Vintage Culture
Brazilian DJ and music producer (born 1993)
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Lukas Rafael Ruiz Hespanhol (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈlukɐz ʁafaˈɛw ʁuˈiz espɐ̃ˈɲɔw]; born 7 July 1993), known professionally as Vintage Culture, is a Brazilian DJ and record producer. Popular remixes of his include "Blue Monday" by New Order and "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd, and his versions of "Bete Balanço" by Cazuza and "Bidolibido" by Fernanda Abreu.[2]
7 July 1993[1]
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| Born | Lukas Rafael Ruiz Hespanhol 7 July 1993[1] Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
| Occupations | Record producer, DJ, manager |
| Years active | 2011-present |
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| Website | vintageculture |
Vintage Culture is also a record company manager at Só Track Boa.[3]
Biography
Lukas Ruiz Hespanhol was born in Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul on 7 July 1993.[4] Son of Valdir[5] and Edmara Rita Hespanhol,[5][6] he has a sister named Lohana Sthefanie Hespanhol Ruiz.[7] During his childhood, he spent much of it in a farming village in Katueté, a city in Paraguay in the Canindeyú Department, which borders Brazil.[8] At the time, he helped his father with work on the family farm and his desire was to be a "harvest pilot".[5] At the age of 8, he moved to Mundo Novo, where he studied at the Mundo Novo Mickey Educational Center where he completed elementary school and graduated from high school.[9]
It was in that city that his interest in electronic music began when he found a CD that his uncle had.[8] Since then, he had been enjoying electronic new wave bands like New Order and Depeche Mode.[8]
After finishing school he moved to Maringá at the age of 19, where he decided to study law, but he abandoned this to dedicate himself fully to producing music.[8]
In 2015, Vintage Culture missed the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list by appearing at No. 118.[10] In the same year, he appeared at No. 2 in the House Mag Best Brazilian DJs list.[11] By 2016, he achieved the 54th position in the DJ Mag list.[12]
In 2016, he released the EP Hollywood by Ganza Seal Skol Music in partnership with Spinnin' Records. Soon after, his remix of "Drinkee" by the duo Sofi Tukker was released by Ultra Music and reached No. 4 on the Beatport dance chart; after a month, the release had remained in the top 10. The song "Wild Kidz" gained international recognition, entering Spotify's Global Viral list and receiving support from Oliver Heldens, EDX, and Sam Feldt.[13]
In 2023, he reached the best position of his career, at No. 10 in the DJ Mag Top DJs list.[14]
Discography
Extended plays
- Hollywood (2016), Ganzá[15]
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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| LAT Air. [16] |
TUR Int. Air. [17] |
US Dance [18] |
US Dance Club [19] | ||||
| "What U Want" | 2013 | * | – | – | – | Non-album single | |
| "Disco Nights" | – | – | – | Disco Nights - EP | |||
| "U Gonna Want Me" | – | – | – | Non-album singles | |||
| "70's Police Pursuits" | – | – | – | ||||
| "Everyday" (featuring theDuo) |
2014 | – | – | – | Everyday's a G-Thing | ||
| "Body Down" | – | – | – | Body Down - EP | |||
| "Real" (with Elephanto featuring Ju Nedel) |
– | – | – | Side B | |||
| "Love Games" | – | – | – | Love Games EP | |||
| "Hey No" (with Nytron) |
– | – | – | Hey No EP | |||
| "Cicles" (with Ashibah) |
– | – | – | Non-album singles | |||
| "I Like Dirty" | – | – | – | ||||
| "Sure Thing" (with Eastrip & Torha featuring Ashibah) |
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| "Love Haters" (with Re Dupre) |
2015 | – | – | – | |||
| "Voices" (with Eastrip & Torha featuring Ellie Ka) |
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| "Eyes" (with Constantinne and Felten) |
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| "Sometimes" (with Woo2Tech) |
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| "Slowing Down" | – | – | – | ||||
| "Hollywood"[20] | 2016 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Wild Kidz"[21] (with RICCI) |
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| "Manifesto" (with Wolfire featuring Anamari) |
2017 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Why Don't U Love" (with Selva and Lazy Bear) |
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| "Later" (with RICCI) |
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| "Monday" (with Felguk and Le Dib) |
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| "Feeling Good" (with Chemical Surf) |
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| "Memories" (with Clubbers) |
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| "Eternity" (with Jetlag Music) |
2018 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Cante por Nós" (with KVSH featuring Breno Miranda) |
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| "Need U" (with Krieger(BR)) |
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| "Pour Over"[23] (with Adam K) |
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| "I Will Find" (with Rooftime) |
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| "Save Me"[24] (with Adam K featuring MKLA) |
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| "Yesterday" (with Pimpo Gama) |
2019 | – | – | – | – |
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| "My Girl" (with Fancy Inc) |
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| "In the Dark"[25] (with Fancy Inc) |
