Le Youth
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Sunday, April 7
ELATION Presents: Le Youth About Us Tour
Discopussy
Saturday, April 6 at 10 pm
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Friday, May 17
Hangout Music Festival 2024 - Day 1
Hangout Festival
Friday, May 17 at 12 pm
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Saturday, May 18
Hangout Music Festival 2024 - Day 2
Hangout Festival
Saturday, May 18 at 12 pm
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Sunday, May 19
Hangout Music Festival 2024 - Day 3
Hangout Festival
Sunday, May 19 at 12 pm
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Saturday, May 25
Ubbi Dubbi 2024 - Day 1
Ubbi Dubbi Festival
Saturday, May 25 at 3 pm
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Sunday, May 26
Ubbi Dubbi 2024 - Day 2
Ubbi Dubbi Festival
Sunday, May 26 at 3 pm
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Thursday, June 20
Electric Forest 2024 - Day 1
Electric Forest
Thursday, June 20 at 11 am
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Friday, June 21
Electric Forest 2024 - Day 2
Electric Forest
Friday, June 21 at 11 am
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Saturday, June 22
Electric Forest 2024 - Day 3
Electric Forest
Saturday, June 22 at 11 am
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Sunday, June 23
Electric Forest 2024 - Day 4
Electric Forest
Sunday, June 23 at 11 am
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Friday, July 5
FVDED in the Park 2024 - Day 1
Fvded In The Park
Friday, July 5 at 2 pm
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Saturday, July 6
FVDED in the Park 2024 - Day 2
Fvded In The Park
Saturday, July 6 at 2 pm
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Friday, July 12
Lost in Dreams Festival 2024 - Day 1
Lost in Dreams Festival
Friday, July 12 at 4 pm
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Saturday, July 13
Lost in Dreams Festival 2024 - Day 2
Lost in Dreams Festival
Saturday, July 13 at 4 pm
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Friday, August 2
Veld Music Festival 2024 - Day 1
Veld
Friday, August 2 at 2 pm
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Description
90s sounds refracted through a thoroughly modern aesthetic. Tracks that are serious about moving a dance floor full of people without coming on too strong. Breezy California vibes touched by a twist of European flair and an air of mystery. This is what Le Youth is about.
Wes James is the slightly enigmatic Angeleno behind Le Youth, a producer without a past whose music is steeped in it. His signature sound is a blend of Clinton-era R&B and the house music that was lighting up dancefloors and radio stations around the globe during the same period, and the leisurely grooves, airy synthesizers, and pop hooks of a song like his debut single “C O O L” can easily pull a listener back to the pre-millennial, pre-Internet days when dance music offered a transcendentally blissful brand of hedonism that’s considerably harder to find on today’s aggro-edged EDM landscape.
Viewers of the new video for “C O O L” (directed by Renata Raksha) who know their 90s music will likely pick up on the influence of a number of cultural touchstones from the time: chart-topping crossover club acts like Technotronic and Black Box, house divas like Robin S. and CeCe Peniston, and R&B icons like Aaliyah and Ginuwine, as well as a visual sensibility that evokes Herb Ritts in his role as video director to the decade’s biggest pop superstars. It’s got retro style while maintaining completely contemporary feel that’s free from gimmicks and offers stylishly relaxed relief from the ongoing onslaught of dayglo-tinged dubstep.
Le Youth’s already attracted the attention of tastemaking dance music bloggers and tastemakers, and his music has already topped the charts of one of dance music's most exclusive barometers, Hype Machine. His next move? Nothing less than defining the sound of summer 2013.
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