Wonderland <\/em>during his\u00a0London visit \u2013 just one of the many international stops he will have to make this year. In between playfully showing off his new gleaming white converse “kicks” to giggling over the love for his new found British slang word “chunder”, we dig deep with the talented musician on all things from song lyrics to recording a hit single with Bronchitis.<\/p>\nSo your real name is Ryan Lott, what\u2019s the story behind your stage name Son Lux?<\/b><\/p>\n
Initially it came from the desire to create a separate identity for myself for a particular project, so that if at any moment I wanted to abandon the project or create something else that was rather contradictory, I wasn\u2019t going to throw anyone through a loop. You know, I knew about myself that I\u2019m rather omnivorous as far as my musical tastes and urges and I wasn\u2019t quite sure yet what this new idea I was conjuring was going to be. It hadn\u2019t articulated itself. I just thought it wise to come up with a new name for it<\/i>, rather than give my name to it. It also creates a certain liberty as well; I didn\u2019t anticipate that. I like the idea of a two-word name, because it\u2019s like a person\u2019s name: first name and last name. I also like the combination of words that were inherently pretty contrasting, and the word “lux” from the latin “light” is from a dead language that is routing in something ancient and yet lingers with us. And then “son”, it means different things to different people, depending on where you are in the world. It appears in different languages. It has a universal open sound, so I like that contrast and ultimately contrast is about everything at the heart of Son Lux.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
At what point was it that you realised you wanted to become a full-time musician?<\/b><\/p>\n
I think I was probably… I mean it was a slow discovery, initial urges were young. Very young. I was just a kid. I think I rationally made the decision, maybe in my freshman or sophomore year in high school. But I think I knew before that, kind of deep down. So yeah, there\u2019s no turning back. I started taking piano lessons when I was five or six, it was the family rule. It wasn\u2019t because my family is musical or anything like that, it was a matter of discipline. Through middle school we had to do piano lessons and I\u2019m really glad, because I know ultimately I would have found music but I wouldn\u2019t have had the head start that I did.<\/p>\n