DT733 – Vintage Culture

Vintage Culture is an artist who lives and breathes the culture of dance music. At the threshold of one billion combined streams on Spotify and Youtube, Vintage a.k.a Lukas Ruiz has been featured on the Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine and chosen by Forbes Magazine’s list of 30 under 30, becoming one of the most influential Brazilian artists of his generation, swiftly spreading his presence to a global audience.

In 2020, Vintage Culture has topped the Billboard Dance Club Charts with his undeniable hit, “In The Dark” with Fancy Inc. while “Deep Inside of Me (feat MKLA) and Adam K”, rests comfortably in Billboard’s Top 10 of the same chart. Slow Down (feat Jorja Smith) by Maverick Sabre, remixed by Vintage Culture and Slow Motion, scored around 40M streams combined, over 12M hashtags on Tik Tok, in 2 months after released. Vintage Culture’s self-owned branded festival series, Só Track Boa, is setting attendance records in Brazil and now filling venues in North America, such as sold-out shows in New York, San Francisco, Miami, and Boston.

At Radio, Vintage Culture has become a favourite of the BBC’s best dance shows, consistently in rotation at NRJ/France, Slam FM/Netherlands, SiriusXM/USA, and TripleJ/Australia. Also noteworthy, Lukas has used his presence as an artist to raise over one hundred thousand dollars via his COVID-19 relief project, ‘Só Track Doa’. One thing is certain, Vintage Culture’s musical spell is sure to have global audiences singing their hearts out for years to come.

Today, he joins on the podcast for the first time. Listen to it below, on Mixcloud or iTunes here.

Sum up this podcast in 10 words…
Fresh Vintage Culture originals and remixes 

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
All of them, they are my babies 🙂 But currently, both Defected releases are holding a special place in my heart. 

What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
Celebrating 100M Spotify streams for “Slow Down” ️

Tell us about your next EP? 
My next EP is still a secret 😉 

What have you got coming up? 
My upcoming releases are a remix for “Doses & Mimosas” by Cherub,  “Beauty Sleep” by John Summit, “Love Tonight” by Shouse, and a special one with Gui Boratto for “The Prey” by Monolink 

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
I miss you all! Can’t wait to be back to you, playing for hours and hours at as many parties as possible. I can promise a lot of new music, surprises… stay tuned. 

Tracklist

Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc – Cali Dreams (feat The Beach)
Maverick Sabre – Slow Down (feat. Jorja Smith) (Vintage Culture, Slow Motion Remix)
Meduza – Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) (Vintage Culture remix)
Louie Vega, The Martinez Brothers – Let It Go (with. Marc. E. Bassy) (Vintage Culture Remix)
Vintage Culture – It Is What It Is (feat. Elise LeGrow)
Bob Moses & Zhu – Desire (Vintage Culture, Kiko Franco Remix)
David Guetta & Sia – Let’s Love (Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc Remix)
Vintage Culture, Shapeless, Padox, FM Laeti – Show Me The Way
Vintage Culture, KVSH, Bruno Be – Terrified (feat. The Beach)
Aok & Vintage Culture – Party On My Own (feat. FAULHABER) (VIP Mix)
Felix Jaeh – No Therapy (feat. Neat, Bryn Christopher) (Vintage Culture Remix)
Cassian – Magical (feat. Zolly) (Vintage Culture Remix)
Fancy Inc, Drunky Daniels, Vintage Culture – Happy (feat. Msiz’kay)
Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc – In The Dark
Vintage Culture, Rooftime – I Will Find