caption website associated_acts years_active label article_title background birth_date genre image origin name
lau in 2014 -lsb- http://www.ericlaumusic.com] georgia lupe fiasco , muhsinah , rahel anne muldrow , oddisee , guilty simpson , 2005 -- present fat city recordings , kilawatt , ubiquity records eric lau
 solo_singer 10 november 1981 hip-hop , r & b , soul eric lau 2014.jpg london , united kingdom eric lau
eric lau

eric lau is a british music producer and dj from london , england .
his production style is characterized by heavy drums , often unrecognisable samples and a mixture of live and sequenced instrumentation .
he first gained exposure with the song `` im fine '' featuring rahel on gilles peterson 's brownswood bubblers -lrb- part 4 -rrb- , this release marked the resurgence of the stripped back soul style and was followed swiftly by his debut ep for fat city records .
he released his debut album `` new territories '' in 2008 on ubiquity records to critical acclaim .
straight no chaser wrote `` new territories represents the arrival of a talented artist and perceptive one-man production house . ''
after a two-year absence lau returned in 2010 with a new ep titled `` kilawatt : v2 '' , as the second instalment of the producer series released by kilawatt .
the release was received positively by both critics and fans .
on september 27 , 2010 , lau released a 20-track instrumental lp entitled `` makin ' sound '' .
in february 2011 lau followed up `` makin ' sound '' with `` quadrivium '' , another 20-track instrumental project , featuring music inspired by the john martineau book of the same name .
in november 2011 lau released `` the mission - single '' with detroit rapper guilty simpson and georgia anne muldrow contributing a remix .
on february 3 , 2012 lau released the much anticipated `` the mission - ep '' , featuring vocals from rapper guilty simpson , fatima and olivier daysoul .
the vinyl edition of the release also featured contributions from drummer chris `` daddy '' dave , and producer damu the fudgemunk .
