Jay Lumen (born March 1, 1981 in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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) is the stage name of a Hungarian
techno
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producer and
DJ. He is the founder of
Footwork Records, and has appeared on
Drumcode
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, Second State, Saved, 100% Pure, Cadenza and Octopus Records. Lumen has collaborated with
Green Velvet, Harvey Mckay, Gary beck, Popof, Wade, Sasha Carassi and Roberto Capuano. Lumen's music has been played on radio stations and podcasts in several countries including
BBC Radio 1
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,
Annie Mac
Annie Mac (born 18 July 1978), is an Irish DJ, broadcaster and writer. She hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, including BBC Switch and ''Future Sounds''. She also DJed in various locations, including hosting her AMP (Annie Mac Presents) ...
, and
Pete Tong
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's radio show.
For three consecutive years, from 2013 to 2015, Lumen won the award for Underground DJ Of The Year at the Ballantine's Music Awards. In 2014, he was ranked number 3 for most sales on
Beatport in the tech-house category, and number 10 in techno. In 2015 he was number 3 on Beatport in the Techno category for the most sales. Lumen was listed on Beatport as number 2 highest sales in the techno category. In 2015, Lumen was polled at number 26 in
Resident Advisor
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’s "DJ Charted" artist. In 2019 and 2020, Jay Lumen was polled at number 37 and 43 in
DJ MAG’s Alternative Top 100 artist. In 2022, Lumen was polled at number 2 in
beat port’s "10 Best-Selling Techno Artists". Number 4 in
beat port’s "10 Most-Streamed Techno Artists".
Jay Lumen has performed at clubs and festivals including
Space (Ibiza nightclub),
BPM Festival, Club Space- Miami,
Digital Dreams Music Festival, EL Row - Barcelona,
Tresor,
Sónar
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,
Ministry of Sound
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James ...
,
Amsterdam Dance Event
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,
Detroit Electronic Music Festival
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Afterparty,
, and Mystic Garden in Amsterdam.
Discography
;Singles & EPs
*Orion (2022)
* "Voyager" (2021)
* "From Outer Space" (2021)
* "Dust" (2020)
* "Galactic Rainbow" (2020)
* "The Last Raver" (2020)
* "Raincarnation" (2020)
* "Robots" (2020)
* "Contact" (2020)
* "Generation" (2020)
* "Planet III" (2019)
* "Razor" (2019)
* "Hymn" (2019)
* "Rave Me" (2019)
* "Ozone" (2019)
* "Aurora" (2019)
* "Meteo" (2019)
* "Connected" (2018)
* "Stella Luce" (2018)
* "Trust" (2018)
* "The One" (2018)
* "Asteroid" (2018)
* "Balance" (2018)
* "Solar" (2018)
* "Inside" (2017)
* "Consciousness" (2017)
* "Rebirth" (2017)
* "Opus" (2017)
* "Lost Tales / Remix album (LP)" (2017)
* "Search" (2017)
* "Lost Tales (LP" (2016)
* ''Fusion'' (2016)
* ''Dirty Groove
(with Wade)'' (2016)
* ''Octaves
(with Roberto Capuano
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)'' (2016)
* ''Elysium'' (2015)
* ''Power Chords
(with Harvey McKay
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)'' (2015)
* ''Enigma'' (2015)
* ''LondON'' (2015)
* ''Our Freedom'' (2015)
* ''Dusty Memories'' (2015)
* ''It's All About Me
(with Green Velvet)'' (2014)
Awards
* 'Underground DJ of The Year I Ballantine's Music Awards' (2015)
* 'Underground DJ of The Year I Ballantine's Music Awards' (2014)
References
External links
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1978 births
Hungarian DJs
Living people
Techno musicians
Musicians from Budapest
Electronic dance music DJs
Techno
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