Lana Scolaro is a

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-born disc jockey, singer, record producer, songwriter and entrepreneur, who has performed at events such as

Ultra Music Festival Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that takes place during March in Miami, Florida, United States. The festival was founded in 1999 by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes. It was first held on Miami Beach, bu ...

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and Mirage, and has collaborated with artists like

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, Luciano and SVNF8, and others.

Biography

Early years and education

Born in London, Scolaro was drawn to music since childhood, and began playing

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at the age of fourteen and

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at sixteen. In 2012 she moved to

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, and between 2013 and 2014 she studied design at

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Career

After finishing her studies, Scolaro founded LD Diamonds, her own

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company. Together with her sister Stephanie she designed the mobile photo and video app Do a Wilson, available for

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devices. In 2015 Scolaro appeared in the British documentary television series '' Cutting Edge'', in the episode "The Rich Kids of Instagram". After living in New York, she moved to Los Angeles, where she began working with renowned artists in recording studios. Inspired by the music scene in

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, where she spends part of her time, in mid-2016 she began as a disc jockey. Scolaro initially participated in events at clubs like 1Hotel Rooftop Miami and

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, before appearing at the

in Miami alongside French DJ and producer

in 2018. She has since participated in electronic music events such as the Road to Nowhere,

and Mirage festivals, and has performed at venues such as SantAnna on the island of

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(alongside DJ Luciano), at the

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club and at the anniversary of the

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label, among others. After starring in the music video for Martin Rafferty's "The Way We Used to Be", between and 2018 and 2019 Scolaro released the singles "Rick Ross", "AK's On My Chain", "So Stoopid", "Trip", "All Night" and "Heartbreak High" through independent labels. In 2020 she partnered with PowerHouse Records, a subsidiary of

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, with which she released the singles "Just Dance" (with Yoel and Dagcan Erdurak) and "Deepend" (with Munar). With the label B1 Recordings (a Sony Music publishing company), she released the same year the song "Charlie", composed by Robert Uhlmann, Tim Aeby,

Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg (; born 22 December 1984), known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. Basshunter has recorded five studio albums: ''The Bassmachine'' (2004), ''LOL (Basshunter album), LOL'' (2 ...

Linnea Deb Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Deb (née Sporre; born 23 July 1977), known professionally as Linnea Deb, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She has worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, MiC Lowry and Akon. Deb is signed to ...

and Svidden, and the single "Twin Flames", with SVNF8. In 2021, Scolaro collaborated with music producer and composer

Diztortion Raoul Lionel Chen (born 2 November 1990), better known as Diztortion, is a Dutch-born songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with UK-based artists Stylo G, Lethal Bizzle, Tinie Tempah and Sigma. His first notable release was " S ...

on the song "Kitty!", released on PowerHouse Records. In May 2022, she announced the release of his new single, titled "Pages" and recorded in acoustic format.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Music videos

As lead artist

As featured artist

Lyric videos

References

External links

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