Joshua Steele (born 15 January 1989) better known by his stage name Flux Pavilion, is an English

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producer, DJ, singer-songwriter and label owner who has been performing since 2008. Flux Pavilion has headlined three US tours, two UK tours, and several festival DJ sets, including

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, and EDC Vegas. He has also made live performances with Example,

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and

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. Flux has listed his sound to be inspired by The Prodigy and

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Career

2009–2010

Flux Pavilion co-founded

Circus Records Circus Records is an independent record label founded by Joshua "Flux Pavilion" Steele, Shaun "Doctor P" Brockhurst, Simon Swan and Earl Falconer in 2009. Kanye West and Jay-Z sampled the Flux Pavilion song "I Can't Stop" in "Who Gon Stop Me" ...

along with childhood friend

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, in 2009 with the backing of D&B pioneer DJ Swan-E and

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. In 2010, Flux Pavilion released Lines In Wax containing one of his most popular tracks "I Can't Stop".

2011–2012

In 2011 he produced the single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the

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, and was placed on the

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A-List. Along with Doctor P, Flux Pavilion presented the 2011 compilation album ''Circus One'', to which he contributed four tracks. He is arguably best known for his song "I Can't Stop" from the ''

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'' EP. In February 2011,

created a freestyle to the song, which has appeared on their '' Peanut Butter and Swelly'' mixtape. In August 2011, the track was sampled by producer Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph for the song " Who Gon Stop Me" by Jay-Z and

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on their collaborative album ''

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''. On 5 March 2012, "I Can't Stop" was used in the viral

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campaign. It was also featured in the 2012 video game '' SSX'', the 2013 film ''

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'' and the trailer for

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's 2013 film '' Rush'' starring

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. In December 2011, Flux Pavilion was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, as one of only two independent artists on the longlist. Steele has also sung on multiple tracks for both himself and other artists, including "Voscillate", "Starlight" and "The Scientist".

2013

On 28 January 2013, he released his new EP, '' Blow the Roof'', which was received generally favorably by critics. One of his songs, "Double Edge", is featured in the 2012 video game '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted''. On 8 September 2013, Steele announced a new EP to be released in October. Released on 11 November 2013, the ''Freeway EP'' consists of his big hit "Gold Love", which features the vocals of Rosie Oddie, in addition to other featured artists Steve Aoki and Turin Brakes.

2014–present

In September 2014, Flux Pavilion was asked by

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to remix the theme to

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in order to market and draw attention to the series. In 2015, Flux Pavilion released his debut studio album ''Tesla''. In 2021, Flux Pavilion released his second studio album ''.wav''.

Discography

* '' Tesla ''(2015) * '' .wav ''(2021)

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flux Pavilion Living people Moombahcore musicians English record producers English DJs Dubstep musicians 1989 births People from Towcester Progressive house musicians Electronic dance music DJs Monstercat artists