Laura Escudé is an American music producer, live show programmer and designer, and performer. She is also known by her stage name Alluxe. Her music career includes touring with Kanye West as his live show programmer from 2011-2017, opening and DJing for Miguel's Wild Heart Tour in 2015-2016, playing violin on the Watch the Throne album, opening for Garbage's Not Your Kind of People World Tour in 2012, and composing the string arrangement for Kayne West's Dark Fantasy Tour. She has released music as Laura Escudé, Alluxe and has done remixes for M83, Mr. Hudson and Poliça. She is known for her cinematic approach to her production, specifically with the use of orchestral sounds.
Video Laura Escudé
Early life
Escudé was trained as a classical violinist and won a scholarship to the Interlochen music camp in 1997. She was the concert master of the Rhode Island Youth Philharmonic and has also performed with the Santa Monica Symphony, the Torrance Symphony, the Multi-Ethnic Star Orchestra (MESTO), and the Observatory Orchestra.
Maps Laura Escudé
Career
In 2001, she received her undergraduate degree from Florida State University in Violin Performance with a minor is Business. After graduating, she taught at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa, Florida.
In 2005, she began working in technical support at M-Audio where she went on to do Sales and Artist Relations.
In 2007, she became Ableton's West Coast Product Specialist and in 2008 became an Ableton Certified Trainer.
In 2009, she worked on Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis Show in Las Vegas as a programmer.
In 2011, she started touring with Kanye West as his music programmer and live vocal effect designer. She then went on to work with artists such as Kanye West, Porter Robinson, Demi Lovato, Iggy Azaela, Charli XCX, Logic, the Weeknd, Miguel, Becky G, Missy Elliott, Rita Ora, Solange, Crystal Method, Camila Cabello, Jay-Z, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Herbie Hancock, Cat Power, Bon Iver, Drake, Silversun Pickups, Garbage, Childish Gambino and M83.
In 2012, she formed the company Electronic Creatives which is a team of show designer, software developers and music programmers for touring artists.
Discography
Albums
- 2005 Trace Element Human
- 2010 Pororoca
- 2013 NOMAD (EP)
- 2014 Hold U ft. Sister Crayon (single)
- 2015 Stay The Same ft. Mr MFN eXquire (single)
- 2016 Contrast (EP)
- 2017 Fervor (single)
Remixes
- 2012 Polica - Lay Your Cards Out (Alluxe Official Remix)
- 2012 M83 - Steve McQueen (Alluxe Official Remix)
- 2013 Mr. Hudson - Fred Astaire (Alluxe Official Remix)
- 2014 New Beat Fund - Get Up (Alluxe Official Remix)
Guest Appearances (violin website)
- 2015 Big Grams "Goldmine Junkie"
- 2012 Hit-Boy HitStory mixtape
- 2011 Kanye West's "Dark Fantasy" tour H.A.M. Intro -arrangement and recording
- 2011 Kanye West & Jay-Z "Watch The Throne" on "Made in America"
- 2011 90210 TV Show
- 2010 Google Cloud Conference
- 2010 EastWest's Quantum Leap Silk sound library
- 2010 Dancing With the Stars with Jason Derulo
- 2009 Power of the Game documentary
- 2007 PlatEAU "Kushbush"
- 2007 Sage Francis "Human The Death Dance"
- 2007-2008 Torrance Symphony
- 2004-2008 Santa Monica Symphony
References
External links
- Website [2]
- Electronic Creatives [3]
Source of the article : Wikipedia