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| "Intro (Rework) [Remix]" (with Bruno Be, Öwnboss and Ashibah) |
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| "Deep Inside of Me"[26] (with Adam K featuring MKLA) |
2020 | – | – | – | 41 |
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| "Bros"[27] | – | – | – | – |
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| "Things"[28] (with Wolf Player and Jets) |
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| "Coffee (Give Me Something)" (with Tiësto) |
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| "Happy"[29] (with Fancy Inc and Drunky Daniels) |
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| "It Is What It Is"[30] (featuring Elise LeGrow) |
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| "Time"[31] (with Frank La Costa and Superjava) |
– | – | – | – | Vintage Culture & Friends, Vol. 4 | ||
| "Terrified"[32] (with Kvsh and Bruno Be featuring The Beach) |
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| "Splice & Dice"[33] | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Show Me the Way"[34] (with Fm Laeti and Shapeless featuring Padox) |
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| "Cali Dreams"[35] (with Fancy Inc featuring The Beach) |
2021 | – | – | – | – |
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Non-album singles |
| "Free"[36] (with Fancy Inc and Roland Clark) |
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| "Butterflies"[37] (with FFlora and Meca featuring Tristan Henry) |
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| "Last Thought"[38] (with Sunny Fodera featuring Mkla) |
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| "You Give Me a Feeling"[39] (with James Hype) |
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| "Coming Home"[40] (with Leftwing & Kody featuring Anabel Englund) |
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| "Nightjar"[41] (with Sonny Fedora featuring Shells) |
2022 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Amanhã"[42] | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Commotion"[43] (with Maxi Jazz) |
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| "Under Pressure" (with Meduza)[44] |
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| "Take Me (To the Sunrise)" (with Shouse)[45] |
2025 | 45 | – | – | – | ||
| "Lost" (with Gabss) |
2026 | – | 10 | – | – | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. | |||||||
Remixes
- 2016: Sofi Tukker — Drinkee (Vintage Culture Remix)
- 2016: Joy Corporation — Do You Remember (Vintage Culture Remix)
- 2017: Martin Garrix and Troye Sivan - There For You (Vintage Culture and Kohen Remix)
- 2018: Bob Sinclar - World Hold On (Vintage Culture and Dubdogz Remix)
- 2019: Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy - Summer Days (Vintage Culture and Bruno Be Remix)[46]
- 2020: Maverick Sabre featuring Jorja Smith - Slow Down (Vintage Culture and Slow Motion Remix)[47]
- 2020: Rompasso - Paradise (Vintage Culture Remix)[48]
- 2020: Winona Oak and Robin Schulz - Oxygen (Vintage Culture and Fancy Inc Remix)[49]
- 2020: Moby featuring Mindy Jones - My Only Love (Vintage Culture Remix)[50]
- 2020: Felix Jaehn featuring Nea and Bryn Christopher - No Therapy (Vintage Culture Remix)[51]
- 2021: Bob Moses and Zhu - Desire (Vintage Culture & Kiko Franco Remix)[52]
- 2021: Louie Vega and Marc E. Bassy - Let It Go (Vintage Culture Remix)[53]
- 2021: Meduza - Paradise (Vintage Culture Remix)[54]
- 2021: Steve Angello, Laidback Luke, and Robin S - Show Me Love (Vintage Culture Remix)[55]
- 2021: John Summit - Beauty Sleep (Vintage Culture Remix)[56]
- 2021: Tiësto - The Business (Vintage Culture and Dubdogz Remix)[57]
- 2021: Aleyna Tilki - Retrograde (Vintage Culture Remix)[58]
- 2021: Diplo featuring Elderbrook and Andhim - One By One (Vintage Culture Remix)[59]
- 2021: Rüfüs Du Sol - Next to Me (Vintage Culture Remix)[60]
- 2021: Claptone featuring Seal - Just A Ghost (Vintage Culture Remix)[61]
- 2021: Kasablanca - Hold Me Close (Vintage Culture Remix)[62]
- 2021: Burns - Talamanca (Vintage Culture Remix)[63]
- 2021: Chris Lorenzo - California Dreamin' (with High Jinx) [Vintage Culture Remix][64]
Music videos
| Year | Title |
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| 2016 | "Hollywood" |
| 2016 | "Slowing Down" |
| 2015 | "Eyes" |
| 2017 | "Memories" |
| 2018 | "Save Me" |
| 2019 | "Yesterday" |
Web series
On the Road
In its tenth episode, the web series can be considered a mini documentary about the life and career of Vintage Culture. In the series, the testimony of Vintage Culture is interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage, concerts and studio sessions, and some periods off with friends.
WKND Hi Lights
In short videos of one minute on average, Vintage Culture presents to the public a summary of weekends.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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| 2015 | DJ Mag | Vintage Culture | Top 101-150 DJs[65] | No. 118 |
| 2016 | Top 100 DJs | No. 54 | ||
| 2017 | Top 100 DJs | No. 31 | ||
| 2018 | Top 100 DJs | No. 19 | ||
| 2019 | Top 100 DJs | No. 47 | ||
| 2020 | Top 100 DJs | No. 30 | ||
| 2021 | Top 100 DJs | No. 17 | ||
| 2022 | Top 100 DJs | No. 11 | ||
| 2023 | Top 100 DJs | No. 10 | ||
| 2024 | Top 100 DJs | No. 9 | ||
| 2024 | Berlin Music Video Awards | Best Editor | "Fallen Leaf" (with Fideles featuring Be No Rain) | Nominated |
| 2025 | Best Cinematography | "Pleasure Chasers" | Nominated[66] |
House Mag
No. 2 Top 50 DJs (2015)[11]
Rio Music Conference
Melhor DJ Big Room (2015)[67]
