SON LUX

Son Lux is the grand genre-less dream of Los Angeles composer Ryan Lott brought to roiling, vivid life with the help of two New Yorkers, guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang. Each is a writer, producer, and performer with omnivorous taste and a penchant for wild improvisation.

Son Lux strives to question assumptions about how music is made and construct their own from a molecular level, cultivating a musical language rooted in curiosity and balancing opposites. Over two decades, the band has released numerous recordings marked by raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions, and performed at major venues and festivals globally. Son Lux scored A24’s Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, for which they were nominated for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA, as well as Marvel Studios Thunderbolts* (2025) and upcoming Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026). This fall, Son Lux will release Out Into, their ninth studio album, and embark on a world tour.

Launched in 2008 with At War with Walls & Mazes, Son Lux was initially a solo affair, the result of a classically trained mind straining against the constraints of the medium, turning piles of self-sourced note snippets into pulsing digital orchestras. Across 2011’s We Are Rising and 2013’s Lanterns, Lott maintained his auteur approach while broadening the Son Lux sound and guest list to unexpected results. The latter album drew the attention of several major pop acts, many of whom incorporated moments from the album into their own works (Halsey, Fashawn, Fall Out Boy). Lorde even teamed up on a redux of “Easy,” and covered the song on tour. Bhatia and Chang, first brought on to help tour Lanterns, soon found a home in Son Lux, cowriting 2015’s Bones with Lott while on the road. Brighter Wounds initially took shape remotely—the distance allowing Lott to sift through life-altering events—and was finalized together.

In recent years, Son Lux has collaborated with a broad and eclectic collection of artists, including Moses Sumney, Nico Muhly, Chris Thile, Beyoncé producer Boots, and Woodkid. Lott's extracurriculars have included Sisyphus (with Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti), scoring three feature films and composing music for the Grammy-winning record Filament by Eighth Blackbird. Meanwhile, Bhatia and Chang have each continued to develop their solo projects while working with the likes of Matthew Dear, Vijay Iyer, Sam Dew, and Landlady.