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Ryan Lott
12+ albums
electronicUSApost rockpost-rock20s
about
Ryan Lott (aka Son Lux), is a USA composer / musician / remixer. After studying composition at Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University), Ryan moved to Cleveland, OH, for six years, earning a reputation as a versatile & zealous collaborator. Equally at ease in the creative company of choreographers, classical musicians & break dancers - he cut his teeth spear-heading multi-disciplinary 'performance parties', composing music for modern dance companies & collaborating with musicians, across many genre. His works have been performed throughout the US & Europe, including the Works & Process series (Guggenheim Museum, NYC) & the World Saxophone Congress (Slovenia). In the cracks of time & energy, between collaborations, Son Lux was born - from Ryan's long-felt urge to set about making an album of his own. It began as an experiment & a personal creative challenge. He wove sounds & ideas together for four years (in his attic studio), producing the début that many critics call "one of the best records of 2008", "At War With Walls and Mazes", earning him the title of 'Best New Artist' & '#1 Greatest Unknown Artist of 2008' (by NPR). Meanwhile, Ryan moved to NYC in 2007, whilst in the process of finishing the Son Lux record & has since become a sought-after remixer, reimaging the music of many, inc: Beirut, Headlights, Sole, Anathallo, Takka Takka, Jamie Lidell, Mute Math & Nico Muhly. Culminating in an EP of My Brightest Diamond's "A Thousand Shark's Teeth" remixes, "Shark Remixe
why this is interesting
# Ryan Lott: Why He Deserves Your Attention Son Lux's work exemplifies a rare compositional intelligence that refuses easy categorization. Drawing from classical training and grounded in genuine collaboration across dance, electronic music, and experimental performance, Lott constructs pieces that operate simultaneously as intellectual puzzles and emotional experiences. What distinguishes him is his refusal to subordinate one discipline to another—instead, he builds intricate architectures where composition, production, and conceptual rigor reinforce each other. His background orchestrating "performance parties" across Cleveland's interdisciplinary scene reveals an artist fundamentally curious about how sound functions within larger creative ecosystems. This perspective yields work of distinctive texture and purpose
top songs
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In Death We've Just Begun - from "Marathon" Soundtrack
13,3602Counting Atomic
12,7673Rhythm of Writhing Constellations
7,8744We Stole a Moon
5,8465Code Race (Extended)
5,3706Focused Erasures and Sub-routine Resets
4,8707Code Race
4,7258Bending Glass
4,0349The Myth We Made You out to Be
3,66410Planetary Relocation Psychosis
3,502albums
Pentaptych
Marathon, Vol. I: Somewhere in the Heavens (Original Game Soundtrack)
In Death We've Just Begun (from "Marathon" Soundtrack)
Paper Towns (Original Motion Picture Score)
Marathon (Original Soundtrack EP)
Marathon, Vol. II: They Are Waiting (Original Game Soundtrack)
learning structures, vol. 4: assorted machines
Beautiful Mechanical
The Greatest Hits (Original Score)
Tell Me Why (Original Game Soundtrack)
Mean Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
learning structures, vol. 2: end firma