DE LUX Releases Debut EP for Scion Audio Visual

Scion Audio Visual announces the release of a five-track EP today, Nov. 19 (as a free download) and Dec. 10 (CD & LP) with Los Angeles duo De Lux.The band is also set to release its debut full-length with the Innovative Leisure label in early 2014.

De Lux are a post-disco dance-punk DIY duo that sound like they could have come out of 1979 or 1982 just as easily as 2013. Founders and multi-instrumentalists Sean Guerin and Isaac Franco (who are both currently 22) didn't meet so much as simply appear to each other, sometime before high school ended and after learning to correctly fall off skateboards began. Even at age 18, however, it was a connection that had been years in the making.

Sean began making music at 15 and had spent recent years recording and re-recording his own songs. Isaac had been on a strict diet of classic and obscure disco and boogie music since he too was 15, figuring out the original source of hip-hop's greatest samples thanks to an older brother with a DJ sideline and an enviable record collection. They were even in a band together, prior to De Lux's inception, and both were in pursuit of the same musical goal: the groove, which, they say resides where the bass and the beat align in such a perfect way that you want a song to go on forever. Just before one particular practice of that other band started, Isaac began playing a bass-line that grew to become "Better At Making Time." From that moment on, their collective pursuit of the groove, was known as De Lux.

"Artists who push creative boundaries compose the Scion Audio Visual family," says Jeri Yoshizu, Manager of Sales and Promotions for Scion. "De Lux is a perfect example of a young, inspired band that is creating their own lane, and Scion is thrilled to support them in doing so."

Scion Audio Visual is a creative enterprise of Scion devoted to the discovery, nurture, funding and distribution of compelling music and arts programming. Scion Audio Visual has created and championed projects for over 100 underground musical artists, supported tours and special events, created film documentaries, curated art installations, and produced a collection of 'zines. In addition, Scion Audio Visual executes the annual Scion Music(less) Music Conference and operates 17 broadband radio stations via Scion Streaming Radio. For more information, visit www.scionav.com

Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind. Scion's mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level. The brand features five groundbreaking models with a wide array of standard features: the xD urban subcompact five-door, the iconic xB urban utility vehicle, the tC sports coupe, the premium micro-subcompact iQ and the FR-S rear-wheel drive sports car. The Scion brand often applies new practices in all aspects of its business and pushes the creativity envelope with non-traditional advertising and marketing to engage young consumers. Scion also supports originality through its programs in the artistic community. For more information, visit www.scion.com

De Lux EP
(Scion Audio Visual)
Digital Release Date: Nov. 19, 2013
Physical Release Date: Dec. 10, 2013

Track List:

1. Better At Making Time

2. I've Got To Make A Statement (No More Likes or Ums)

3. Love Is A Phase

4. Move Through Your Memories

5. Make Space - Visitors Remix (Sal P, Dennis Citizen Kane)

Twitter - @DeLuxBand

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