Luke Vibert

On Sat 22 Mar, we are joined by acid and jungle trailblazer Luke Vibert at Faith In Strangers Margate. Vibert grew up in Cornwall and played bass and drums in punk and rock bands growing up. Later a key member of famed British electronic musician Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records crew in the early 1990’s. Spurred on by the success of his friend Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), Luke began recording and releasing some of his own music and later released a collaborative album, Weirs on Richard James’ Rephlex label. Largely responsible for pioneering the electronic music genre known as Trip Hop under the alias Wagon Christ. Vibert has recorded under many different well known musical aliases, most notably Wagon Christ, Kerrier District, Plug, Amen Andrews, Ace of Clubs, Luke Warm and Butler Keiv. Luke has released almost 40 full-length albums in addition to hundreds of EPs, singles, remixes throughout his incredible recorded discography. Vibert has remixed a wide range of music artists such as Tortoise, Nine Inch Nails, Stereolab, Todd Osborne, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Meat Beat Manifesto, Thurston Moore, Coldcut, Lamb, David Sylvian to name a few. He has toured the world multiple times and played most popular music festivals, concert halls and venues including Sonar Festival in Barcelona, Coachella Music Festival in California, Moog Festival, Bangface Weekend and many more.