"I'll tear you apart with beautiful things" is a pretty good way of introducing Ryan Lott, a New York multi-instrumentalist producer who likes to mix soft vocals with brash, dramatic music under the alias Son Lux. Taking a lot of inspiration from trip-hop, Lott's music often borrows the stumbling percussion and melodic complexity. It's a sound which comes across as fragile and intimate, and the presence of lyrics have lead many to peg Lott as a rare electronic singer-songwriter.
The gentle yet also epic tones he creates have made Son Lux popular when it comes to his omnipresence in soundtracks, such as Looper and the hit UK drama Skins. It's something we don't hear elsewhere too often, which would make the fact his new single, Tear, follows the exact same style quite welcome.
