Aeroplane (musician)

Aeroplane
Birth name	Vito de Luca
Born	1982 (age 41–42) Auvelais, Belgium
Origin	Belgium
Genres	Nu disco balearic house house
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Eskimo recordings Aeropop
Members	Vito de Luca
Past members	Stephen Fasano
Website	www.aeroplanemusic.be

Vito de Luca, better known as Aeroplane, is a Belgian nu disco music producer and DJ.

Known for incorporating a mix of French house and balearic beat, Aeroplane made a name for himself as a club DJ. Aeroplane's music is disco-styled, often on the 1980s decade. Aeroplane's remixes are described by themselves as "spacious cosmic disco" tracks.

Formerly Aeroplane was a duo, consisting of Vito de Luca and Stephen Fasano (currently known as The Magician), who left in 2010.

Biography

Aeroplane's music has been picked up by many world DJs which gained them popularity.

Pete Tong, a famous radio DJ and music producer, working as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 station in United Kingdom has been one of the many to pick up their music. The interest has been wide, as Aeroplane have been chosen as the 500th Essential Mixer on the eclectic music show called Essential Mix broadcast by different DJs on BBC Radio 1 on Fridays between 1 am and 3 am. Aeroplane have been selected for this occasion by Pete Tong and a board of people to do with music and events. They have played a full hour of tracks upcoming on their album in the first hour of the anniversary show on 24 April 2010, where the show lasted for 4 hours instead of normal 2 hours, between 1 am and 5 am. For the following three hours, as a celebration of the 500th Mixer to appear on Essential Mix show, Pete Tong, Sasha and Richie Hawtin played their sets.

Aeroplane released debut album entitled We Can't Fly in September 2010, after 12 months of studio work. The album consists of pop songs written and performed by Vito de Luca, along with guests vocals from the likes of Au Revoir Simone, Merry Clayton, Sky Ferreira, Nicolas Kerr (Poni Hoax) and Jonathan Jeremiah. It received a positive review of 8 from SPIN magazine.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album and details
2010	We Can't Fly Released: September 27, 2010 Label: Eskimo Recordings Formats: CD, digital download

Compilations

Year	Album and details
2011	In Flight Entertainment Released: October 24, 2011 Label: Eskimo Recordings Formats: CD, digital download

Extended plays

Year	Title	Release date	Label
2007	Aeroplane / Caramellas	Aug 27, 2007	Eskimo Recordings
	Pacific Air Race	Dec 20, 2007
2008	Whispers (featuring Kathy Diamond)	May 15, 2008
2010	Superstar	Sep 13, 2010
	Without Lies	Nov 15, 2010
2011	My Enemy	May 23, 2011
2012	We Can't Fly - The Remixes	Apr 23, 2012
	In Her Eyes (featuring Jamie Principle)	Nov 5, 2012	Aeropop Records
2013	I Don’t Feel (Deetron Remix)	Jan 21, 2013	Eskimo Recordings
2015	Let's Get Slow (featuring Benjamin Diamond)	Apr 20, 2015

Singles

Year	Title	Release date	Label	Album
2010	We Can't Fly	Jun 28, 2010	Eskimo Recordings	We Can't Fly

Collaborations

Year	Artists	Title	Release date	Label
2013	€urocrats (Aeroplane & Dimitri From Paris)	Unite	Feb 11, 2013	Aeropop Records
	Beateria (Aeroplane & Bot)	Country Business	Oct 14, 2013	Aeropop Records
2014	€urocrats (Aeroplane & Dimitri From Paris)	Black Hole Bass	Feb 10, 2014	Aeropop Records

Remixes

Year	Artist	Track	Title
2007	Cobra Dukes	"Airtight"	Aeroplane Remix Aeroplane Dub
	Coyote	"Too Hard"
	Das Pop	"Fool for Love"
2008	Allez Allez	"Allez Allez"
	Cut Copy	"Hearts on Fire"	Aeroplane Pop Mix
	David Rubato	"Circuit"
	Friendly Fires	"Paris"	Aeroplane Remix featuring Au Revoir Simone
	Grace Jones	"Williams' Blood"	Aeroplane Remix Aeroplane Dub
	Low Motion Disco	"Love Love Love"
	Lullabies in the Dark	"Song for Marie and Elise"
	MGMT	"Electric Feel"
	The Beach Boys	"God Only Knows"	Aeroplane Bootleg Remix
	The Shortwave Set	"Now Til '69"
2009	Au Revoir Simone	"Another Likely Story"
	Doves	"Brazil"
	Lindstrøm & Christabelle	"Baby Can't Stop"	Aeroplane Vocal Remix Aeroplane Dub Remix
	Robbie Williams	"Bodies"	Aeroplane Remix Aeroplane Instrumental Remix
	Sébastien Tellier	"Kilometer"	Aeroplane 'Italo 84' Remix
2010	Breakbot featuring Irfane	"Baby I'm Yours"
	Chromeo	"Don't Turn the Lights On"
	Friendly Fires / Flight Facilities	"Paris" / "Crave You"	Aeroplane vs. Friendly Fires vs. Flight Facilities - I Crave Paris
	Gypsy & The Cat	"The Piper's Song"	Aeroplane Tape Remix
2011	Black Van featuring Holy Ghost!	"Moments of Excellence"
	Cassius	"The Sound of Violence"
	Processory	"Nightfall"	Aeroplane Remix Aeroplane Remix Version 2
	The Human League	"Never Let Me Go"
2012	Alex Metric	"Rave Weapon"	Aeroplane Droid Mix
	Erika Spring	"Happy at Your Gate"
	Giorgio Moroder vs. MB Disco	"From Here to Eternity"
	Kimbra	"Two Way Street"
	Mixhell	"Exit Wound"
	Storm Queen	"Look Right Through"
	The League Unlimited Orchestra	"Don't You Want Me"	Aeropop Edit
	The Rapture	"Sail Away"
	Yuksek	"The Edge"
2013	Compuphonic featuring Marques Toliver	"Sunset"
	Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z	"Suit & Tie"	Aeroplane Vocal Mix Aeroplane Instrumental
	Kris Menace featuring Romanthony	"2Nite4U"
	Mayer Hawthorne	"Wine Glass Woman"
	Pool	"Flex"
	Surahn	"Wonderful"
2014	Charli XCX	"Boom Clap"
	Mystery Skulls	"Paralyzed"
	Riton featuring Meleka	"Inside My Head"
	Stromae	"Tous les mêmes"
	We Were Evergreen	"Daughters"

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Release date	Label
2010	"Superstar"	Casey Raymond & Ewan Jones Morris	Sep 6, 2010	Eskimo Recordings

External links

• Aeroplane's Official Website