Biography
LAROZ BIOGRAPHY
In an age where musical boundaries are being redefined each day and most artists find themselves pigeon-holed into a specific genre or style, one man has made his mark for traversing these boundaries and providing the global music market with supreme quality via a vast range of musical tastes and flavours – this man is LAROZ, and he is arguably one of the world’s leading producers, remixers and live acts.
Laroz grew up in Israel, in an environment clouded with politics and regional animosity. He was raised in a period where Israel was fast becoming mapped as the home of trance, a new breed of hypnotic electronic music that was captivating his nation and others. Trance, however, was not Israel’s sole musical focus; this was also a time when Israeli pop and commercial music was being nurtured.
Laroz focussed his attention less on trance, and more on ethnic styles of music – reggae, dancehall, ragamuffin, break-beat, ambient, dub, and others. Working his way through the ranks, Laroz secured himself a position as the producer of one of Israel’s top pop acts – Berry Sacharov. His works with Berry placed him among the upper echelons of Israeli producers, allowing Laroz to become quickly renowned and acclaimed worldwide, in turn leading to prompt recognition by international record labels. Demand by overseas artists followed rapidly, and culminated in Laroz remixing the legendary Pet Shop Boys, contributing to their success as No. 1 on the 2001 billboard charts with the album “Break 4 Love”.
Laroz has worked on albums for Sony/NMC Israel, Planet Dog, , Avex (Japan), BNE ,Eros Greek, STAR69 N.Y., MWM Music Management ,LA4, Riddim Productions; he has produced soundtracks for the world-renowned “Bat Sheva” dance group, and was named best composer, best producer and best co-arranger at the Israeli Music Awards. His credentials are astounding, and utilising them to his full potential, Laroz launched his solo career several years ago.
This career began with his chart topping ambient album – “Laroz is a Rose”, which is truly one of the great chill albums of our time and has highlighted Laroz as one of the truly great and versatile producers. Along with ‘Rose’, Laroz wrote the reggae album ‘All Stars’, which oozes groove from track 1 to finish.
Now based in Melbourne, Australia, Laroz continues to write for his overseas labels, whilst working furiously on breaks/ambient projects and expanding his skills to break-beat, trance, and beyond. With Laroz’s major Australian collaborators comprising ,Joe Camilleri, Niki Bomba, and DJ Mark James, to name but a few, it is safe to say that Laroz has already made his stamp on Australia. Laroz is also an extremely efficient producer, writing numerous tracks each week to enhance his live sets or DJ sets, either one of which is guaranteed to set the perfect mood for any opening, floor-filler, peak-time, or closing set.A true musical genius, an experienced and credible producer, and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet – he is Laroz.
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