MAyaline HAge:Vocals,Writing.
MArc Codsi: Instruments, Singing Attempts
Live Complements:
Tony elieh: Bass, Synth,
Malek Rizkallah:Drums
Influences
All the music and noises we hear
Our city: BeirUt
Our CountrY: We love its contradictions, its chaos, and its unexplainable sweetness of life
Movies: directors like David Lynch, Luis Bunnuel, la Nouvelle vague era, Jean Cocteau
Bombs in the SkY
As the youngest and most exciting band on the Lebanese scene, LUMI embodies the glamor and the chaotic dynamic of their city Beirut.
Lumi, comes from the French word lumiere, meaning light, which represents an optimistic response to the gloomy environment they are surrounded by, a call to live freely and to fully enjoy it.
Marc Codsi and Mayaline Hage started LUMI in 2005 with the need of expressing their exciting, joyful and sometimes dramatic days in Beirut!
After a first self produced EP in 2007 LUMI went back to the studio this time in Dusseldorf Germany to finalize all the work they have done so far with the help of producer Andi toma. The result was 'Two tears in Waters’, a powerful mixture of Rock, Electro and Glam. The Album released by EMI in the Middle East, quickly gained a lot of interest especially in Lebanon and Dubai where it even was labeled by some journalists as best 2008 Album. A brilliant Video for the single 'Don't F with my cat' directed by Sary Sehnaoui is also on rotation on the Music Video channels.
After the release of the Album in the Middle East in June08 and a big release concert in Beirut, Lumi went touring in Europe which is their music's natural environment. They eventually got to play in SONAR festival in Barcelona, then in Paris, Berlin, Belfast, London then back in Beirut where they played in the Byblos International festival and finally in Dubai.
After this very encouraging European experience, and with the enthusiasm of the crowd, Lumi is currently preparing their second tour for Spring/Summer 2009 with new materials ready to be experienced!
Just been enjoying a productive Monday afternoon in the fresh air of the south of france listening to YOU! Thank you for such great vibes, congratulations and more of the same please ;-) All the best to you Lumi from me and Jimmy To meeting up in London soon X
Yo LUMIasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Our song 'Yellow Suit' is n. 4 on the first FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 Chart on this week. Maybe our friends can help us get no 1 for Monday. Vote for AMYCANBE at http://www.myspace.com/indietop100 Until again, all the best, Amycanbe
Yes!!! We are in PEACE, compilation for Amnesty International out next January, along with other great names. See our blog section for infos. Cheers!!
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