Lauren Flax
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Origin | Detroit, Michigan |
Genres | Trip hop, house, dance |
Years active | 1997-Present |
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Website | Lauren Flax Official, CREEP Official |
Lauren Flax is a DJ, songwriter, and producer. Lauren currently is a member of the Brooklyn-based band CREEP with Lauren Dillard. Lauren was also the Fischerspooner tour DJ from 2008 to 2011. In 2009, Lauren released her first single as a solo artist, titled "You've Changed" featuring vocals by Sia of Zero7 fame. In 2010, Sia re-recorded "You've Changed" and released it as her first single from the album, We Are Born.
CREEP self-released their debut record, "echoes" on CREEP INTL on 11/12/13. Echoes features 14 different singers such as Sia, Andrew Wyatt of Miike Snow, Tricky, Lou Rhodes of Lamb, Alejandra De La Deheza of School of Seven Bells, Dark Sister, Holly Miranda, Alpines, Planningtorock, Nina Sky and Romy xx.
Career[]
Lauren Flax has been a lifelong musician, starting to play the drums at 8 years old before continuing on to guitar and bass in high school. She began her DJ career in the underground dance and rave scenes of Detroit as a resident at the Motor Lounge, playing every Tuesday night along with resident DJs Mike Servito, DJ Dilemma, Jason Kendig, and Derek Plaslaiko. Flax played the very first Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000 on the Motor stage. While originally starting off as a jungle DJ, Flax evolved her style into a variety techno, house, and electro music. Flax moved to Chicago in 1999, where she honed in on music production while continuing to DJ. By 2002, she relocated again to Manhattan, which shortly followed the release of her first remix, "Much Finer" for Le Tigre.
In 2018, Flax was introduced to DJ Haus by fellow Detroit musician and friend Jimmy Edgar, to which he quickly signed a record, resulting in "Dance Trax Vol. 16" (2018).
In 2019, Flax joined the mostly Detroit-born New York collective The Bunker New York,[1] on which she released "One Man’s House is Another Woman’s Techno EP" (2019). The EP was highly successful and sold out quickly.
Flax met with Brooklyn-based record label 2MR in 2019, curious to explore beyond the realm of dance music. She remixed 'Breathe' by label-mate Pale Blue, and that ended up inspiring Flax's new style of music. After the remix was released, Flax took to writing a 6 track EP, merging genres of ambient, acid house, and much more, set to come out in Summer 2021.
Flax started touring the United States and Europe as a solo artist in 2019, performing live analog sets, pushing the boundaries of what a DJ is defined as.
Discography[]
Lauren Flax EPs[]
- "Let It Feel Alright/Power Chord EP" featuring Ghettoblaster (2020)
- "One Man’s House is Another Woman’s Techno EP" (2019)
- "It's Ours EP - Dance Trax Vol. 16" (2018)
- "U Know EP" featuring and (2016)
Lauren Flax Singles[]
- "Beat Them" featuring (2020)
- "The Acid Flex" featuring DJ Heather (2019)
- "Thinking of You" featuring (2019)
- "Archangel" featuring (2019)
- "The Acid" featuring DJ Heather (2018)
- "Work Dat" (2018)
- "Picture" featuring Little Boots (2018)
- "" featuring (2015)
- "" featuring Kim Ann Foxman (2014)
- "" with Marc Kinchen featuring (2010)
- "You've Changed" featuring Sia (2009)
- "" with Submerged on Obliterati EP 2 - The Distilling Of Tragedy Into Disposable Art (2003)
Lauren Flax Remixes[]
- Truncate - "Culture" (2020)
- Pale Blue - "Breathe" (2020)
- - "Panty Blaster" (2019)
- Phuture, DJ Pierre - "Acid Track" (2019)
- , - "Give me The Taste" (2019)
- Josef K - "Everybody Loves Daft Punk" (2019)
- - "Work It" (2019)
- , - "Prism" (2019)
- - "Pressure" (2018)
- Fischerspooner - "Top Brazil" (2016)
- Peaches - "Pickles" (2016)
- Evvol - "Your Love" (2016)
- - "Crystalline Heat " (2016)
- - "What Are You Waiting For" (2016)
- - "Born" (2015)
- - "Paradise" (2015)
- - "Penkenna" (2015)
- Oh Land - "Head Up High" (2015)
- They Might Be Giants - "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar" (2015)
- - "You're Basic" (2014)
- Bunny Michael - "Southside" (2014)
- - "Come Back Lover" (2014)
- MEN - "All The Way Through" (2013)
- Deluka - "OMFG" (2010)
- Drop The Lime - "Devil's Eyes" (2009)
- Turboweekend - "Holiday" (2009)
- Fischerspooner - "Fascinating (2009)
- Men - "Simultaneously" (2009)
- Telepathe - "So Fine" (2009)
- Heartsrevolution - "C.Y.O.A!" (2008)
- Morningwood - "Jetsetter" (2003)
- Le Tigre - "Much Finer" (2002)
CREEP Singles[]
- "Dim The Lights" featuring Sia Furler (2013)
- "Vertigo" featuring Lou Rhodes of Lamb (2013)
- "Call Her" featuring Tricky and Alejandra De La Deheza of School of Seven Bells (2013)
- "Animals" featuring Holly Miranda (January 17, 2012)
- "You" featuring Nina Sky (May 31, 2011)
- "Days" featuring Romy xx 2010
CREEP Remixes[]
- Dawn Golden - "All That I Want" (2014)
- - "Deaf Epic" (2014)
- - "Deathstar" (2014)
- MNDR - "Feed Me Diamonds" (2013)
- Dillon - "Your Flesh" (2012)
- New Look - "Teen Need" (2012)
- Alpines - "Empire" (2012)
- School of Seven Bells - "Lafaye" (2012)
- Planningtorock - "Doorway" (2011)
- Azari & III - "Manic" (2011)
- She Wants Revenge - "Take The World" (2011)
- Poly Styrene - "Virtual Boyfriend" (2011)
- - "Deep Water Heartbreaker" (2011)
- Memory Tapes - "Green Knight" (2010)
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- Living people
- American dance musicians
- American electronic musicians
- American house musicians
- Electronica musicians
- Lesbian musicians
- Musicians from New York (state)
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- Musicians from Detroit
- Remixers
- Ableton Live users
- American women in electronic music
- American women record producers
- 20th-century LGBT people
- 21st-century LGBT people