BALEATHENS w/ LUKE UNA & LOCKE

GUEST ARTIST

LUKE UNA

Beginning his journey as an original Sheffield house young blood in the mid-1980’s and then later Manchester, Luke has gone on a four decade musical journey. This has seen him travel all over the world with his genre defying alchemic fusion of music which has seen him became a respected and prominent figure in many underground musical scenes.Luke was originally one half of the DJ duo and production team The Unabombers with Justin Crawford. They together detonated The Electric Chair, a cornerstone cult night in the UK club scene.

From Barcelona, to Tokyo, Amsterdam, Zyrich, London and more, Luke makes one single stop in Greece.

...and you know where at, of course you do.

It was here in the mid 1990’s that his sound started to develop and he quickly gained international attention, playing alongside Theo Parrish, Harvey and Moodyman, creating a deep musical journey. Luke and Justin later formed The Elektrons gaining critical acclaim.

Luke has made significant contributions to the music community through his involvement in various club nights, record labels, fanzines, radio shows and festivals including Electric Elephant, a Croatian festival which paid homage to a wild eclecticism from Balearic to Brazilian to E Soul, House, Disco and Techno and beyond.

Luke is the founder of Manchester’s much loved long standing Homoelectric night and Homobloc festival for 12,000 souls which has been at the forefront of UK’s LGBTQ+ cultural landscape.Luke’s radio show on Giles Peterson’s Worldwide FM born out of the pandemic saw his 6 hour radio shows from spiritual jazz, cosmic, machine soul, to deep bass buggin futurism gain cult status.

Luke’s partnership with Mr Bongo went onto create É Soul Cultura, two complications - Volume 1 & 2 which went onto evolve into its own record label. Its first release was Transmission Towers - Transmission One, which Luke is an executive producer. É Soul Cultura has now become an event in its own right detonating in various basements, woods, global festivals, stage takeovers, and recent road block street parties.

Luke himself has also played at renowned festivals and clubs internationally, including We Out Here, Glastonbury, Houghton, Repercussion at The Warehouse Project, Love International, Heideglühen in Berlin, Southport Soul Weekender and sell out shows at Koko and Fabric in London.Today Luke remains, as ever, at the forefront of a young changing scene, pairing the momentous legacy of Manchester’s 80s and 90s scene with the delivery of what today’s club communities need to get down.

JOINED BY

LOCKE

THE FLF Resident back again.

Creator of the “MOVE” project, LOCKE became a vital part of the Ahenian electronic music scene, organizing private parties in secret locations with lineups that were revealed to the crowds, only after they entered the gig space. 

In those events he hosted artists such as: Frascois K, Sadar Bahar, Masalo, Levon Vincent, Delano Smith, Vakula, The Persuader Live, Soul Capsule, Margaret Dygas, The Mole, Jef K, Mike Huckaby, Anja Schneider, Marc Schneider, Siopis, AndId, Akylla, ΝΤΕΙΒΙΝΤ and more. 

MOVE Project, with its secret lineups and special invitation policy, created a new kind of mystique within the Athens house movement as it renewed and promoted a ripe club culture amongst the ancient buildings of the city.

Locke never stopped craving to create and so he continued participating in other interesting dance concepts such as “Odyssia Festival” as music director and co - founder on “Walk the Night”, which is not by any luck that is currently showcased monthly at Burger Disco Club.  

From regular gigs throughout Europe, where he was playing alongside well respected artists (such as Ron Trent, Delano Smith, Vakula and many more..), to South American Jungle parties, burning hot African Desert raves and underground clubs of Berlin to the sparkling coastal shores of Baja California. Locke is more than just a DJ.

He is a connector, educator and traveler whose soulful music has the crowds chasing the sun as he brings love and celebration to those in the clubs and festivals.

COME DANCE THE SUNDAY AWAY WITH LUKE UNA and LOCKE