LSB joined the drum 'n' bass major players in 2016

After a decade playing the long game, only releasing when he feels the music has something to say, the buzz kicked in around 2015. ‘The View’ (with DRS and Tyler Daley) in particular has gradually attained status as an anti-anthem, its success and scene ubiquity neatly summarising Luke’s slow and steady ethos. But it’s in 2016 that LSB truly became established as a big player in the d’n’b world with the release of his debut album ‘Content’ on Soul:r, which builds on his signature sound and approach. It captured LSB’s widest sonic palette while highlighting his detailed, deliberate approach.

“I thought about the albums I love listening to,” explains Luke, whose favourites this year are Bon Iver’s ‘22, A Million’ and Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’. “I love how you can get totally lost inside them. That was the aim: to make an album that people can get lost inside, and hopefully feel how I feel when I’m lost inside an album, and still hearing things on the tenth or twentieth listen that surprise me. If the first listen is the best listen and I’ve given you everything all in one go, then I haven’t done my job.”

2016: job done. Clearly, the best things come to those who wait. Not just in terms of LSB’s own rise and prominence, but most importantly for his listeners too. Keep listening.