Lucas Secon

Lucas Secon

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Lucas Secon, also known by the stage name Lucas, is a Grammy Award, MTV Award and Emmy Award-nominated record producer, songwriter, Golden Poets Award winner, DJ, rapper, singer and artist/conceptualist. He lives in London, United Kingdom. Secon has contributed to over 60 million album sales, countless multi-platinum, platinum and gold singles and albums, and seven number one records and number one albums.[1] Secon is also known for his own single, "Lucas with the Lid Off", from his 1994 album Lucacentric.

Early life

Secon was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Secon played association football for Scandinavia's biggest club FC Copenhagen's youth team from age 6 to 16. He then played for Frem in Copenhagen but music ended up taking over.He also studied many forms of martial arts from Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon-Do, Kick-Boxing to Wing Tzun Kung-Fu which he stuck with for 5 years.[2] Secon spent his childhood between New York and Copenhagen while also living in Venice, Italy and London, England before settling in New York after graduating from high school. He attended New York University, majoring in Psychology and Philosophy with a minor in Music Business.[3]

Secon won Spin Magazine's Golden Poets Award for his poem "The Ice Age" (out of 150,000 entrants), which became a song on To Rap My World Around You.[4] With his father, Paul Secon and Lucas also wrote a song together called "Red,White and Blues".

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.

In 1993 he signed with Atlantic Records and released his 1994 album, jazz-influenced Lucacentric which hit the Top 40 in at least 10 countries. It also spawned the single "Lucas with the Lid Off", which peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] and became his only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. The music video for his the single, directed by Michel Gondry, received a Grammy nomination 37th Annual Grammy Awards and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video[6] in 1995. The video features a very distinctive and memorable style, being shot in one take among a variety of different sets. It was voted #4 in an MTV list of the "Best Videos of All-Time".[7]

He has also worked as a DJ for many different artists. He started DJing as a 15 year old in Copenhagen, Denmark and entered he Danish DMC World DJ Championships contest.[8]

Following the release of Lucacentric, Secon's focus switched to production and songwriting.

Family

Lucas' father, Paul Secon, is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Pottery Barn along with his brother Morris Secon. He also worked as a songwriter for Nat King Cole, The Ink Spots, and The Mills Brothers and many more. His mother, Danish artist Berta Moltke, was the head of the Danish Academy of Arts for several years and has exhibited around the world for the last 35 years.[9]

Discography[10]

Albums

  • 1990: To Rap My World Around You
  • 1994: Lucacentric

Singles

  • 1991: "Show Me Your Moves"
  • 1994: "Wau Wau Wau"
  • 1994: "Lucas with the Lid Off"
  • 2001: "My Feet Hurt" (featuring Blue)
  • 2001: "My Feet Work"

Production/Songwriting Discography[11]

  • Laura Izibor Atlantic Records US 2014
  • Alex Newell Deep Well Music/Atlantic Records US
  • Trey Songz - upcoming Atlantic Records US
  • Blonde - upcoming single 2014 FFRR/Parlophone Records 2014
  • Girls Generation - "Korean" album
  • Boyz 2 Men
  • Cody Simpson - "No Ceiling"
  • Little Nikki
  • B5
  • Elyar Fox
  • Inna - "Take It Off" and "Tonight"
  • Olly Murs - "Cry Your Heart Out'
  • Christina Aguilera - "Red Hot Kinda Love"
  • Conor Maynard - "Another One"
  • Blue - "Risk It All" and "Black Box"
  • Tanya Lacey
  • Pleasure P- "Face Drop"
  • Bluey Robinson - "Coming Back"
  • Big Time Rush - "Show Me"
  • The Saturdays - "The Way You Watch Me" feat Travis McCoy
  • Gym Class Heroes
  • Keke Palmer
  • Alexandra Burke "Tonight"
  • Aqua - "Like a Robot"
  • Mohombi - "In Your Head"
  • Steve Aoki feat Rivers Cuomo of Weezer - "Earthquakey People"
  • Metro Station - "D.T."
  • Miranda Cosgrove - "Face of Love"
  • J Pearl - "Must Be A Reason"
  • September- "Party in My head" and "Resuscitate Me"
  • Double - "Lips"
  • Cee Lo Green- "It's OK"
  • Cody Simpson
  • Big Time Rush feat Snoop Dogg and New Boyz - "Boyfriend"
  • JLS - "Don't Talk About Love"
  • Tohoshinki - "Mirotic"
  • Girls Generation- "Echo" and "Lazy Girl" from "The Boys".
  • Britney Spears -"King Of My Castle"
  • The Wanted - "Heart Vacancy"
  • Kylie Minogue - "Get Outta My Way"
  • Shayne Ward - "Someone Like You" and "Must Be A Reason Why"
  • Sofi Bonde - "L.R."
  • Stan Walker - "Black Box"
  • The Cab - "L.L."
  • Pixie Lott - "Gravity"
  • Travis McCoy - "Need You"
  • Fighting With Wire - "N.B."
  • Sean Paul - "Lookin At Me" with Toni Braxton
  • Toni Braxton - "Make My Heart", "Lookin At Me","Yesterday"(dancehall radio remix)
  • Jordin Sparks - "Walking On Snow" and "It Takes More"
  • Sean Kingston - "Face Drop"
  • The Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"
  • Sarah Connor - "Under My Skin"
  • Madcon - "Share My Sky"
  • Jordyn Taylor - "F.I."
  • Paradiso Girls - "Echo"
  • Martin - "Show The World"
  • Luigi Masi - "Armed With Love"
  • SHINee - "Sanso Gateun Neo (Love Like Oxygen)"
  • Freefonix
  • Hayden Panettiere - "Top Up"
  • Cozi Costi - "Stamina"
  • Paula Deanda - "Take Off The Brakes"
  • Sugababes - "Virgin Sexy", "Million Miles", "On The Run", "Future Shokk", "Betcha"
  • Aaron Carter - "Not Too Young, Not Too Old", "Come Follow Me", "Leave it up to me", "Another Earthquake", "America Ayo".
  • Liberty X - "Ill Be Remembering", "Whatcha Doin Tonight", "Shotgun", "In My Bed".
  • Keisha White feat Cassidy - "Don't Care who Knows", "Weakness in me"
  • RB - "Mama"
  • Lene - "It's Your Duty"
  • Sly and Robbie - "Shoulder To Cry On"
  • Mos Def - "Miss Fat Booty pt 2."
  • Boom - "Fallin'"
  • Tweet "Smokin Cigarettes"
  • Mark Morrison - "Blackstabbers", "Horny"
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Take Me Home"
  • Fu-El - "Please, Please"
  • Safri Duo - "Agogo Mosse"
  • Chubb Rock - "Bring em' Home Safely"
  • Tyler James - "Why Do I Do?"
  • Billie Piper - "Misfocusing", "Walk of Life"
  • Lucas - "Lucas With The Lid Off", "Show me Your Moves"
  • Omero Mumba - "Lil Big Man"
  • Phoebe One - "Get On It"
  • Abs Breen - "Wanna Get With You"
  • Blazin squad - "Twisted Up"
  • Yasmin - "Wanna Dance"
  • IAM - "STG"
  • Lewis Taylor - "Bittersweet" remix
  • Emmy Rossum
  • Sprinkler - "Leave em' Somethin' to Desire"
  • Shara Nelson - "Friendly Fire"
  • Blak Twang - "Dettwork South East", "Entrepreneurs"

References

External links

Awards

  • 2010 BMI Airplay Award for The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part".
  • 2010 Airplay Record Of The Year for Stan Walker "Black Box".
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