Lewis Lazar is a musician, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and painter based in Paris. He has been active around three musical projects, under his own name, Oracle Sisters and formerly the supergroup Summer Moon.[1]
Prints from his illustrated book, The Book of JibJab,[2] were displayed at the Crypt gallery in London in association with black&BLUE in 2014 and subsequently sold in the UK.[3] His band, Lewis Lazar and the Hydras, performed residencies at Happy Ending[4] and the Leadbelly,[5] and around New York City. He recorded and self released numerous recordings including The Time of the Assassins (2012), produced by Gordon Raphael,[6] and The King O' The Cats (2013).[7]
In 2015 Lewis Lazar signed with Japanese independent record label MAGNIPH and Hostess [8] to release his self produced record Razzmatazz recorded in New York City in Chinatown. The album was completed in 2016 and released in stores in Japan on Saint Patrick's day in 2017 [9] Two singles off the album have been released in Europe. [10]
In 2015, Lazar joined up with Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes), Tennessee Thomas, and Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone) to form Summer Moon. In 2015 Summer Moon released an online single "With You Tonight"[11] and performed at the Bowery Ballroom, SXSW, Baby's All Right, and Central Park Summer Fest along with Father John Misty,[12][13]
In 2017, Lewis moved to Paris and began Oracle Sisters with childhood friend Christopher Willatt releasing their first single "Always" and "I'm You" in 2018.[14] Oracle Sisters were chosen as 'the top 100 essential artists of 2019' by NME.[15]
References
edit- ^ Rettig, James (17 January 2015). "Members Of The Strokes, Au Revoir Simone, The Like Form New Group Summer Moon". stereogum. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "The Book of JibJab". Lewis Lazar. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Black & Blue Gallery. Illuminations" (PDF). www.otherroom.org. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Lewis Lazar + The Hydras". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "The Leadbelly". Lewis Lazar. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Time of The Assassins, by Lewis Lazar". Lewis Lazar. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "The King O' The Cats, by Lewis Lazar". Lewis Lazar. Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Lewis Lazar | MAGNIPH | MAGNIPH". www.magniph.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23.
- ^ "ルイス・ラザー 『Razzmattaz』 サマー・ムーンのギタリスト、砂漠のブルースやエチオ・ジャズに影響受けた初ソロ作".
- ^ "Watch: Lewis Lazar releases video for "Jonny"".
- ^ "Strokes, Au Revoir Simone Members Team for Spacey 'With You Tonight'". Rolling Stone. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Summer Moon (mems The Strokes, Au Revoir Simone, The Like), playing shows w/ GOASTT, Father John Misty ++ SXSW". BrooklynVegan. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Father John Misty, Angel Olsen & Summer Moon played Central Park SummerStage (pics, setlist)". BrooklynVegan. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ ObscureSound (2018-12-03). "Listen: Oracle Sisters - "Always"". www.obscuresound.com. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
- ^ Smith, Thomas (2019-01-08). "The NME 100: Essential new artists for 2019 - Page 2 of 2". NME. Retrieved 2019-05-03.