St. Lucia (DJ set), Plastic Plates

Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, aka St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, St. Lucia grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School. When the choir wasn't traveling - they toured Japan, Australia, Europe and more - they stayed in an enclave tucked in the South African mountains, learning everything from Bach to minimalist opera.

A young musician could hardly find better training. But musically, St Lucia's heart lay elsewhere, and South Africa was full of other rhythms. "My mom says I used to sing along to Michael Jackson," he says - an ordinary anecdote, until he adds, "when I was an infant." As a young teenager, he started to feel that he'd had his fill of classical, and it felt like an epiphany when he discovered the direct emotionality of pop. Eventually, he left the creative "small pond" of South Africa for England, where he spent three years studying music in Liverpool.

St. Lucia's journey ended - as so many journeys do - in New York City, where he started working on the tracks that would ultimately turn into his self titled debut release on Neon Gold. The atmospheric quality of St. Lucia's electronic pop is powerful, with the musician's global travels and history of secret hideaways effortlessly passed onto the audience through his dreamy, shimmering synths.

Neon Gold will release St Lucia's debut album later this year. Formerly a singles-only label that launched releases Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, The Naked & Famous and helped launch the careers of countless others.


Plastic Plates is the disco/house music alias of Los Angeles producer and music extraordinaire Felix Bloxsom.

Mainstream pop to indie artists like Adele, Katy Perry, Mark Ronson, Sia, The Human League, Body Language, The Presets, Sam Sparro, Sneaky Sound System, The Magician and more have all sought Plastic Plates for official remix duties since debuting in 2010.

2013 saw the release of the fourth Plastic Plates single, old school house jam “Come On Strong”, the follow to up his debut EP “Things I Didn’t Know I Loved” on French tastemaker record label Kitsune well as remixes for Miami Horror (Vitalic Noise), Para One (Marble), Nile Delta (Cutters), The Aston Shuffle (Polydor), Yolanda Be Cool (Dim Mak) and Munk (Under The Shade).

With over 2.5 million plays on Soundcloud and regular appearances in the Hype Machine top 10, Plastic Plates’ popularity around the world continues to rise. This has taken him to all corners of the world to DJ extensively throughout Europe, the USA, Central and South America, Russia, Asia and Australia.

Stay tuned for new original releases including a single featuring Sam Sparro and plenty more remixes in 2014!