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Solo artist · Lisbon · since 2011 · veteran

Vanta Lux

A Lisbon-born producer who builds long, hypnotic deep house after midnight. Her sung hooks are cool, close and few, often just a half-whispered line returning once every few minutes.

Played on Salt & Static with Inês Carvalho

Their story

Vanta Lux began in 2011 making after-hours mixes in a rented rehearsal room above a Lisbon bakery, trading tapes with friends who ran a tiny Friday club night. Her first EP, Salt Hours (2013), found a following with its patient eleven-minute builds, and the debut album Low Tide Frequencies (2016) made her a fixture of late-night sets across Southern Europe. Records like Amber Corridor (2018) and Midnight Ledger (2021) refined her signature: warm analogue bass, barely-there vocals, and breakdowns that feel like exhaling. Now a veteran of the label's late shift, she still records everything live in one-take sessions at night.

Influences: Late-night Lisbon radio, dub-tinged Chicago house, ambient tape loops, fado's restraint, empty-club acoustics

Most liked

  1. Last Day, Keys on the Desk3:40
  2. Last Bus Across the River4:18
  3. Window Seat, Upper Deck4:51
  4. Rooftop, Before the Sun3:48
  5. Three A.M. Kitchen Light3:28
  6. Power Cut, Candles and Thunder4:15
  7. Snow on the Tram Wires3:05
  8. I Said I'd Be There4:06

Discography

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