Christian Benson, known professionally as Luude, is an Australian electronic dance music producer. He is best known for his 2021 cover of " Down Under". He is also half of Australian electronic duo

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Life and career

Christian Benson was born in Tasmania, Australia the son of a guitar shredder, Mark. After high school, he relocated to

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after being inspired by an

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clip encouraged him to try producing. Luude released his first single in December 2015. On 3 September 2021, Luude released the EP ''6AM''. In 2021, Luude remixed Men at Work's " Down Under" as a

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

track. Men at Work's lead singer Colin Hay re-recorded the vocal for the track's official release in November 2021, on the Sweat It Out record label. The record made the top ten in Australia and in the United Kingdom and was number one in New Zealand, where by 6 February 2022, it had spent four weeks at number one, twice as many weeks as the original did in 1982.

Discography

EPs

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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References

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