collaborative EP with Taste Tester, titled Higher Learning.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15549-lockah-taste-tester-u-dont-know-me/|title=Lockah / Taste Tester "U Don't Know Me"|work=Pitchfork|first=Larry|last=Fitzmaurice|date=30 May 2013|access-date=14 July 2020}} Lockah's first studio album, Yahoo or the Highway, was released in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19216-lockah-yahoo-or-the-highway/|title=Lockah: Yahoo or the Highway|work=Pitchfork|first=Andrew|last=Gaerig|date=18 April 2014|access-date=12 August 2015}} His second studio album, It Gets More Cloudy..., was released in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/16144|title=9 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week: Lockah - It Gets More Cloudy...|work=NME|first=Noel|last=Gardner|date=23 June 2015|access-date=12 August 2015}}
Style and influences
His musical style has been described by Michael Cragg of The Guardian as "maximal, strangely textured day-glo dance music."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/20/lockah-heartless-monster|title=Lockah – Heartless Monster: New music|work=The Guardian|first=Michael|last=Cragg|date=20 March 2014|access-date=12 August 2015}} Andriana Albert of The Line of Best Fit wrote: "One of the fascinating aspects of Banks' music is his ability to elicit melodies out of heavy-handed synth, sparse techno beats and trembling glistens of effects, all of which create the most strangely fantastic pop ballads."{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/introducing/lockah-122149|title=Lockah (page 1 of 2)|work=The Line of Best Fit|first=Andriana|last=Albert|date=8 April 2013|access-date=13 July 2020}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Yahoo or the Highway (2014)
- It Gets More Cloudy... (2015)
=EPs=
- Aberdeen Truth Vol. 1 (2011)
- When U Stop Feeling Like a Weirdo & Become a Threat (2012)
- Please Lockah, Don't Hurt 'Em (2012)
- Only Built 4 Neon Nites (2013)
- Higher Learning (2013) {{small|(with Taste Tester)}}
- And Blue Brindle Too (2015)
- Checkmate Drums (2016) {{small|(as 119 BPM)}}
- Dazzle Ship (2017) {{small|(as Donald Dust)}}
- Fluorescent Music (2019) {{small|(as Donald Dust)}}
- Mouth Feel (2020) {{small|(as Donald Dust)}}
=Singles=
- "Now U Wanna (Offshore Remix)" (2013)
- "Aloe Дива" (2013) {{small|(with Pixelord)}}
- "If Loving U Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Wrong" (2014)
- "Sports Day" (2016)
- "Bike Tracks" (2016)
- "Mars R-Trax" (2018) {{small|(as Donald Dust)}}
- "Surf Domination" (2019) {{small|(as Donald Dust)}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|Lockah|Lockah}}
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