Lucas Secon
{{Short description|Danish/American musician}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lucas Secon
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| caption = Lucas Secon by Thomas Christensen
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- DJ
- singer
- songwriter
- rapper
- record producer
- recording/mixing engineer
- programmer
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| birth_name = Lucas Secon
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| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark
| relatives = Paul Secon (father)
Berta Moltke (mother)
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| years_active = 1990–present
| instruments = {{flatlist|
- Keyboards
- vocals
- turntables
- synthesizer
- drums{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucas-secon-mn0001082468|title=Lucas Secon | Credits|publisher=AllMusic}}
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Lucas Secon (born 3 November 1970), known mononymously as Lucas, is a Danish record producer, songwriter and rapper. He has written and produced for artists including the Pussycat Dolls, Alesso, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, Toni Braxton and Mos Def.{{Cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/toni-braxton/make-my-heart|title=Make My Heart by Toni Braxton – Songfacts|website=songfacts.com}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1210384/bug-music-signs-songwriterproducer-lucas-secon|title=Bug Music Signs Songwriter/Producer Lucas Secon|magazine=Billboard}} Secon has won a BMI Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2010_bmi_london_award_winners|title=2010 BMI London Award Winners|date=5 October 2010|website=BMI.com}} and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|title=THE 37TH GRAMMY NOMINATIONS|date=6 January 1995|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/397167/NOMINEES-FOR-GRAMMY-AWARDS-NAMED.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027015937/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/397167/NOMINEES-FOR-GRAMMY-AWARDS-NAMED.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=NOMINEES FOR GRAMMY AWARDS NAMED|date=6 January 1995|website=DeseretNews.com}} and an MTV Video Music Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/mtvvma/male.htm|title=Rock on the Net: MTV Video Music Awards History: Best Male Video|website=rockonthenet.com}}
Early life
Secon is the son of Berta (née Moltke) and Paul Secon.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19941209&id=-045AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ayUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=984,17751343 The Michigan Daily: "Lucas takes the "lid off" of hip hop"] 9 December 1994 His mother is a painter from Denmark and served as the former head of the Danish Academy of Arts;{{Cite web|url=http://galleri.krebsen.net/Moltkes_pics.html|title=Berta Moltke – graphics|website=galleri.krebsen.net}} while his father, who was American and of Jewish descent, was a musician, songwriter, music critic, Billboard reporter, and businessman who co-founded the retailer Pottery Barn. Paul Secon's songs were performed by Nat King Cole, the Ink Spots, Rosemary Clooney,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/07secon.html|title=Paul Secon, Entrepreneur Who Helped Found Pottery Barn, Dies at 91|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 March 2007}} and the Mills Brothers, who recorded Secon's composition "You Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry)".{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/you-never-miss-the-water-till-the-well-runs-dry-mt0000113149|title=You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry – The Mills Brothers | Song Info|publisher=AllMusic}}
Career
=1990–1994: solo career=
Signed to Uptown Records by Andre Harrell, Secon debuted in 1990 with the album To Rap My World Around You.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lucas-To-Rap-My-World-Around-You/master/122393|title=Lucas (2) – To Rap My World Around You|publisher=Discogs|year=1991 }}
In 1993, he signed with Atlantic Records' East Coast hip hop and dance music record label, Big Beat, and released his 1994 album, the jazz-influenced Lucacentric. It also spawned the single "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web|url=https://milocostudios.com/client/lucas-secon/|title=Lucas Secon producer | Miloco Studios Clients}} and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video for the single, directed by Michel Gondry, received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video in 1995.
=Songwriting and producing career=
Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon moved into music production and songwriting.
Awards and nominations
Lucas Secon has been nominated for the Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2010 won a BMI London Award in Pop Music for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part".
- Grammy nomination in Best Dance/Electronica album for "Wonderland" by Steve Aoki
- BMI airplay award for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part"
Personal life
Secon's son, Fabian, is also a recording artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.lucassecon.com/news/|title=News Archive}}
Discography
=Albums=
- 1990: To Rap My World Around You{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucas-mn0000837655/credits|title=Lucas | Credits|publisher=AllMusic}}
- 1994: Lucacentric
=Singles and EPs=
- 1991: "Show Me Your Moves" – Uptown/RCA
- 1994: "Wau Wau Wau" – Big Beat
- 1994: "Lucas with the Lid Off" – Big Beat
- 1994: "CityZen" – WEA{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lucacentric-mw0000119583|title=Lucacentric – Lucas | Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic}}
- 1996: "Comin' Out to Play" (featuring Junior Dangerous) – Mercury{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Junior-Dangerous-feat-Lucas-Comin-Out-To-Play/release/2994468|title=Junior Dangerous feat. Lucas (2) – Comin' Out To Play|publisher=Discogs|year=1996 }}
- 2001: "My Feet Hurt" (featuring Blue) – Open-Door Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lucas-2-Featuring-Blue-My-Feet-Hurt/master/173915|title=Lucas (2) Featuring Blue* – My Feet Hurt|publisher=Discogs|year=2001 }}
- 2001: "My Feet Work" – Polydor{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lucas-My-Feet-Work/master/285447|title=Lucas (2) – My Feet Work|publisher=Discogs|year=2001 }}
References
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Category:Musicians from Copenhagen
Category:American people of Danish descent
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:American male musicians